Intel® vPro™ and Intel® Centrino® Pro Processor Technology Quick Start Guide
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Step 1: Configure Existing IT Infrastructure
In order for an Intel vPro machine to be manageable, it must become known to the management
console. The process by which this occurs is called “provisioning”. Enterprise setup (pre-provisioning)
requires a series of steps that are performed on both the Intel vPro clients and the SCS in order to
prepare the client for provisioning over the network by the SCS (which acts as the provisioning server
for the Intel vPro clients).
Intel vPro Integration Points with IT Infrastructure Components
The following diagram shows the interaction with the different network elements. Each will be
discussed briefly in order to understand the integration requirement.
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Configuration Server
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SQL DB
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DHCP Server: When an Intel vPro machine enters setup state, the default IP addressing scheme is
DHCP (that is, use DHCP to obtain an IP address). The Intel® Management Engine (Intel® ME) also
uses the DHCP server to help dynamically update the DNS server with its network address information.
The DHCP server must support Option 81 to register network address information into the DNS server
on behalf of the Intel ME. Option 15 should also be enabled in the DHCP Scope Options to allow the
DNS to resolve host queries after IP address changes.
DNS Server: The DNS Server is used by network devices such as Management Consoles to locate
address information for Intel vPro clients in order to contact them and manage them. The Intel vPro
clients may also use the DNS server during the provisioning configuration phase to locate the provision
server and request their configuration information, as explained below.
Once configured to the setup state, Intel AMT makes a DNS request for the name "ProvisionServer"
(unless you choose to configure the client’s BIOS manually). If the requested name cannot be resolved
by the DNS server, then a second request is made for "ProvisionServer.DomainName." Intel AMT
expects to either find the IP address of the provision server in this way, or by having it set explicitly in
the Intel MEBX configuration process (Step 4: Configure Intel vPro Client Authentication Settings, page
10). The Intel Management Engine BIOS Extension (Intel MEBX) is an option ROM module extension to
the system BIOS, provided to the OEM by Intel. The Intel MEBX allows you to configure settings that
