User’s Manual

5-41ASUS Control Center Express
5.4.1 Setting the remote management controller login
account and password
Before using the client device’s OOB functions, please set up the login account
and password ASUS Control Center Express will use to log into the client device’s
remote management controller. This will ensure the OOB remote functions are
secure.
Please refer to the following methods for setting up the login information ASUS
Control Center Express will use to log into the client device’s remote management
controller:
5.4 OOB Control
The OOB (Out of band) Control function ASUS Control Center Express provides
allows one-to-many management of devices and also supports control of client
device(s) with DASH, RTL8117, or vPro remote management controllers.
• To use the OOB Control functions, ensure the client device’s motherboard
supports DASH, RTL8117, or vPro remote management controller.
• Before using the OOB function on the client device, ensure that the remote
management controller settings have been set in the client device’s BIOS.
Setting the account and password in Settings (DASH and vPro)
1. Click on , then navigate to
Options
>
General Configuration
, and scroll
down to
vPro Account
and
DASH Account
.
2. Under
vPro Account
, enter the account and password for the client device’s
remote management controller, then click
Save
.
MEBx is an Intel BIOS extension option and setting for Intel client devices. The
account and password set for MEBx is not the Intel vPro remote management
controller account and password.
• The password for vPro Account must be at least 8 characters long, and
must contain one uppercase character (A-Z), numbers (0-9), and one
special character.
• The account and password entered should match the account and
password already set on the client device.