Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p User manual

ThinkCentreM92/pandM92z
IntelActiveManagementTechnology
CongurationGuide

ThinkCentreM92/pandM92z
IntelActiveManagementTechnology
CongurationGuide

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixC
“Notices”onpage27.
SecondEdition(May2012)
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Contents
Aboutthisdocument..........v
Chapter1.IntroductiontoIntelvPro
andIntelAMT..............1
Acronyms.................1
Clientsystemrequirements...........2
Chapter2.Featuresandbenetsof
IntelAMT................3
Featuresandbenets.............3
Chapter3.Mainfeaturesof
computersbuiltwithIntelAMT.....5
CIRA...................5
KVMredirection...............6
HostBasedProvisioning............6
Chapter4.IntelAMTsetupand
congurationonLenovoThinkCentre
M92/pandM92zdesktopcomputers..7
IntelAMTcongurationsettingsinSetupUtility...7
IntelMEBxsetupandconguration.......8
EnteringtheMEBxcongurationuser
interface................8
Intel(R)MEGeneralSettings........8
Intel(R)AMTConguration........11
Driverdescription.............18
MEI.................18
LMS.................18
SOL.................18
Chapter5.Webuserinterface....19
AccessingtheWebuserinterface.......19
ConguringtheIntelAMTcomputer....19
Loggingontotheclient.........20
FunctionsintheWebuserinterface......20
Chapter6.PCCloudManager....21
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®M92/pandM92zdesktopcomputers.Thisdocumentprovidesstep-by-stepinstructionson
howtouseIntelAMT.
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gurationonLenovoThinkCentreM92/pandM92zdesktopcomputers”
onpage7:ThischapterprovidesdetailedinstructionsonhowtocongureIntelAMTsettingsonLenovo
ThinkCentreM92/pandM92zdesktopcomputers.
Chapter5“Webuserinterface”onpage19: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
SPISerialPeripheralInterface
TCPTransmissionControlProtocol
TLSTransportLayerSecurity
WOLWakeonLAN
ZTCZeroTouchConguration
Clientsystemrequirements
ThefollowingrmwareandsoftwarerequirementsmustbemetbeforetheIntelManagementEnginecanbe
conguredandrunontheclientsystem:
•TheSPIashdeviceprogrammedwiththeIntelAMT8.0ashimageintegratingBIOS,IntelManagement
Engine,andGbEcomponentimagesisinstalled.
•TheBIOSissetupwithIntelAMTenabled.
•Devicedrivers(IntelMEI/SOL/LMS)areinstalledandconguredontheclientsystemtoensurethatallof
theIntelManagementEnginefeaturesworkcorrectly.
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