Intel MGM45WU manual Intel Active Management Technology Intel AMT, Expandability

Intel Mobile Board MGM45WU Product Guide

Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT)

Intel AMT offers IT organizations tamper-resistant and persistent management capabilities. Intel AMT is a hardware-based solution that uses out of band communication to manage access to client systems in addition to offering encrypted and persistent asset management and remote diagnostics and/or recovery capabilities for networked platforms. With Intel AMT, IT organizations can easily get accurate platform information, and can perform remote updating, diagnostics, debugging and repair of a system, regardless of the state of the operating system or the power state of the system.

The Intel AMT subsystem consists of:

•ARC4 microcontroller embedded in the Intel GM45 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)

•Intel ICH9M-E

•Intel 82567LM Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet LAN controller

•Channel A SO-DIMM

•BIOS/SPI Flash

NOTE

Software with Intel AMT capability is required to take advantage of the Intel AMT platform management capabilities.

For more information about Intel AMT and the availability of third-party software, go to http://intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt

Expandability

For system expansion, the Mobile Board provides the following:

•External USB 2.0 ports

•ExpressCard*/34 socket

•Two PCI Express Mini Card slots

•Docking connector

External USB 2.0 Support

The Mobile Board supports four external USB 2.0 ports as follows:

•One port on the Mobile Board

•Two ports on Expansion Board A

•One port on Expansion Board B

USB 2.0 ports are backward compatible with USB 1.1 devices. USB 1.1 devices will function normally at USB 1.1 speeds.

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