Product guide
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Enabling Intel AMT wireless
manageability
With Intel
®
AMT over a wireless connection, you can perform Intel
®
AMT actions on systems within the
enterprise or to a properly configured Remote Access scenario.
Make sure that the required wireless settings are configured. Also, consider these guidelines for Intel
®
AMT management in a wireless environment.
• A wireless connection is established using Wireless network interface (WLAN) or an interface driver
(executing on the Intel
®
AMT system). If you turn off the wireless transmitter or receiver using
either a hardware or software switch, Intel
®
AMT cannot use the wireless interface under any
conditions.
• Intel
®
AMT supports wireless manageability in all System power states (s0-s5). However, the power
settings and other parameters must be configured.
• A connection request from the system is authenticated using a wireless profile that contains
names, passwords, and other security elements. A user or an administrator defines these profiles
using a tool such as Intel
®
PROSet or the wireless software. However, if the host driver is active and
the system is within the enterprise, you can connect to an Intel
®
AMT system without a wireless
profile.
• When there is a problem with the wireless driver while the Intel
®
AMT system is still on, the system
can be connected using wireless network interface.
• Intel
®
AMT management over wireless operates per the state of the system.
• If the system is disconnected from the network and not actively using the wireless network
interface, Intel
®
AMT traffic operates similar to a wired environment.
• If the system is actively using the wireless network interface, Intel
®
AMT over wireless traffic is
intercepted and redirected through Intel
®
AMT drivers within the operating system.
• If an operating system transitions from online to offline, Intel
®
AMT communications gets
interrupted momentarily.
Contents
Prerequisites for using wireless with ePO Deep Command
Wireless profiles
Wireless profile synchronization
Create a delta configuration profile for wireless
Validate wireless settings
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