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2. You may need to manually update the membership of the device collections or restart the Configuration Manager Admin
Console to refresh the device collections.
NOTE: Any Dell client systems that the software places in the vPro-AMT Provisioned - Compliant device collection
will also appear in the Available clients list for the operations in the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application.
NOTE: If you have upgraded from an earlier version of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center, or if
you later upgrade Intel Setup and Configuration Software using Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band, you may
see multiple versions of the vPro-AMT objects in Configuration Manager. It is recommended that you use the highest
version instance of these objects, v3 over v2, for example, when deploying the task sequence.
USB Provisioning
Before Intel Active Management Technology-based client systems are managed out-of-band, provision the client systems for
AMT.
Provisioning Using a USB Device
The client systems on the network have to procure a digital provisioning certificate before deploying Intel vPro AMT
management application using remote configuration.
To export your certificate hash to the client systems using a USB storage device:
1. Launch the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band application.
2. Click the USB Provisioning tab.
3. Enter your Management Engine (ME) password in the Current Password section, and then enter a New Password for
AMT and confirm it.
NOTE:
The AMT password must contain a minimum of eight characters made up of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and
nonalphanumeric characters excluding :, _, and ".
4. Under USB Key click Browse and point to the location of the USB storage device.
5. Select the file format for your USB storage device.
6. Select the Enable remote configuration of user consent policy option if you want to allow the administrator to override
the client system's user consent policy.
7. Select the type of Hash Algorithm required for your out-of-band management environment.
8. Select the OOB Provisioning (enabling will start hello packets immediately) option if you want to send hello packets
immediately.
9. Select the Consumable Records option to record the systems that are provisioned.
10. Browse and select the Certificate File you want to apply on your client systems for AMT provisioning.
11. Enter a name for the certificate file.
12. Click Create Key.
The USB provision key is created.
13. Click Export....
The USB provisioning key is exported to the USB storage device.
Indications
The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out Of Band application provides an indications feature that allows you remotely to monitor,
diagnose, and manage clients using Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) filters (indications) to monitor each client.
NOTE: More information on DMTF filters may be found at the DMTF website,www.dmtf.org.
Indications allow you to monitor diagnostic events such as:
● Motherboard failure
● CPU failure
● Power supply failure
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