Intel Chips Support AMT

The management or troubleshooting of a corporate network of PCs has
always been a major headache for technical support staff. The new Intel
945 and 955X chip sets support this by AMT technology. AMT means
Active Management Technolgy. If all PCs in a office are already linked up
in a Local Area Network (LAN), it will now be easy to troubleshoot them
even when they're shut down.

AMT allows the system administrator to do that easily through a web
browser. From another PC, he or she would be able to access the dead PC
that has 945 chip in it. With its web browser, a web page is displayed for
the administrator to log in the dead PC. The dead PC which has an IP
address is in fact not so dead as it is still connected to the power source
and the internal network component is still on standby for a "Wakeup"
initiation from remote PC to take control of it. The demonstrator, after
logging in the dead PC, can change the PC log of what happened before.

In fact, one can actually MAP a remote drive to the local system (which
monitors the dead PC). One can remotely administer the hard disk drive
(HDD) of the dead PC and can even remotely install the operating
system and remap the screen to the remote PC.

With AMT one will be able to download software updates onto a PC and
even take inventory of their network through a protected part of the
technology that is transparent to the user.