About the AMT Status and Out of Band Management in Configuration Manager 2012

Updated: May 1, 2011

The AMT status is used with Out of Band Management in Configuration Manager 2012 to identify the capability and provisioning status of the management controller on Intel AMT-based computers. This status is displayed in the Configuration Manager console, in the report Computers with out of band management controllers, and can also be used to construct queries.

Use the following table for more details about the AMT status and the corresponding queries.

 

AMT Status Description Query

Unknown

The AMT status is not yet known. This occurs when the AMT-based computer has not contacted the out of band service point site system server to be provisioned or when you have not run Discover AMT Status for the collection.

Select * from sms_r_system where AMTStatus is null

Not Supported

The computer does not have AMT capability and cannot support out of band management.

Select * from sms_r_system where AMTStatus=0

Detected

AMT capability is detected on this computer, but the out of band service point is unable to provision it for AMT. This scenario can occur when the computer has been previously provisioned for AMT outside Configuration Manager and the password for the AMT Remote Admin Account or the MEBx Account has been changed and is unknown.

Before Configuration Manager can provision and manage this computer, you must manually remove the provisioning information and then run the Discover AMT Status command.

Select * from sms_r_system where AMTStatus=1

Not Provisioned

AMT capability is detected on this computer, and it can be provisioned for AMT by the out of band service point.

Select * from sms_r_system where AMTStatus=2

Provisioned

AMT capability is detected on this computer, and it can be managed out of band by Configuration Manager 2012.

Select * from sms_r_system where AMTStatus=3

Externally Provisioned

AMT capability is detected on this computer and it has been provisioned outside Configuration Manager by using AMT Host Based Provisioning. The computer account of the out of band service point allows Configuration Manager to manage this computer out of band. However, Configuration Manager cannot update the management controller, remove the provisioning information, or reprovision this computer.

Select * from sms_r_system where AMTStatus=4

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