Amt Vs. Asf - Compaq dc7800 - Convertible Minitower PC User Manual

AMT vs. ASF

HP Compaq dc7800 and dc7800p Business PC products are configured for AMT by default, but can sup-
port both AMT and ASF (Alert Standard Format). Once AMT is provisioned, ASF is no longer available
(and vice-versa). AMT provides equivalent or better alerting and remote control capabilities with support-
ing management console software. Customers and IT professionals must determine which management
standard is right for them.
Comparison of AMT vs ASF Capabilities
Capabilities
OOB (Out Of Band) Management
Remote Control
Event Alerting
Non-Volatile Storage
Event Logging
Remote Boot
Asset Information
Remote ME FW Update
Secure Communication
Connection Protocol
Layer 4 Stack
Broad Enterprise ISV Support
AMT
Yes - From any power state (S0,
S3, S4, S5)
Yes - SOL, IDE-R, reboot, wake,
shutdown, and more
Yes - Policy-based (flexible)
Yes - Third Party Data Store (3PDS)
Yes
Yes - PXE or IDE-R
Yes - HW and SW
Yes
TLS / HTTP Digest
HTTP
(Accessible by Web browser)
TCP
(Preferred routing protocol)
Yes
ASF
Limited - System must be in S0,
needs to be remotely woken first
Limited - Remote reboot and wake
only
Yes - Preset (restrictive)
No
No
Yes - PXE
No
No
Simple Authentication
RMCP
UDP
(Often blocked by routers)
No
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