Intel vPro Remote Configuration FAQ
Created on: Apr 10, 2008 12:43 PM by Terry Cutler - Last Modified: Oct 26, 2009 5:58 PM by Terry Cutler
This FAQ has been removed since the latest information is being updated in whitepapers, selection utilities, and so forth.
Remote Configuration enables the configuration Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) across a network without physically touching each client.
- Whitepaper providing background information - http://www.vproexpert.com/59JHE//RCFG-Cert-Util/docs/RemoteConfigurationCertificateSelection.pdf
- Remote Configuration Certificate Selection Utility - http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-2734
- Video on using the utility - http://www.vproexpert.com/59JHE/RCFG-CERT-UTIL/RCFG-CERT-UTIL-DEMO/RCFG-CERT-UTIL-DEMO_media/RCFG-CERT-UTIL-DEMO.wmv
- FAQ on the certificate selection utility - http://www.vproexpert.com/59JHE//RCFG-Cert-Util/docs/RCFGfaq.pdf
- If unsure what versions of Intel AMT exist in your environment, see the following utilities and articles
- Intel Remote Configuration Scout - http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-2266
- AMTSCAN - http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/vproexpert/blog/2008/10/03/iamt-scan-custom-inventory-helps-with-enterprise-activations
Terry Cutler
says:
Some additional tools\resources to help out on this
· There’s a whitepaper and configuration certificate selection utility at http://www.vproexpert.com/59JHE/RCFG-Cert-Util-Download.html
o The whitepaper provides a handy flowchart and addt’l insights on the supported certificates
o More information, including link to video which explains the Intel Remote Configuration Utility at http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-2734 and video at http://www.vproexpert.com/59JHE/RCFG-CERT-UTIL/RCFG-CERT-UTIL-DEMO/RCFG-CERT-UTIL-DEMO.html
· The VeriSign landing page for vPro certificates is http://www.verisign.com/ssl/intel-vpro-technology/index.html
A comment for "To what certificate store must the remote configuration certificate be loaded?"
For SCS 3.x the RCFG certificate needed to be in the local computer store, and the LoadCert utility had be used. Only one RCFG certificate could be used at a time.
One of the changes in SCS 5.0 is that the RCFG certificate needs to be in the user store instead of the local computer store. Also the LoadCert utility is no longer required. The SCS will scan all the applicable certificates in the user store and try to use them when RCFG is initiated.