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• Intel Standard Manageability (ISM)
Intel Standard Manageability builds certain functionalities into computer hardware and firmware.
Therefore, computers are less expensive for businesses and easier to monitor, maintain, update, upgrade,
and repair.
• Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT)
With specific Intel platform capabilities and third-party management and security applications, Intel Active
Management Technology enables IT administrators or managed service providers to easily and remotely
discover, repair, and protect their networked computing assets.
• Intel Matrix Storage Manager
Intel Matrix Storage Manager is a device driver that provides support for SATA RAID 5 arrays on specific
Intel chipset system boards to enhance hard disk performance.
• Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
Preboot Execution Environment enables you to start computers using a network interface. This manner is
independent of starting computers from data storage devices (such as the hard disk drive) or installed
operating systems.
• System Management (SM) basic input/output system (BIOS) and SM software
The SM BIOS specification defines data structures and access methods in a BIOS. Therefore, a user or an
application can store and retrieve information specific about the computer in question.
• Wake on LAN (WOL)
Wake on LAN is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or
woken up by a network message. The message is usually sent by a program running on another computer
on the same local area network.
• Wake on Ring
Wake on Ring, sometimes referred to as Wake on Modem, is a specification that allows supported
computers and devices to resume from sleep or hibernation mode.
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Windows Management Instrumentation is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model. It provides an
operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification.
Security features
• Ability to enable and disable a device
• Ability to enable and disable USB connectors individually
• Antivirus program
• Computrace Agent software embedded in firmware
• Cover presence switch (also called intrusion switch)
• BIOS passwords and Windows accounts to deter unauthorized use of your computer
• Finger authentication (available on some models)
• Firewalls
• Startup sequence control
• Startup without a keyboard or mouse
• Support for a Kensington-style cable lock
• Support for a padlock
• Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
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