Intel,Altiris Group

USB Provisioning -- a Few Insights to Help Out 

May 02, 2007 11:43 AM

When provisioning Intel® vPro™ processor technology systems via One Touch -- using a USB flash drive -- the following tips and information may be of interest.

  • Only FAT16 format supported
  • Setup.bin file must be first file, at the root of the drive
  • Insert the USB flash drive before booting the system (detection happens during POST)
  • Provisioning records include the PID (provisioning ID), PPS (provisioning passphrase), default admin password, and new admin password
  • Only systems with Intel® AMT in factory default mode will respond to USB provisioning. Once USB or One Touch provisioning are performed on a system – only a full BIOS reset will allow this option again.
  • Once the provisioning keys and setup information is transferred – Intel® AMT is now in "setup" mode and the Setup.bin file is incremented to the next valid key.
  • In ad-hoc tests, 20,000 provisioning records used 10MB of space on the USB flash drive. Most favorable experiences occur with flash drives that are 2GB or smaller.
  • With a larger number of provisioning records, the One Touch process may experience a delay as the setup.bin file is parsed to find the next valid record. In ad-hoc tests, 1000 records on the key experienced a 15 second delay, 100,000 keys experienced a 3 minute delay.
  • Once Intel® AMT is in setup mode, "hello" packets will be initiated. The interval for sending packets will increase over time until the "ProvisionServer" accepts and responds. The intervals are as follows: 5 retries per minute, 5 retries per every 10 minutes, 5 retries every hour, etc. Eventually it may appear that no "hello" packets are being sent. The intervals are reset if the power is removed from the system.
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