{"id":50781,"date":"2020-04-23T10:50:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T10:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42gears.com\/?p=50781"},"modified":"2023-01-13T05:46:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T05:46:14","slug":"out-of-band-management-oobm-of-intel-devices-with-42gears-and-intel-amt-vpro-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42gears.com\/de\/blog\/out-of-band-management-oobm-of-intel-devices-with-42gears-and-intel-amt-vpro-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Out-of-Band Management (OOBM) Of Intel Devices With 42Gears And Intel\u00ae AMT vPro\u2122 Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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No matter how well-planned an organization\u2019s technology infrastructure might be, outages are unavoidable. Many times, equipment in the field crashes, becoming inoperable, and the IT team needs to send someone to the site to recover the equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More and more devices are operating in remote locations, without anyone readily available to provide in-person assistance. This means that the likelihood of serious outages and downtime will also increase as companies struggle to mobilize support for remote kiosks. Long repair times for kiosks result in revenue loss, customer dissatisfaction, and high repair costs as issues mount over time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nLong repair times for kiosks result in revenue loss,
customer dissatisfaction, and high repair costs as issues mount over time. \n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

As these outages are unavoidable, Chief Networking Officers (CNOs) need to adopt a solution that can enable out-of-band management (OOBM) of devices to gain control over these devices.
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What is Out-of-Band Management (OOBM)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IT teams need to be able to manage devices from anywhere, at any time, without ever needing to visit devices in-person. This is where OOBM comes in, by letting admins remotely interact with devices below the OS level<\/em>, letting them manage even devices that are turned off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nOut-of-Band Management (OOBM)<\/b> lets admins remotely interact with devices below the OS level,
letting them manage even devices that are turned off. \n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The diagrams below show how in-band management is different from out-of-band management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is in-band management, where the management agent is at the Apps Layer. The agent communicates with the MDM server and is above the OS level. Operating System (OS) should be running while IT admins remotely manage the device, which means, if the system is off, in-band management is not possible.<\/p>
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This is out-of-band management, where the OOBM Management Agent (e.g. Intel\u00ae AMT) is running at the hardware level, which is below the OS level. Here, the OOBM agent communicates with the management server (MDM server) and allows IT admins to access or troubleshoot the device even if the OS is not running.<\/p>\n\n\n

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OOBM is crucial for data centers and remote sites; if devices are off and require in-band management, someone will need to travel to the device, which is both costly and time-consuming. Therefore, out-of-band management can mitigate outages and downtime to improve uptime and remote access, while reducing repair costs and remediation efforts. However, OOBM is not required everywhere. Network admins must check which IT assets need OOB management and which equipment needs 24\/7 access or visibility. 
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OOBM with Intel\u00ae AMT vPro\u2122 Technology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IT managers and managed service providers (MSPs) face challenges while managing and securing a dispersed fleet of devices and Point of Sale (PoS) machines. The situation worsens when these devices go offline during sudden outages or when the OS is not running. IT managers need to find an effective solution that can help them manage or control such devices below the operating system (OS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nIntel\u00ae Active Management Technology (AMT)<\/b>, built into the Intel\u00ae Core\u2122 vPro\u2122 processor, works below the Operating System (OS) level and allows admins to control and manage devices even if the OS is not booting. \n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Intel\u00ae Active Management Technology (AMT), built into the Intel\u00ae Core\u2122 vPro\u2122 processor, works below the Operating System (OS) level and allows admins to control and manage devices even if the OS is not booting. The solution helps admins improve efficiency and manageability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enterprises who choose to purchase devices equipped with Intel\u00ae vPro\u2122 Technology only need to pay slightly more than they would for non-equipped devices, and the additional cost will quickly be outweighed by the time and money saved <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once organizations have implemented this technology, they can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n