Intel vPro Activator on LiveCD
Created on: Jan 4, 2009 4:17 PM by Dori Eldar - Last Modified: Nov 6, 2009 9:58 AM by Dori Eldar
Intel® vPro Activator on LiveCD
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Overview:
Intel® vPro™ 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). See Quick Usage Instructions below.
Specifications:
File size: | 92.5 MB |
Est. download time: | 45 sec. under LAN conditions |
Language: | English |
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Available In This Download:
- Trimmed down Linux* environment based on Ubuntu* 8.10 with Intel vPro activation software
- ISO Image Customization HOWTO Document
- Activator LiveCD HOWTO Document
Related Information:
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Intel® vPro Expert Center: | |
Intel® Manageability Forum | |
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Quick Usage Instructions
- Download the Activator LiveCD and unzip it.
- Burn the image to a USB-Key using the Fedora Live Creator. Use the "Browse" button to select the iso image.
- Plug-in the USB-Key into an Intel vPro platform and reboot it. The system will boot from the USB-Key and you should see the following screen. NOTE: On some systems you may need to change the Boot order. Or alternatively burn the ISO image to a CD-ROM and boot from the CD.
- Now if you have an un-provisioned system that is connected to a provisioning server. the vPro activation SW, will initiate vPro activation and will report the configuration state: until vPro is finally configured by the configuration service.
NOTE: You can also execute standard Ubuntu 8.10 Linux commands from the booted Linux system on the USB drive.
Javed Lodhi
says:
This is absolutely wonderful stuff, hats off to Dori and the rest of the team. Linux or no Linux, I'm sure anyone will be able to do it without much effort 
Josh Hilliker
says:
NOTE: I tried it on already provisioned box. no luck. so the key is a new box or a UNprovisioned box I just completed this test on a HP 6910P & it worked really well, plus getting to an alternate terminal was primo.
Only fun note is that I didn't have my provisioning server on at the time. I think this is a great tool for new machines that you want to to a Bare Metal startup and you don't have to do windows based tools to kick start provisioning.
Hmmm, I'm not really a Linux guy, but this is pretty cool.