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Tools and Utilities for Intel® vPro™ Technology

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Created on: Oct 4, 2007 11:59 PM by Josh Hilliker - Last Modified: Nov 23, 2009 3:41 PM by Timothy Duncan

Purpose: Create a single page of key tools that help you integrate & utilize Intel® vPro™ technology.

**Please Note: The provisioning names have changed! Basic was previously called SMB mode. Standard and Advanced were referred to as Enterprise mode. See Michele's Understanding Provisioning Models - Basic, Standard, and Advanced for an explanation.

Activation These tools help activate your PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology.
NEW! Intel® Antitheft Status Utility	A Windows* command-line utility that provides the capability to check the status of Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT). Will determine if the status of Intel® AT is active or inactive.
Intel® vPro™ Technology Activator Wizard	Allows you to generate client side "Hello" packets required for remote configuration.
Intel® Setup and Configuration Setup Wizard (Intel® SCS Setup Wizard)	Simplifies the install of Intel® Setup and Configuration Service (Intel® SCS)—a reference solution for remote configuration.
Intel® Remote Configuration Certificate Utility	To use remote configuration for provisioning a system, a special remote configuration (RCFG) certificate is needed. Selecting this certificate can be complex. This utility automates and simplifies the selection process.
Intel® Remote Configuration Scout	This simple command line utility returns the Intel® Management Engine firmware version and DHCP option 15 value when run on Intel® vPro™ technology enabled clients. This utility helps complete remote configuration certificate decisions.
Intel® AMT Scan	Pre-activation utility that captures Intel® ME information about non-provisioned clients and writes this data back into the Microsoft Windows* registry for use by the management console. This helps in planning activation deployment in your enterprise.
Intel® Client Manageability Add-on for Microsoft* SMS 2003	The plug-in extends SMS to take advantage of the advanced, hardware-based system management capabilities of Intel® AMT, which are built into PCs with Intel® VPro™ technology. These capabilities will help reduce the cost of discovering, managing and securing desktop PCs in the enterprise and thereby improving compliance with corporate policies.
Intel® SCS to SCCM Migration Utility	Migrates client systems—originally configured using Intel® SCS and managed by any management console—to be managed by Microsoft* System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) SP1.
Intel® WS-Management Translator	The Intel® WS-Management Translator makes it possible for WS-Management based software to be used in conjunction with Intel® AMT platforms older than version 3.0. Using the translator, management software can send WS-Management commands to the translator, the translator will in turn perform the equivalent operation on an Intel® AMT device using a proprietary SOAP based protocol understood by all Intel® AMT platforms
Intel® AMT USB Key Provisioning Utility	Creates the USB flash drive file and format needed to accomplish Intel® vPro™ technology One-touch provisioning. Requires a blank USB flash drive.
Intel® Setup and Configration Service	Intel® vPro™ technology Setup and Configuration Service (Intel® SCS) allows for most aspects of setup and configuration to be completed through a remote management console.
Intel® AMT SCSDiag Utility	This utility enables debugging of the Setup and Configuration Service and its database. It connects to the SCS database and collects debug and ongoing DB data. It assists in helping provide debug and maintenance assistance for the SCS and the SCS DB.
Intel® vPro Activator on LiveCD	Intel(R) vPro(TM) Activator on LiveCD is a self-contained Linux environment with Intel vPro activation software, which can fit on a USB key thumb drive. It allows you to activate your Intel vPro clients without configuring a DNS alias for a provisioning server or using the Bare-Metal Configuration option in Intel AMT (which some OEMs turn off).
Microsoft ConfigMgr bare-metal provisioning script	This download package outlines the necessary security configuration and points you to resources you can use to create a script for automating Microsoft ConfigMgr bare-metal provisioning.

Management Now that you're activated, use these tools to manage your client systems
Intel® Remote Power Control Utility	Allows you to remotely control the power state of an Intel® vPro™ technology system without requiring a separate management console (command-line utility).
Intel® AMT Unprovision Utility	Allows you to undo provisioning (or activation) to an Intel® vPro™ technology system without requiring a separate management console (command-line utility).
Intel® AMT Reflector	A tool which offers a unique implementation allowing an Intel® AMT client to access/manage some Intel® vPro™ technology functionality locally via the OS without entering the management engine directly (usually via BIOS).
Intel® System Defense Utility	An easy to use tool for small and medium businesses to take advantage of valuable proactive security and manageability features of Intel® vPro™ processor technology. Combined with systems built on Intel® Desktop Boards Executive Series, it enables remote security and manageability functions such as setting security policies, BIOS configuration, remote reboot, asset management, event logging, and more.
Intel® IT Director	An intuitive, easy-to-use dashboard that delivers Intel® vPro™ technology-based benefits to your small business customers. This tool can help your small business customers manage their network PCs, strengthen security and data protection, and know when to place a call for help before the problem becomes critical.
Microsoft ConfigMgr Log Parser Script	Reading through the wealth of information in Microsoft ConfigMgr logs can be a challenge, especially if you are provisioning a lot of systems at one time. To help with this, Intel has put together a VBScript example to help make the job of debugging provisioning problems easier. This script parses through the Microsoft ConfigMgr log file you specify and creates a new log file containing entries relevant to the string you are searching for.
Microsoft ConfigMgr OOB Settings Update Script	This script automates the process of pushing out-of-band configuration settings to your Intel® vPro™ clients.
Microsoft ConfigMgr Console VBScript	This script launches the Microsoft ConfigMgr Management Console.

Testing Use these tools to help set up a test environment before deploying Intel® vPro™ technology.
Manageability Developer Toolkit Includes: Manageability Commander, Outpost, and Director	Enables testers, developers, and designers to better understand the benefits of Intel® vPro™ technology and assist in the testing of Intel® vPro™ technology applications.
Intel(R) vPro(TM) Packet Decoder	Sniffs and decodes non-TLS Intel(R) AMT SOAP packets for SW developers and testing purposes. Supports SMB/Basic Intel AMT provisioning mode only.

Development Use these tools to develop your own solutions.
Intel® AMT Software Development Kit (Intel® AMT SDK)	Provides the low-level programming capabilities to enable developers to build manageability applications that take full advantage of Intel® Active Management Technology built into Intel® vPro™ technology computers.

Related Information:

Support:	DOPD software support
Customer Feedback Survey:	Click Here to take survey
Additional Tools:	Tools and Utilities for Intel® vPro™ Technology
Intel® vPro Expert Center:	Intel® vPro Expert Center
Intel® Manageability Forum	http://software.intel.com/en-us/manageability
Intel Corporation:	www.intel.com

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Tools and Utilities for Intel® vPro™ Technology

Created on: Oct 4, 2007 11:59 PM by Josh Hilliker - Last Modified: Nov 23, 2009 3:41 PM by Timothy Duncan

Purpose: Create a single page of key tools that help you integrate & utilize Intel® vPro™ technology.

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