What is "Standard Manageability?"

If you have an Intel AMT system and cannot figure out why you are getting error messages when trying to make API calls related to certain Intel AMT features, you may have a system that support Intel Standard Manageability.

You can use WS-Management commands to detect your platform's capabilities. See the Discovery Sample in the Intel AMT SDK located at <SDKRoot>\Windows\Intel_AMT\Samples\Discovery for an example. Also, messages displayed by these platforms in the MEBx and the WebUI indicate Intel Standard Manageability, instead of Intel AMT.

So what is Standard Manageability? Standard Manageability systems come with a subset of Intel AMT available features. Standard Manageability are not branded as Intel vPro. These systems are upgradeable to the full Intel AMT version capabilities.

The Standard Manageability SKU was introduced with Intel AMT Release 5.0. The following Intel AMT features are NOT included or supported on platforms with this SKU:

Remote Access, including Fast Call for Help and Remote Scheduled Maintenance
Local user-initiated call for help
Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP)
Wireless connections to the Manageability Engine
Access Monitor
Alarm Clock (out-of-band & in-band from release 9.0)
KVM

Note: From Intel AMT Release 6.0, the Access Monitor and Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) are supported in this SKU.

You can detect the SKU of a platform by looking for the following CIM objects:

On an Intel AMT SKU, there will be:

An instance of CIM_RegisteredProfile with a RegisteredName equal to
- “Intel(r) AMT” and an InstanceID equal to
- “Intel(r) ME:Intel(r) AMT”
An instance of CIM_ComputerSystem with an ElementName of
- “Intel(r) AMT Subsystem”

On a Standard Manageability SKU, there will be:

An instance of CIM_RegisteredProfile with a RegisteredName equal to
- “Intel(r) Std. Mgt.” and an InstanceID equal to
- “Intel(r) ME:Intel(r) Std. Mgt.”
An instance of CIM_ComputerSystem with an ElementName of
- “Intel(r) Std. Mgt. Subsystem”.

For more information, please see the Support for Other Intel Platforms section of the Intel AMT Implementation and Reference Guide.

Standard Manageability

Upgradeable

Features

Intel AMT