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P/N G0200152 Rev B, 1.1.12.01.2014

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Using Intel

®

Active Management Technology (Intel

®

AMT)

About Intel
AMT

A6106D blades support Intel AMT Release 8.0. Intel AMT enables administrators to manage blades
remotely, including when blades are powered off.

Requirements

Intel AMT requires the installation of a third-party management console. Install management console
software on the system you will use to manage AMT clients.

There are many management console products, such as VNC

®

Viewer Plus, Radmin

®

, and

Spiceworks

®

. Be sure to choose a console that supports your management objectives.

Supported and
unsupported
features

A6106D blades support all Intel AMT Release 8.0 features except for KVM over IP once the
operating system has started. All other features are supported.

A3100 chassis
support

The A3100 chassis supports Intel AMT through the primary Ethernet port only. See

Figure 5

above

for more information.

Accessing Intel
ME BIOS
extension

Intel AMT settings are located in an Intel Management Engine BIOS extension. To access the BIOS
extension:

Step

Action

1

Remove the blade from the chassis and configure as shown in

BIOS and pre-OS

video for configuration and imaging

above

.

2

Power on or restart the blade.

3

Press CTRL+P during startup (this is the same time you would press, for example,
F2 to display the BIOS setup utility).

4

Use the credentials listed in

Default configuration and login credentials

below

to

log in and make any changes appropriate for your environment.

5

If you management console requires a user name to perform Intel AMT commands,
use the user name listed below.

Default
configuration
and login
credentials

The list below shows default Intel AMT configuration on A6106D blades:

Intel AMT is enabled

Default Intel AMT password is admin.

NOTE:

Change this password immediately after first login.

Default Intel AMT user is admin (for use with management console)

For more
information

See Intel

®

Active Management Technology (Intel

®

AMT) Start Here Guide, available at

www.intel.com

.