Intel MEBX User Guide for Intel 7 Series Chipset

Intel® ME Manageability Features

3 Intel

ME Manageability Features

The Intel MEBX menu for digital office SKUs provides platform level

configuration options for the IT-administrator to configure the behavior of the

Intel ME platform. The behavior includes platform configuration such as

individual feature enable/disable and power configurations.

The following section provides the details on each Intel MEBX configuration

option and the constraints, if any, for a given option.

Note: When you change Intel

ME Platform Configuration settings, the changes are

committed to the Intel ME’s non-volatile memory when you exit from Intel

MEBX (the changes are not cached). Therefore, if Intel MEBX crashes before

you exit, the changes made until that point are LOST and the changed settings

are NOT saved.

3.1 Access Intel

MEBX Configuration User Interface

The Intel MEBX configuration user interface can be accessed on a client system

through the following steps:

1. On rebooting the system, after the initial boot screen, the following message

will be displayed: ‘Press <CTRL-P> to enter Intel® ME Setup’

Note: To enter the Intel MEBX, press <Ctrl-P> as soon as possible, since this message

is displayed for only a few seconds. Also note that the OEM may replace the

control character <Ctrl-P> with another one or don’t display it at all.

Note: <Ctrl-P> will be hidden when SoL or KVM session is established. Users are not

able to access MEBx UI in this scenario.

Note: If Intel® AMT has been configured, <CTLR-ALT-F1> will also be displayed

along with <CTRL-P>. It is designed for end users to use Fast call for Help

feature either inside or outside of corporate network environment when Intel®

AMT systems are not discovered by management console.

2. Enter the Intel Management Engine password under ‘MEBX Password’.

Press Enter. The default password is ‘admin’. This default password can be

altered by the user. Please refer to section 3.3 for Intel ME password details.

3. The Intel MEBX screen is displayed, as shown in section 3.2.