Tech Tips, Intel | Altiris

In mid September of this year (2007), the updates to Altiris RTSM, OOBM, and OOBSC provided support for the following Intel vPro and Centrino Pro capabilities:

Here are the steps I followed to create an .EXE which contains MSI and MST. Hopefully this will help other application packagers faced with the same challenge.

The following is a summary list of key project team roles for successful Intel vPro projects. This is a summary from experiences based on real-world engagements with real-world customers.

Some items may seem obvious - yet sometimes oversight on the "obvious" is what leads to unfortunate realities.

Recent erroneous reports regarding scalability of Altiris Out of Band Manager have occurred. The following Q&A was developed with Intel input and approval and corrects this misinformation. This document is intended to be used reactively if you encounter this misinformation.

The Intel® AMT management engine (ME) can be placed in a sleep state depending on the host systems power state. A common default setting is that the ME is on regardless of the host systems power state (unless of course the power has been totally removed from the system).

Each time an Intel® AMT capable device boots, data (listed below) is recorded into the NVRAM (non-volatile RAM).

Thus if a variance occurs between system boots, an alert is noted within the Intel® AMT logs and event manager. In addition, should a replacement part be needed, the exact data can be obtained.

Both dynamic and static IPs are supported by Intel® AMT clients, yet it is best that both the host operating system and ME (e.g. Intel® AMT Management Engine) use the same setting. Not all client environments use DHCP for IP addressing, thus both modes need to be supported.

The Intel vPro Manageability Toolkit requires a large number of prerequisites and installs to properly complete the full install. It is recommended to use the Solution Center if possible so that all prerequisites are automatically installed. This can be done by browsing to the 'Install/Upgrade Additional Solutions' node, under the 'Available Solutions' tab, under 'Segments', and 'Partner Solutions'.

However this isn't always feasible. If so, the following list provides the list of items to be installed, and in what order they should be installed in.

When running a Network Discovery, Intel vPro AMT systems are not discovered, or AMT Inventory is not collected.

Read on to get an explanation of the problem and a way to get around it.