About Intel Amt; About Asf - Symantec ALTIRIS REAL-TIME SYSTEM MANAGER 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual

14 Introducing Real-Time System Manager
How Real-Time System Manager works

About Intel AMT

About ASF

See "About the Real-Time view"
One-to-many management is when you create a task, assign it to one or more
computers, and configure it to run at a later time.
Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) is a part of Intel vPro technology,
which provides the following technology capabilities:
Remote manageability Lets you remotely inventory, diagnose, and repair computers—even
those that are turned off —reducing costly desk-side visits and
increasing user uptime.
Security Lets third-party security software identify more threats before
they reach the operating system. You can isolate infected systems
more quickly and update computers regardless of their power
state.
Intel AMT is a solution that is based in hardware and firmware and is connected
to the system's auxiliary power plane. Despite the power state or the operating
system state of the client computer, Intel AMT provides IT administrators with
access to alerts, hardware inventory, power management, network filtering, and
agent presence functionality. Intel AMT functionality requires the computer to
be plugged into the power source and connected to the network. Intel AMT
functionality does not require a software agent to be installed on the client
computer.
Altiris Out of Band Management Component, Altiris Real-Time Console
Infrastructure, and Altiris Real-Time System Manager software support Intel
AMT 2.0 and later.
ASF (Alert Standard Format) is an industry standards-based technology that lets
IT administrators manage computers regardless of the operating system state.
ASF performs completely out of band and only relies on the operating system to
configure the solution.
ASF provides alerting and power management functionality as long as the
computer is plugged in with Ethernet connection. ASF functionality is
accomplished through hardware on the network card or system board, a software
agent on the client computer, and management software on the server.
Altiris Out of Band Management Component, Altiris Real-Time Console
Infrastructure, and Altiris Real-Time System Manager software support ASF 2.0.
on page 16.