After you plugged in an Intel AMT computer for the first time, it sends Hello
messages to the OOB site server computer (by default, the Notification Server
computer) only for the first 24 hours. If the computer was not set up and configured
during that time (due to Intel SCS unavailable, or network problems), you must
make the Intel AMT device to resend Hello messages.
See
“About resending Hello messages”
on page 89.
Note:
To start the remote configuration process on computers with Intel AMT 2.2
and 2.6, you must use the Delayed Configuration policy. Only Intel AMT versions
3.0 and later support bare-metal remote configuration where no management
agent and no running operating system are required.
See
“About resending Hello messages”
on page 89.
See
“Initializing Intel AMT computers using the Remote Configuration feature”
on page 65.
Initializing Intel AMT computers manually
(all Intel AMT versions)
Manual initialization of Intel AMT computers is performed at the computer
location and, in most cases, requires an administrator to physically touch the
computers.
If you have a large number of Intel AMT 3.0 or later computers, we recommend
that you initialize the computers using the Remote Configuration feature.
See
“Initializing Intel AMT computers using the Remote Configuration feature”
on page 65.
You can initialize Intel AMT computers manually in the following ways:
■
Ask an OEM to prepare computers for initialization
See
“Initializing OEM-prepared computers manually”
on page 77.
■
Use a USB key
See
“Initializing computers manually using a USB key”
on page 77.
■
Type PID-PPS pairs into the MEBx
See
“Initializing computers manually through MEBx”
on page 80.
The USB and MEBx methods require you to visit each Intel AMT computer's
location and perform some manual configuration.
See
“Configuring Intel AMT computers for out-of-band management”
on page 61.
Configuring Intel AMT computers for out-of-band management
Configuring Intel AMT computers for out-of-band management
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