Intel Meshcommander (amt Tool) A Now Available

  • 4Hints how to setup it via Intel ME BIOS Extension (MEBx) based on the T61p (Small business Mode)
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  2. Intel Meshcommander (amt Tool) A Now Available For Windows 7
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  • Oct 27, 2020 The fully automatic management system above also works in agent-less mode because of an improved MeshCMD tool that works on Windows and Linux and can be used to activate and configure Intel AMT. MeshCentral will give administrators a command line to run on remote machines to take care of Intel AMT configuration in one step.
  • The mei-amt-check Tool. The AMT Status Checker for Linux (mei-amt-check) tool is a simple command that allows you detect whether or not your Intel based system supports Intel's vPro AMT out of band management. The following shows what the command reports on a system with AMT support (an Intel NUC7i7DNHE).

Oct 26, 2017 MeshCommander is a web-based Intel® AMT management console that is available in many versions including as a standalone tool, as part of MicroLMS and built into MeshCentral2. However, one of the most intriguing versions of MeshCommander is the one that can be loaded directly into Intel® AMT 11.6 and higher flash storage. This version of MeshCommander allows remote hardware management of a computer with nothing else but a browser, making it super convenient for many applications.

Intel Active Management Technology (AMT)

Some models offer this specific feature.

AMT Version(s)Wired ManageabilityWireless ManageabilityProcessorOperating SystemModels Supported
1.0YesNoARCtangent-A4ThreadXN/A (was featured only in the 82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller)
2.0, 2.1, 2.2YesNoARCtangent-A4ThreadXN/A (was featured only in the 82Q965 Memory Controller Hub)
2.5, 2.6Yesin ACPI S0 stateARCtangent-A4ThreadXT61p, T61, X300, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet
3.0, 3.1, 3.2Yesin ACPI S0 stateARCtangent-A4ThreadXN/A (was featured only in the 82Q35 and 82Q43 Memory Controller Hub)
4.0, 4.1, 4.2YesYesARCtangent-A4ThreadXW700ds, W700, W500, T500, T400, T400s, X301, X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, R500, R400
5.0, 5.1, 5.2Yesin ACPI S0 stateARCtangent-A4ThreadXN/A (was featured only in the 82Q45 Memory Controller Hub)
6.0, 6.1, 6.2YesYesARC 600ThreadXW701ds, W701, W510, T510, T510i, T410, T410i, T410s, T410si, X201, X201i, X201s, X201si, X201 Tablet, X201i Tablet
7.0, 7.1YesYesARC 600ThreadXW520, T520, T520i, T420, T420i, T420s, T420si, X220, X220i, X220 Tablet, X220i Tablet, X1, X1 Hybrid
8.0, 8.1YesYesARC 600ThreadXW530, T530, T530i, T430, T430i, T431s, T430s, T430si, T430u, X230, X230i, X230s, X230 Tablet, X230i Tablet, X1 Carbon, L530, L430
9.0, 9.1, 9.5YesYesARC 600ThreadXW541, W540, T540p, T440p, T440, T440s, T440, X240, X240s, X1 Carbon G2, L540, L440
10.0YesYesARC 600ThreadXW550s, T550, T450, T450s, X250, X1 Carbon G3, Template:L450
11.0, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.11, 11.12, 11.22YesYesunknown QuarkMINIXTemplate:P70, Template:P50, Template:P50s, T560, T460, T460s, T460p, X260, X1 Carbon G4, Template:L560, Template:L460
12.0YesYesunknown QuarkMINIXTemplate:P71, Template:P51, Template:P51s, T570, T470, T470s, T470p, 25, X270, X1 Carbon G5, Template:L570, Template:L470
13.0YesYesunknown QuarkMINIXTemplate:P72, Template:P52, Template:P52s, T580, T480, T480s, X280, X1 Carbon G6, Template:L580, Template:L480
14.0, 14.5YesYesunknown QuarkMINIXTemplate:P73, Template:P53, Template:P53s, T590, T490, T490s, X390, X1 Carbon G7, Template:L590, Template:L490

Features

Intel Meshcommander (amt Tool) A Now Available
  • Management over the Network (LAN and WLAN, using AMT 2.5)
  • Remote Asset (Hardware and Software) Inventory
  • Remote Diagnostic and repair (even if laptop is off or down)
  • Agent Presence Checking (isolate corrupted laptops)
  • Encrypted software update (w/ remote power-on).
  • System isolation and recovery (Use hardware to filter inbound and outbound traffic, except management traffic)
  • Dedicated Flash memory (Firmware + Inventory + ISV Data)

Linux support

The Linux heci driver to support iAMT was part of the staging tree as of the 2.6.30 kernel, but removed in 2.6.32 at the request of Intel as they have indicated having no further interest in it and have abandoned it.

  • Intel OpenAMT project website (abandoned)

Hints how to setup it via Intel ME BIOS Extension (MEBx) based on the T61p (Small business Mode)

Pre-configuration

  • Use ThinkVantage System Update so you have the latest BIOS
  • Reboot the system

Enabling AMT in BIOS

  • Hit the ThinkVantage button during the POST screen, then after the menu appears hit 'F1'
    • Select 'Config' on the main screen
      • Select 'Intel(R) AMT'
        • Set 'Intel (R) AMT Control' to 'Enabled'
        • Hit 'F10' to Save and Exit

Configuring Intel ME BIOS Extension for the first time

  • After the POST screen you will see the Intel(R) Management Engine BIOS Extension screen.
  • Hit Ctrl+P to enter the setup.
  • Possibly press '1' to enter Intel(R) Management Engine BIOS Extension configuration screens.
  • On the first screen you can enter the Intel(R) ME Password.

The default password is 'admin' (without quotes)

  • If you try to change the Intel ME password and get 'Error - Intel(R) ME password change rejected' message, then you are using a weak password.

Here are guidelines for the Intel(R) ME strong password:

    • Comprise 8 to 32 characters
    • including both upper and lower case characters
    • including at least one numeric character
    • including at least one ASCII non-alphanumeric character (!, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *)

Enabling AMT in Intel Management Engine BIOS Extension

  • On the main Management Engine Bios Extension page select Intel(R) ME Configuration
    • Select 'Intel(R) ME State Control'
      • Set it ENABLED
      • Select Return to Previous Menu
    • Select 'Intel(R) ME Firmware Local Update Qualifier'
      • Set it to ALWAYS OPEN
      • Select Return to Previous Menu
    • Select 'Intel(R) ME Features Control'
      • Select 'Manageability Feature Selection'
        • Choose 'Intel(R) AMT'
      • Select Return to Previous menu
    • Select 'Intel(R) ME Power Control'
      • Select 'Intel(R) ME ON in Host Sleep States'
        • Set the 'widest' range of Sleep States
        • Hit 'ESC' to Exit. The system will reboot now.

Configuring AMT via Intel ME

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  • Hit Ctrl+P when the Intel ME BIOS messages apear
  • Select 'Intel(R) AMT Configuration'
    • Select 'Host Name' and enter the same name as for the OS Host name
    • Select 'TCP/IP'
      • Hit 'N' to enable the Network Interface
      • Hit 'N' to enable DHCP
      • provide your domain name as set (or to be set) in the OS
    • Select 'Provision Model'
      • Hit 'N' to not change to AMT 1.0 Mode
      • Hit 'Y; to change to Small Business
    • Select 'SOL/IDE-R'
      • Hit 'Y' to confirm the warning
      • Set Username & Password to ENABLED (if it's set to ENABLED don't hit just 'ENTER' because you disable it)
      • Set Serial Over LAN to ENABLED
      • Set IDE Redirection to ENABLED
    • Select 'Secure Firmware Update'
      • Set it to ENABLED
    • Hit 'ESC' to Exit. The system will reboot again.

Configuring Windows

Intel Meshcommander (amt Tool) A Now Available For Windows 7

  • Use ThinkVantage System Update to get the AMT Software
  • After update reboot
  • After Log-in you should see the message 'Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel(R) AMT) status on this computer is enabled.'

Intel Meshcommander (amt Tool) A Now Available For 2020

Firmware update

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Lenovo provides Intel AMT firmware updates only in the form of Windows executables. Thus, if you don't have Windows installed on your laptop, for the purpose of updating Intel AMT firmware you will have to use Windows PE. Once you boot into Windows PE, before launching the firmware upgrade with MEUPDATE.CMD (which you have to extract from Intel AMT Management Engine Firmware for Windows using wine) you need to load HECI driver with 'drvload HECI.inf' (the HECI driver can be extracted with wine from Intel AMT Management Engine Interface for Windows).

Links

Intel Meshcommander (amt Tool) A Now Available Windows 7

  • See Also Centrino Pro
  • Intel - AMT [1]
  • Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) Software Development Kit (SDK) Start Here Guide [2]
  • Tips & Tricks for Setting up & Accessing an Intel AMT Client [3]
  • Intel-AMT Set And Review Thailand Version [[4]]

Intel Meshcommander (amt Tool) A Now Available

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