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White Paper: The All New 2010 Intel® Core™ vPro™ Processor Family: Intelligence that Adapts to Your Needs
Table 4. Capability matrix for PCs with new 2010 Intel® Core™ vPro™ processors.
Use Cases
a
Usages
a
Works with wired
PC-initiated secure
communication outside
corporate rewall
a
AC-powered wired or wireless
laptop or wired desktop
Battery-powered
wired or wireless laptop
AWAKE,
OS WORKING
PROPERLY
AWAKE,
BUT OS
UNRESPONSIVE
ASLEEP (Sx)
AWAKE,
OS WORKING
PROPERLY
AWAKE,
BUT OS
UNRESPONSIVE
ASLEEP (Sx)
Remote power
up/power cycle
IT remotely powers PC down, then
up again to reset to clean state
(or powers up PC for servicing).
Use power management to
reduce energy costs.
YES YES
YES
b
YES
YES
YES
b
N/A
Remote
software update
Power up PCs during off hours
for software updates. Also client-
initiated scheduled wake for
update.
YES YES
YES
b
YES
YES
YES
b
N/A
Agent presence
checking and
alerting
Ensure critical applications are
running, and be quickly notied
when they miss a check in.
YES
YES
c
YES
b
N/A
YES
c
YES
b
N/A
System isolation
and recovery
Automated or manual policy-based
protection against virus outbreaks.
YES YES
YES
b
N/A YES
YES
b
N/A
Protection for
data if a laptop
is lost or stolen
Identify and prevent unauthorized
access to encrypted data, or disable
the laptop remotely or via client-side
intelligence if it is lost or stolen.
Upon lock-down, disable or delete
access to encryption keys. Rapid
reactivation if laptop is returned.
N/A
YES
c
for laptops
YES
for laptops
N/A
YES
c
for laptops
YES
for laptops
N/A
Remote
diagnosis and
repair
Diagnose and repair problems
remotely via out-of-band event
log, remote/redirected boot,
console redirection, KVM Remote
Control,
2
and preboot access to
BIOS settings.
YES YES
YES
b
YES YES
YES
b
N/A
Remote
hardware and/or
software asset
tracking
Take a hardware or software
inventory regardless of OS state or
power state.
YES
YES
c
YES
b
YES YES
YES
b
N/A
a
IT must activate Intel® vPro™ technology in order to take advantage of these intelligent security and remote manageability technologies. For more information about activating Intel vPro technology, which includes
Intel® AMT and Intel® AT, see page 25 of this white paper.
b
Requires WPA or WPA2/802.11i security and Controller Link 1 for wireless operation when the user OS is down.
c
Also available when using host OS-based VPN.
Manage PCs regardless of power state
PCs based on the all new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family are
designed to give IT technicians greater remote visibility into and access
to the system in both wired and wireless states, as described in Table 4.
When managing PCs with the all new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor
family, technicians can remotely power up a PC almost anytime. (In order
to prevent unexpected battery use in laptops, remote power-up is not
applicable to the battery-powered, wireless sleep state.) Technicians
can also reboot the PC, use secure console redirection and KVM Remote
Control, and use other critical maintenance and management capabilities
of a new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor for wired or wireless PCs. PCs
can even perform their own local, scheduled wake from any powered-off
state without a network connection. The PC can then call into a central
server for updates, maintenance, and other off-hours tasks.
With the ability to remotely manage PCs regardless of power state,
IT can streamline more work and implement more automation. In turn,
this helps business minimize user downtime, reduce IT service costs,
and realize a rapid ROI.