Intel 945G User Manual - Page 31

Intel® 945G Express Chipset Development Kit User's Manual Setting Up the Development Kit 3.3.4 Intel® Active Management Technology (Optional) Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) offers IT organizations tamper-resistant and persistent management capabilities. Specifically, Intel® AMT is a hardware-based solution that offers encrypted and persistent asset management and remote diagnostics and/or recovery capabilities for networked platforms. With Intel AMT, IT organizations can easily get accurate platform information, and can perform remote updating, diagnostics, debugging, and repair of a system, regardless of the state of the operating system and the power state of the system. Intel AMT enables IT organizations to discover, heal, and protect all of their computing assets, regardless of system state in the manner described below. Discovering Hardware and Software Computing Assets • Intel AMT stores hardware and software asset information in non-volatile memory and allows IT to read the asset information anytime, even if the PC is off. • Users cannot remove or prevent IT organization access to the information because it does not rely on software agents. Healing Systems Remotely, Regardless of the Operating System or System State • Intel AMT provides out-of-band diagnostics and recovery capabilities for IT organizations to remotely diagnose and repair PCs after software, operating system, or hardware failures. • Alerting and event logging help IT organizations detect and diagnose problems quickly to reduce end-user downtime. Protecting the Enterprise against Malicious Software Attacks • Intel AMT helps IT organizations keep software versions and virus protection consistent and up-to-date across the enterprise. • Version information is stored in non-volatile memory for access anytime by thirdparty software to check and, if necessary, wake a system to perform off-hours updates. Key Features of Intel AMT • Secure Out of Band (OOB) system management that allows remote management of PCs regardless of system power or operating system state. ⎯ SSL3.1/TLS encryption ⎯ HTTP authentication ⎯ TCP/IP ⎯ HTTP web GUI ⎯ XML/SOAP API • Remote troubleshooting and recovery that can significantly reduce desk-side visits and potentially increase efficiency of IT technical staff. ⎯ System event log ⎯ IDE-Redirection or PXE boot; network drive or remote CD boot ⎯ Serial over LAN (SoL) ⎯ OOB diagnostics ⎯ Remote control ⎯ Remote BIOS update • Proactive alerting that decreases downtime and minimizes time to repair. ⎯ Programmable policies Reference #308823 31