Intel vPro Processor Technology Setup and Configuration for the HP Z1, Z210, Z420, Z620 and Z820 Workstations

Manual Mode (SMB) AMT Setup and Configuration with

MEBx

Manual mode is for customers who do not have Independent Software Vendors

(ISV) management consoles, or the necessary network and security infrastructures to

use encrypted Transport Layer Security (TLS). Manual mode AMT Setup and

Configuration is a manual process done through the Intel ME BIOS Extension

(MEBx).

Manual mode is the easiest to implement since it does not require much

infrastructure, but it is the least secure since all network traffic is not encrypted. HP

recommends that this be done in a closed network.

Note:

The MEBx is an option ROM module that is provided to

HP by Intel to be included in the HP system BIOS. The

MEBx is not HP-specific and contains options that are not

used by HP. If an option is not used by HP, ignore it and

do not modify it from the default state.

Password Guidelines

MEBx passwords must meet the minimum criteria to be accepted. These restrictions

are enforced by the MEBx to reduce vulnerability of passwords to a dictionary

attack.

Criteria:

• Password must be between 8 and 32 characters long.

• Password must contain both upper and lower case Latin characters (e.g. A, a,

B, b).

• Password must have at least one digit character (e.g. 0, 1, 2, … 9).

• Password must have at least one 7-bit ASCII non-alphanumeric character with

an ASCII value between 33d and 126d that is not one of the invalid characters

list below:

⎯ Exclamation !

⎯ At @

⎯ Number #

⎯ Dollar $

⎯ Percent %

⎯ Caret ^

⎯ Asterisk *