Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) is hardware-based technology built into PCs with Intel vPro technology. AMT is designed to help sys-admins remotely manage and secure PCs out-of-band when PC power is off, the operating system (OS) is unavailable (hung, crashed, corrupted, missing), software management agents are missing, or hardware (such as a hard disk drive or memory) has failed.[1][2][3][4][5]

Versions

Intel AMT is built into a small secondary processor located on the motherboard. This OOB controller has embedded firmware that runs on the Manageability Engine (ME), a separate small processor built into the northbridge (or network card for AMT 1.0) of the motherboard. The AMT firmware is stored in the same SPI flash memory component used to store the BIOS and is generally updated along with the BIOS. FWH (Firmware Hub) or LPC firmware storage is not supported for AMT.[2]

In general, an AMT version can be updated in software to the next minor version. New major releases of Intel AMT are built into a new chipset, and are updated through new hardware.

Comparison of AMT versions

The following is a comparison of the various features supported by each version of Intel AMT[13][14]

Feature AMT 1.0
(Desktop)		 AMT 2.0/2.1
(Desktop)		 AMT 2.5/2.6
(Mobile)		 AMT 3.0
(Desktop)		 AMT 4.0
(Mobile)		 AMT 5.0
(Desktop)		 6.0
(Desktop & Mobile)		 7.0 & 8.0
(Desktop & Mobile)		 9.0
(Desktop & Mobile) 		10.0

(Desktop & Mobile)

11.0

(Desktop & Mobile)

12.0

(Desktop & Mobile)

Hardware Inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Persistent ID Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Power On/Off Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SOL/IDE redirect Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Event Management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Third-party Data Storage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Built-in web server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flash Protection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Firmware Update Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TCP/IP, SOAP XML/EOI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[note 1] No[note 1] No[note 1] No[note 1] No[note 1]
HTTP Digest/TLSv1.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[note 2]
HTTP Digest/TLSv1.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HTTP Digest/TLSv1.2 No No No No No No No No No No No Yes[note 2]
Static and dynamic IP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
System Defense No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Agent Presence No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power Policies No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mutual Authentication No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kerberos No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TLS-PSK No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Privacy Icon No 2.1 and up Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ME Wake-on-LAN No 2.1 and up Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Configuration No 2.2 and up 2.6 and up Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wireless Configuration No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Endpoint Access Control (EAC) 802.1 No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power Packages No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Environment Detection No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Event Log Reader Realm No No 2.6 and up Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
System Defense Heuristics No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WS-Management interface No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLAN settings for Intel AMT network interfaces No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fast Call For Help (CIRA) No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Access Monitor No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MS NAP support No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualization Support for Agent Presence No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PC Alarm Clock No No No No No 5.1 and up Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
KVM Remote Control No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wireless Profile Synchronization No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for IPv6 No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Host-based Provisioning No No No No No No 6.1 and up Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Host-based over the Internet Provisioning No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zero-touch over the Internet Provisioning No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Graceful Shutdown No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Screen blanking No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Graceful power operations No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
Secure erasure of storage nodes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes
  1. ^ a b c d e "WSMAN Interface is replacing the SOAP(EOI) Interface". Intel. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  2. ^ a b "Intel Developer Guide SSL/TLS". Intel. Retrieved 2020-07-17.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "Intel Centrino 2 with vPro Technology and Intel Core2 Processor with vPro Technology" (PDF). Intel. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  2. ^ a b "Architecture Guide: Intel Active Management Technology". Intel. 2008-06-26. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  3. ^ "Remote Pc Management with Intel's vPro". Tom's Hardware Guide. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  4. ^ a b c "Intel vPro Chipset Lures MSPs, System Builders". ChannelWeb. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  5. ^ a b "Intel Mostly Launches Centrino 2 Notebook Platform". ChannelWeb. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Intel Centrino Pro and Intel vPro Processor Technology" (PDF). Intel. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  7. ^ a b c "Intel Centrino 2 Explained". CNET. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  8. ^ "New Intel-Based Laptops Advance All Facets of Notebook PCs". Intel. Archived from the original on 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  9. ^ "New Intel Centrino Atom Processor Technology Ushers in 'Best Internet Experience in Your Pocket'". Intel. 2008-04-02. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  10. ^ "Gelsinger Speaks To Intel And High-Tech Industry's Rapid Technology Cadence". Intel. 2007-09-18. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  11. ^ "Intel Q370 Chipset". Intel. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  12. ^ "Intel Q470 Chipset". Intel. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  13. ^ "Intel Active Management Technology - Start Here Guide" (PDF). Intel. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  14. ^ Active Management Cloud Overview Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine

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