Intel Desktop Board DQ45CB Technical Product Specification
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1.11
Intel
®
Active Management Technology
(Intel
®
AMT)
Intel
®
Active Management Technology (Intel
®
AMT) 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:
•
ARC4 micro-controller embedded in the Intel Q45 Graphics and Memory Controller
Hub (GMCH)
•
Intel 82801JDO Controller Hub (ICH10DO)
•
Intel 82567LM Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) Ethernet LAN controller
•
Channel A DIMM(s)
•
BIOS/SPI Flash (32 Mbits)
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On-board Intel AMT status LED
NOTE
Software with Intel AMT capability is required to take advantage of Intel AMT platform
management capabilities.
1.11.1
Intel AMT Features
The key features of Intel AMT include:
•
Secure Out of Band (OOB) system management that allows remote management
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
•
Remote troubleshooting and recovery that can significantly reduce desk-side visits
and potentially increasing efficiency of IT technical staff.
⎯
Client Initiated Remote Access (CIRA)
⎯
System event log
⎯
IDE Redirection (IDE-R) or PXE boot: remote CD or network drive boot
⎯
Serial over LAN
⎯
OOB diagnostics
⎯
Remote control
