I'm looking to build a light-weight rack-mounted Linux system, and I would love to be able to include some sort of remote management. At the very least, remote power on/off, and a little bit of fault investigation.
Can anybody confirm my understanding. In order to support AMT, I need:
(a) An vPro-capable Intel CPU.
AND
(c) A vPro-capable Intel M/B.
Is that the correct, necessary-and-sufficient list?
For a list of what is "vPro-capable", it appears that I can use http://ark.intel.com/ and see that basically ALL the 4th-Generation i5 and i7 Intel CPUs support vPro (and hence AMT).
However, motherboards seems a bit more hit-and-miss.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_AMT_versions, Intel AMT 9.0 is supported on Intel 8 Series chipsets.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#5.2F6.2F7.2F8_Series_chipsets the 8-series chipsets are Z87, H87, H81, Q87, Q85 and B85.
According to http://ark.intel.com/ the "Advanced Technologies" list says that the DQ87PG supports vPro, while the DZ87KLT-75K, DB85FL, DH87RL and DH87MC do NOT.
That's a pretty bad hit rate… only 1 out of 5!
So what's going on here? Did I misunderstand something along the line, or is Intel basically not supporting AMT on its latest chipset series boards?
Best Answer
Only the Q87 chipset supports the vPro feature. This is nothing new, it was always only the Qxy chipsets that supported all remote management and server features. See here for a comparison of all latest Intel chipsets: http://ark.intel.com/compare/75010,75013,75007,75004,75019