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Click to view davidra's profile davidra 25 posts since
May 2, 2008
Reply 75. Re: Ask an Expert – Intel vPro Expert Center Jun 16, 2008 1:48 PM
in response to: Guest

2.5 and 3.0.x are implemented on different physical chipsets. You can't upgrade from 2.5 to 3.0.

Dave

Click to view bcockrel's profile bcockrel 45 posts since
Jan 15, 2008
Reply 76. Re: Ask an Expert – Intel vPro Expert Center Jun 16, 2008 1:48 PM
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As Dave mentioned, you cannot update from 2.5 to 3.0. The only major update for MEBx 2.5 is 2.6 and it would be available from your OEM.
Click to view blrintegrators's profile blrintegrators 1 posts since
Jun 17, 2008
Reply 77. AMT compared to IPMI Jun 17, 2008 6:28 PM
in response to: bcockrel

I'm an SI and my customer is asking for AMT-based server. My servers traditionally have IPMI, but this is the first i've been asked for an AMT-based server. I have done some research on the web and on your web sites, but still have the following questions:

1) How do AMT and IPMI compare - technology, features/capability and cost. I need as much detail as you can provide based on which I can advice my customer on a direction. Please also advice on advantages and disadvantages of both

2) Is there a Intel server platform that has AMT - which one and where can I buy a motherboard or system?

3) Is there an Intel desktop platform with IPMI - which one and where can I buy a motherboard or system?

4) can AMT and IPMI co-exist on the same network? If so can they be managed by the same interface? Who makes those interfaces?

Click to view bcockrel's profile bcockrel 45 posts since
Jan 15, 2008
Reply 78. Re: Ask an Expert – Intel vPro Expert Center Jun 17, 2008 7:17 PM
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A good guide to get started studying vPro can be found here: http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-1466

I performed a quick web search and found a few links describing some level of vPro integration with Automatos here: http://www.automatos.com/site/imprensa/informi/4/15.pdf

vPro is already integrated with SMS and a guide can be found here: http://download.intel.com/business/vpro/pdfs/amt_sms_guide.pd

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Click to view seb's profile seb 2 posts since
Jun 23, 2008
Reply 79. Remotely disable AMT(or back to ASF mode) Jun 23, 2008 3:43 PM

Hello,

Wonder How to remotely disable AMT in the ME or switch to ASF mode? I would like to temporarily get rid of Hello Packets but without changing system Bios settings... is there any tools I could remotelly run on the client to switch from AMT to ASF in the ME so AMT is kind of dusabled and no Hello PAckets are sent out? I thought RCT tool was able to do so but cannot find documentation on this... Any help is welcome of course...

Thanks in advnace,

Seb

Click to view bcockrel's profile bcockrel 45 posts since
Jan 15, 2008
Reply 80. Re: Remotely disable AMT(or back to ASF mode) Jun 23, 2008 11:27 PM
in response to: seb

Hello packets will stop after 24 hours. If you want to transition from Intel AMT to none and back again, you can do so with the AMT Activator tool that is found here: http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/articles/eng/3751.htm

Activator is the new name for RCT.

Click to view seb's profile seb 2 posts since
Jun 23, 2008
Reply 81. Re: Remotely disable AMT(or back to ASF mode) Jun 24, 2008 9:36 AM
in response to: bcockrel

Thanks for your reply.

Issue is that RCT (or Activator) needs the AMT infrastructure in place (SCS server, systems provisionned....). In this case I need to disable AMT before the system comes to the corporate network... In fact I need ideally a tool to manipulate settings exposed in the ME (even running under 16bits...). Are you aware of any of these tools available?

Thanks again and best regards,
Sebastien

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Reply 82. Security Concerns... Jun 27, 2008 12:00 PM

This may have been covered in another post, and if so I apologize for posting it again.

I was at the IPIP Seminar in Denver yesterday and now I have some questions. I saw a demo where a ping was set up to a box and then using VPro Technology the nick was disabled remotely and the ping turned into destination unreachables. The nick was re-enabled and the pings resumed. This has led to several questions.

1) The must be underlying technology that allows VPro to continue to communicate with a remote device even if the ethernet card is disabled. I would have liked to the see the switch because I suspect that the interface is still up, even though the nick is down (or disabled) Can someone elaborate more on this?

2) Next would be security implications. If you can turn it off and back on... so can someone else. What technology keeps a malicious individual from disabling every nick in your organization, or powering off all your clients and servers, etc. I would really like some details on this aspect of VPro Technology.


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Reply 83. Re: Ask an Expert – Intel vPro Expert Center Jun 30, 2008 11:41 AM
has anyone hacked AMT yet? Usually popularity of a service/compute platform is shown by the interest of the hacker world... especially one based on security.
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Reply 84. Re: Security Concerns... Jun 30, 2008 11:41 AM
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1. vPro technology allows a remote administrator to manage a computer via a OOB (out of band) network interface that is not visible to the host operating system. This OOB interface is directly connected to the AMT firmware running on the ME in the northbridge.

2. Others cannot remotely manage the computer because they do not know the remote management username/password. vPro technology uses HTTP Digest (hashed username and password style authentication) o HTTP Negotiate (based on Kerberos technology) to authenticae the administrator trying to manage the vPro elements, such as enable/disable the NIC in ths case.

Hope this helps.

Purushottam Goel

Security Architect for AMT and other vPro technologies

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Reply 85. Re: Ask an Expert – Intel vPro Expert Center Jul 1, 2008 12:22 AM
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Reply 86. Re: How to turn off AMT? Jul 1, 2008 2:58 PM
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How can I
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Reply 87. extend AMT Jul 3, 2008 8:06 PM

Hi experts,


is it possible, e.g. for OEMs, to extend AMT on hardware-level? Lets say there is a microcontroller (which controls display brightness, touch functionality etc.) mounted on a mainboard. This MCU is connected to a serial port. The MCU is powered on if power cable is plugged in. Is there a way to connect the MCU to the AMT system?


I read a lot about software interfaces in AMT but where is the hardware interface?


Thanks in advance!

seven

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Reply 88. Re: Ask an Expert – Intel vPro Expert Center Jul 3, 2008 8:06 PM
HP has BTO/CTO with 8gb capable NBs with Intel PM965 Mobile with vPro technolgy (links below).
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12731_na/12731_na.HTML
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/MiddleFrame.asp?page=config&ProductLineId=539&FamilyId=2622&BaseId=25864&oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=S_ADMIN
But Intel claims they do not support 8gb with that Chipset.
Boy, am I confused . Someone please clarify. HELP ???!!!!
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Reply 89. Re: Ask an Expert – Intel vPro Expert Center Jul 7, 2008 9:33 AM
in response to: Todd Christ

hi dear,

my self Rakesh

I want to know in graphice mode any option is their , check about which port is open or not

plz reply

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