Lenovo ThinkCentre M91p User manual

ThinkCentreM91p
IntelActiveManagementTechnology
CongurationGuide

ThinkCentreM91p
IntelActiveManagementTechnology
CongurationGuide

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixC
“Notices”onpage27.
FirstEdition(March2011)
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Contents
Aboutthisdocument.........v
Chapter1.IntroductiontoIntelvPro
andIntelAMT.............1
Acronyms................1
Chapter2.Featuresandbenetsof
IntelAMT...............3
Featuresandbenets............3
Chapter3.Mainfeaturesof
computersbuiltwithIntelAMT....5
CIRA..................5
KVMredirection..............6
HostBasedProvisioning...........6
Chapter4.IntelAMTsetupand
congurationonLenovoThinkCentre
M91pdesktopcomputers......7
IntelAMTcongurationsettingsinSetupUtility..7
IntelMEBxsetupandconguration......8
EnteringtheMEBxcongurationuser
interface...............8
Intel(R)MEGeneralSettings.......8
Intel(R)AMTConguration........11
Driverdescription.............19
MEI.................19
LMS.................20
SOL.................20
Chapter5.Webuserinterface....21
AccessingtheWebuserinterface.......21
ConguringtheIntelAMTcomputer....21
Loggingontotheclient.........22
FunctionsintheWebuserinterface......22
AppendixA.Examplesofconguring
IntelAMTinmanualandautomatic
setupandcongurationmodes...23
ConguringIntelAMTinmanualsetupand
congurationmode.............23
ConguringIntelAMTinautomaticsetupand
congurationmode.............23
ZTCprovisioning............23
USBprovisioning............24
AppendixB.Factorydefaultsettings
fortheIntelMEBx...........25
AppendixC.Notices.........27
Trademarks................28
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Aboutthisdocument
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutIntel®ActiveManagementTechnology(IntelAMT)forLenovo®
ThinkCentre®M91pdesktopcomputers.Thisdocumentprovidesstep-by-stepinstructionsonhowtouse
IntelAMT.
ThisdocumentisintendedfortrainedITprofessionalsorthoseresponsibleforconguringcomputers
throughouttheirorganizations.Thereadersshouldhavebasicknowledgeofnetworkandcomputer
technology,andbefamiliarwiththetermsTCP/IP,DHCP ,IDE,DNS,SubnetMask,DefaultGateway,Domain
Name,andsoon.
Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
Chapter1“IntroductiontoIntelvProandIntelAMT”onpage1:Thischapterprovidesageneralintroduction
toIntelvPro™andIntelAMT.
Chapter2“FeaturesandbenetsofIntelAMT”onpage3:Thischapterintroducesthefeaturesand
benetsofIntelAMT.
Chapter3“MainfeaturesofcomputersbuiltwithIntelAMT”onpage5:Thischapterintroducesthemain
featuresofIntelAMTbuilt-incomputers.
Chapter4“IntelAMTsetupandcongurationonLenovoThinkCentreM91pdesktopcomputers”on
page7:ThischapterprovidesdetailedinstructionsonhowtocongureIntelAMTsettingsonLenovo
ThinkCentreM91pdesktopcomputers.
Chapter5“Webuserinterface”onpage21:Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoaccessthe
IntelAMTWebuserinterface.
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Chapter1.IntroductiontoIntelvProandIntelAMT
IntelvProisabusinesscomputerplatformthatprovidesbusinesscomputerswithenhancedremote
managementcapabilities.ForcomputersbuiltwithIntelvPro,ITadministratorscanuseathirdpartysoftware
toremotelycollectinventoryinformation,diagnoseproblems,andprovidevariousservicesregardlessof
thecomputerpowerstateortheoperatingsystemstate.ITadministratorscanalsoisolateandprotect
individualcomputersandthenetworkfromthreats.
AsafeatureofIntelvPro,IntelAMTisdesignedtoprovideremotemanagementofcomputersregardless
ofthecomputerpowerstateortheoperatingsystemstateaslongasthecomputersareconnectedtoan
electricaloutletandanetwork.
IntelAMTisdesignedasabuildingblockandnotacompletesolution.ThisenablesOriginalEquipment
Manufacturers(OEMs)toincorporateIntelAMTintotheirclientandserverhardwareplatforms.Competent
andauthorizedthirdpartyapplicationsprovidemanagementandsecurityservicesthattakeadvantageof
theIntelAMTfeatures,suchasout-of-bandaccesstoassetinformation,eventlogs,hardwareandsoftware
tables,andembeddedcapabilities.
Acronyms
Thefollowingtablelistsandexplainssomeacronymsusedinthisdocument.
AcronymDescription
ACLAccessControlList
AMTActiveManagementTechnology
ASFAlertStandardFormat
BIOSBasicInputOutputSystem
CIRAClientInitiatedRemoteAccess
DHCPDynamicHostCongurationProtocol
DNSDomainNameServer
FQDNFullyQualiedDomainName
FWFirmware
HBPHostBasedProvisioning
HECIHostEmbeddedControllerInterface
IDE-RIntegratedDeviceElectronics-Redirection
IPInternetProtocol
ISVIndependentSoftwareVendor
KVMKeyboard-Video-Mouse
LMSLocalManageabilityService
MEManagementEngine
MEBxManagementEngineBIOSExtension
MEIManagementEngineInterface
NVMNonvolatilememory
OEMOriginalEquipmentManufacturer
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AcronymDescription
OOBOut-of-band
PID/PPSProvisioningIDandProvisioningPre-sharedKey
PKIPublicKeyInfrastructure
PRTCProtectedRealTimeClock
PSKPre-sharedKey
PXEPrebootExecutionEnvironment
RCFGRemoteConguration
SHASecureHashAlgorithm
SMBSmallandMediumBusinesses
SOLSerial-over-LAN
TCPTransmissionControlProtocol
TLSTransportLayerSecurity
WOLWakeonLan
ZTCZeroTouchConguration
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