Intel® vPro™ and Intel® Centrino® Pro Processor Technology Quick Start Guide
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Section 1: Deciding Which Provisioning Mode to Use
Before starting the deployment, you must decide which provisioning mode to use: SMB or Enterprise.
Note: SMB mode, which stands for “Small-Medium Business,” is also known as “Basic” mode, and
Enterprise mode can be divided into “Standard” and “Advanced” modes, based on whether you require
Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate-based encryption for you management traffic.
Several factors should be considered in deciding which provisioning mode to use, such as security
requirements, size of organization, and existing IT infrastructure.
The primary difference between SMB and Enterprise modes is the ability to encrypt management traffic.
In the Advanced Enterprise mode, all management traffic may be encrypted with Transport Layer
Security (TLS). In SMB mode and the Standard Enterprise mode the traffic is not encrypted.
The other major difference in provisioning modes is how the client system receives its configuration
information. In Enterprise mode, you can use manual, one-touch, or remote configuration options, or
have your OEM pre-provision the client systems before shipment. In SMB mode, you must manually
provision each client system.
The following questions can help you decide which mode to use.
Question
Yes
No
Do your security needs require that
all traffic from a management
console to the Intel vPro machine be
encrypted?
You must choose Enterprise
Advanced mode.
You may choose either SMB or
Enterprise
Is your IT infrastructure set up to
support either Static IP or Windows
Workgroups?
You should choose SMB (Basic)
mode; manual management of the
client host list is required.
You may choose either SMB or
Enterprise
Is your organization small enough to
provision each system manually?
You may choose either SMB or
Enterprise
You should choose Enterprise
Where do I go from here?
Selected provisioning mode:
Go to:
SMB
Section 2 – Deploying Intel® vPro Using SMB (Basic) Mode Provisioning on
page 6
Enterprise
Section 3 – Deploying Intel vPro Using Enterprise (Standard and Advanced)
Mode Provisioning on page 16
