Figure 1-2
Out of Band Management Component modes and security
About Intel AMT related credentials
The Intel AMT administrative credentials and MEBx
admin
credentials often get
confused as the same credentials, but they are different and have different
purposes. By default, the administrator account for both credentials is
admin
and
the password is
admin
. The MEBx credentials control local access to the MEBx on
the computer and some Intel AMT settings. The Intel AMT administrative
credentials control remote access to the Intel AMT settings (for example, when
you run an out-of-band task from the Symantec Management Console, or access
the Intel AMT Web UI).
When you access the MEBx for the first time, you must supply the default
administrator credentials, and then you are prompted to change the password.
This change modifies not only the MEBx admin account password but also the
Intel AMT administrative account password.
Later, when you set up and configure Intel AMT computers, you change the Intel
AMT administrator password again and make it different from the MEBx one.
Introducing Out of Band Management Component
How Out of Band Management Component works
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