Users Guide

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Intel vPro OOB Management Extensions
Intel vPro OOB management extensions provides an out-of-band management solution through a stand-alone
application on the system running on Dell Client Integration Pack (DCIP) for Configuration Manager. The application
allows you to remotely manage client systems regardless of the state, the system power or operating system is in.
You can use Dell Client Integration Pack for Configuration Manager with the Intel vPro OOB management utility to
perform the following tasks:
• USB Provisioning
• Perform client configuration like
– Configuring power profile
– Configuring the boot order
– Configuring the BIOS settings
– Configuring BIOS passwords
• Perform remote operations like perform power management and KVM sessions
• Generate reports
• Enable client logs across the network and collect hardware inventory
• Monitor task progress and details
Software Prerequisites
Before setting up Intel vPro OOB on your computer:
• Prepare Active Directory Domain Services for out-of-band management. For more information see the Microsoft
TechNet article at technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg682051.
• Provision your system running DCIP for Configuration Manger to run Intel Active Management Technology
(AMT). For more information on AMT provisioning see the Microsoft TechNet article at
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712319.
• Export the provisioning certificate hash to all the AMT client systems you want to manage through your system
running DCIP for Configuration Manger. For more information, see USB Provisioning.
• For In-Band shutdown to work correctly the system running DCIP for Configuration Manger needs to have
Windows Powershell version 2.0 installed and WinRM configured. For more information on configuring WinRM,
see Configuring WinRM.
• When using DCIP for Configuration Manger out-of-band provisioning for clients, verify the Microsoft System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager agent is not installed on those clients. If the Configuration Manger agent has
been installed on client systems and the agent has been detected by Configuration Manger, then you can use
Configuration Manger in-band provisioning with those client systems.
NOTE: You can perform the check by using the Configuration Manger console to view the client column of
Configuration Manger collections.
Launching The Dell AMT vPRO Plug-in
You can launch the AMT plug-in by clicking Start → All Programs → Dell → Dell AMT Plugin → Dell AMT Plugin .
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