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

Enterprise Mode AMT Setup and Configuration

The AMT Setup portion for Enterprise mode is the same as SMB mode. Repeat

Steps 1 through 15 to perform AMT Setup. This will take the system from Factory

mode to In Setup Mode.

Refer to Manual Mode AMT Setup and Configuration for screen shots of MEBx

menus and full text.

The following are quick steps for AMT Setup.

1. Get into the MEBx by pressing Ctrl-P during POST.

2. Enter the default password “admin.”

3. Change the MEBx password using strong password guidelines.

4. In the Intel ME General Settings menu enter the default password “admin.”

5. FW Update Settings. By default BIOS allows to update the ME firmware without

password protected, the administrator can select the Password Protected (the

user must provide the password in order to upgrade the ME firmware.

Default (and recommended) setting: Enabled

6. Skip Set PRTC.

7. Power Control.

a. Intel ME ON in Host Sleep States

Default (and recommended) setting: 65535

b. Idle Timeout. This option sets the timeout value for Wake-On-Me.

Default (and recommended) setting: 65535

The default timeout value of 65535 is in units of a minute. HP recommends

a setting of 65535 for most applications. Certain console vendor’s product

falsely detects an AMT system as disconnected if the software has to wait

for the ME to wake and respond. If the console software being used does

not have this issue, HP recommends a setting of 1 which allows the ME to

go to sleep after approximately 1 minute of inactivity. This allows for

maximum power savings when the ME is enabled to be on in S3, S4, or

S5.

The timeout value can be set in decimal and hexadecimal notation. It must

be set to a non-zero value for the ME to take advantage of Wake-On-ME.

This value is not used when the system is in an active state – S0.

This value is used only if the ME ON in Host Sleep State setting is set to

allow ME WoL.

See Appendix C for an explanation of Wake-On-ME / ME WoL.