Author Archives: Gael Holmes Hofemeier (Intel)

In a nutshell: Intel® Secure Key, was previously code-named Bull Mountain Technology. It is the Intel name for the Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures instruction RDRAND and its underlying Digital Random Number Generator (DRNG) hardware implementation. Among other things, the DRNG using the RDRAND instruction is useful for generating high-quality keys for cryptographic protocols. The [...] Continue reading →

I just wanted to let everyone (who is intersted) know that I have updated the Intel AMT Start Here Guide to include information on Intel AMT release 8 to go along with the platform launch. As this document is one of our most often viewed articles on our Community, if you have any thoughts about [...] Continue reading →

Intel is launching  the latest Ivy Bridge processors supporting Intel (r) AMT Release 8.0. This marks the 3rd Generation Intel(r) Core(tm) i5 and i7 Processors.  Sometimes it can be challenging to figure out what systems, on an OEM’s website will support Intel(r) AMT features,  so here are the ingredients that you must look for: (Intel(r) [...] Continue reading →

There are two utilities that are packaged with the Intel SCS (Setup and Configuration Software) that are very simple to use and can help you enable Intel AMT quickly. Starting with Intel AMT 6.2, we have what is called “Host-based Provisioning.” This means you can now configure and enable Intel AMT directly on the system [...] Continue reading →

I have already blogged quite a bit on this tool, but since it is pretty popular I thought I’d turn it into a video as well.  Running the  SCS Discovery tool is often my first suggestion to our developers who are having questions about why something about Intel AMT is not working for them.  In [...] Continue reading →

If you have just purchased and Intel(r) AMT Client and are wondering how to get started managing your new system, you can watch this short ~10 minute video on how to quickly configure Intel AMT. This video also demonstrates how to unconfigure Intel AMT from inside the MEBx environment. Still have questions? Please go to [...] Continue reading →

If you have either a Notebook or a Desktop equipped with Intel(R) vPro Technology and you are also working with one of it’s components, Intel(R) Active Management Technology, chances are you have the “Intel Management and Security Status” software installed on your system. In this video, we start this software and take a closer look [...] Continue reading →

The first thing you may think about after you have purchased an Intel(r) vPro Platform with Intel(r) AMT Technology, is “Where do I start?”  Getting to “know” the MEBx* menus is probably one of the first things you might want to do.  This video shows you how to get into them and how you can [...] Continue reading →

Do you have a system that you believe is Intel(R) AMT capable and you are trying to run  samples but are getting an errors?  Here are some tips on how to make sure your systems *is* Intel AMT capable and is also capable of running the samples in the SDK 1.  Download and run the SCS Discovery [...] Continue reading →

If you are trying to run the vPro PowerShell scripts on your management console but are running into errors, it is possible that either the vPro PowerShell Module has not been installed and/or it is not configured correctly.   The following steps demonstrate how to configure your system in order to use this powerful interface. Step [...] Continue reading →

Acknowledgements:  Special thanks to Ajith Illendula and Sudeepti Balepur for sending this guide to me in order to share with our vPro Developers Community.   Instructions for creating Intel AMT Certificates for TLS Encryption using the Intel AMT SDK and OpenSSL 1 Modify the configuration server to not delete the private key and public key: [...] Continue reading →

Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Ajith Illendula and Sudeepti Balepur for sending this guide to me in order to share with our vPro Developers Community. Objectives: 1.  Create certificates for Intel AMT TLS encryption using the Intel AMT SDK and OpenSSL 2.  Using the  TLS.ps1 script,  configure non TLS configured Intel AMT systems to use  TLS communication [...] Continue reading →

What is the Heci and LMS – this is the rolling question week after week.  Reseting the ME password. Intel VT-d and how is Intel AMT enabled?  Here are the most popular Forum threads and blogs during the last few weeks. Top 15 Forum Threads HP DC7700 (2007) Intel Management Engine Password Reset (2007) AMT Error Message “[UNS] [...] Continue reading →

What is the Heci and LMS – this is the rolling question week after week.  Reseting the ME password. Intel VT-d and how is Intel AMT enabled?  Here are the most popular Forum threads and blogs during the last few weeks. Top 15 Forum Threads HP DC7700 (2007) Intel Management Engine Password Reset (2007) AMT Error Message “[UNS] [...] Continue reading →

From UNS,LMS, SOL/LMS/HECI Drivers, MEI Passwords to Clearing the CMOS,  I just ran across a list of our most popular forum threads and blogs and thought it might be good to highlight them.  Top 10 Forum Threads (for the last 13 Weeks) AMT Error Message “[UNS] Failed to subscribe to local Intel(R) AMT” lms service cannot connect to [...] Continue reading →

The Intel® ME is the steam behind Intel Active Management Technology.  Intel AMT is a component of the Intel vPro platform. It uses a number of elements in the Intel vPro platform architecture. The following figure shows the relationship between these elements. The Intel AMT functionality is contained in the ME firmware (Manageability Engine Firmware). [...] Continue reading →

I’m playing around with knowledgebase providers. Tell me what you think about this and if it is useful. Also let me know if you want to participate in adding articles to it.
Here is a handy link to my My Intel vPro Knowledge Base

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What do you do when you are ready to get started working with Intel Active Management Technology and you are excited about the recent inclusion of a software based (AMT) KVM feature and you can’t get it to work? A while back I wrote a blog –> HERE <– to help out with determining which [...] Continue reading →

Do you have a system that you believe is Intel(R) AMT capable and you are trying to run the WMI samples but are getting an error?  Here are some tips on how to make sure your systems *is* Intel AMT capable and is also capable of running the WMI samples supported by the WMI Provider. [...] Continue reading →

Have you experienced this error message, or one like it?  Then this blog is for you because you could be experiencing an issue with your MEI Driver.  This write-up contains information on how to go about determining if your vPro software is dishing out error messages due to not having a valid MEI Driver installed.  Note:  All OEM [...] Continue reading →