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Using Intel
®
Active Management Technology (Intel
®
AMT)
About Intel
AMT
Intel AMT enables administrators to manage supported blades remotely (including when blades are
powered off) using an AMT management console.
A6108 blades support Release 12.0 and above.
Requirements
The table below details Intel AMT requirements.
BIOS settings
Blades that are managed remotely using Intel AMT must have settings enabled in
the Intel AMT BIOS extension (see the sections below for information).
Management Console
Administrators must manage AMT devices using an AMT management
console, which can be browser based or be installed on a system. Installation requirements vary
depending on the AMT management console you choose.
There are many management consoles available, such as the Intel browser-based utility, VNC
®
Viewer
Plus, and Spiceworks
®
. Be sure to choose a console that supports your management objectives.
Network
The A3100 chassis supports Intel AMT through the
primary
Ethernet port only. See
Figure 5 and Figure 6 above for more information.
Supported
features
A6108 blades support all Intel AMT features except for KVM over IP.
Default login
credentials
The list below shows default Intel AMT credentials:
•
Default Intel AMT password is
admin
.
NOTE:
Change this password immediately after first login.
•
Default Intel AMT user is
admin
.
Accessing Intel
ME BIOS
extension
Intel AMT settings are located in the Intel Management Engine BIOS extension. Intel AMT is
enabled by default in A-series blades.
NOTE:
Though AMT is enabled, you must activate network access to enable management console
connections (see “Activate Network Access” below).
To access the BIOS extension:
Step
Action
Remove the blade from the chassis and configure as shown in “BIOS and pre-OS video for
configuration and imaging” above.
2
Power on the blade.
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