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2.10.1 LAN Software
LAN software and drivers are available from Intel’s website.
For information about
Refer to
Obtaining LAN software and drivers
http://downloadcenter.intel.com
2.11 Intel® Security and Manageability Technologies
Intel® Security and Manageability Technologies provides tools and resources to help small
business owners and IT organizations protect and manage their assets in a business or
institutional environment.
NOTE
Software with security and/or manageability capability is required to take advantage of Intel
platform security and/or management technologies. Section 2.11 is only fully applicable to the
NUC12 Pro X platforms, NUC12DCMv9, NUC12DCMv7, NUC12EDBv9, and NUC12EDBv7.
2.11.1 Intel® vPro™ Technology
Intel® vPro™ Technology is a collection of platform capabilities that support enhanced
manageability, security, virtualization and power efficiency. The key platform capabilities include:
• Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT)
• Intel® Virtualization (Intel® VT-x)
• Intel® Virtualization for Directed I/O (Intel® VT-d)
• Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)
• Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT)
• Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM)
For information about
Refer to
Intel® vPro Technology
http://support.intel.com/support/vpro/
2.11.2 Intel® Active Management Technology
When used with third-party management and security applications, Intel Active Management
Technology (Intel® AMT) allows business owners and IT organizations to better discover, heal, and
protect their networked computing assets.
Some of the features of Intel AMT include:
• Out-of-band (OOB) system access, to discover assets even while PCs are powered off
• Remote trouble-shooting and recovery, which allows remote diagnosis and recovery of
systems after OS failures
• Hardware-based agent presence checking that automatically detects and alerts when critical
software agents have been stopped or are missing