Intel Vpro™ Technology; Intel Active Management Technology - Intel DQ87PG Specification

Intel Desktop Board DQ87PG Technical Product Specification
1.10.5 Intel
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Intel vPro™ Technology is a set of processor and platform capabilities designed to
enable greater proactive security, enhanced maintenance, and improved remote
management both inside and outside the corporate firewall. These include:
• Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT)
• Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT)
• Intel Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT)
• Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel VT-d)
• Intel Fast Call for Help (Intel FCFH)
• Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
• KVM Remote Control
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1.10.5.1 Intel
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Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) 9.0 offers IT organizations tamper-
resistant and persistent management capabilities. Specifically, Intel AMT is a
hardware-based solution that uses out of band communication to manage access to
client systems in addition to offering 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 or the power state of the system.
The Intel Active Management Technology subsystem consists of:
Intel ME microcontroller embedded in the Intel Q67 PCH
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Intel I217LM Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet LAN controller
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BIOS/SPI Flash (96 Mb/s)
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NOTE
Software with AMT capability is required to take advantage of Intel AMT platform
management capabilities.
1.10.5.1.1 Intel AMT Features
The key features of Intel AMT include:
Secure Out of Band (OOB) system management that allows remote management
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of PCs regardless of system power or operating system state.
 SSL 3.1/TLS encryption
 HTTP authentication
 TCP/IP
 HTTP web GUI
 XML/SOAP API
 Web Services for Management (WS-MAN) protocol support
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vPro™ Technology
Active Management Technology
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AMT) 9.0