Open Source Intel® AMT Drivers and Tools
Introduction
The Intel Management Engine Interface (Also known as HECI) driver is a software interface that is used to communicate to the Intel® AMT subsystem (Management Engine) to access Intel® AMT capabilities. Communication between the local host operating system (OS) and the Management Engine (ME) is accomplished by means of the Intel Management Engine Interface driver. The Intel Management Engine Interface is bi-directional, as either the host OS or Intel® AMT firmware can initiate transactions.
The Local Manageability Service (LMS) is a service that runs locally (in the user space) in the host operating system. LMS listens for the request directed to the Intel® AMT local host and when a application sends SOAP/HTTP message addressed to the local host then LMS intercepts the request and routes the request to the Management Engine Interface via the Intel Management Engine Interface driver. In short, the LMS enables local management applications to send requests, and receive responses to the local Intel® AMT device.
The LMS is actually a proxy, which transfer TCP requests (open connection, close connection & TCP packets), between host management applications and the Local Management Engine in the ME, via the Intel Management Engine Interface host driver.(Source)
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License
- Intel Management Engine Interface (HECI): Dual BSD/GPL
- LMS: BSD
- UNS: GPL
- MEStatus: BSD
- ZTC Local Agent: BSD
Documentation
- Getting Started with Intel® AMT on Linux
- Available Components
- Architecture Guide: Intel® Active Management Technology
Known Issues & TODO
- Need to support udev with a rule for the 2 Intel® AMT devices (heci and iamthif)
Support / Mailing list / Feedback
We value all feedback from the open source community, and encourage extensive testing of the technologies presented in the Intel® AMT technology preview.
For general discussions, suggestions, questions, and project announcements, please use the openamt-devel mailing list.
For bug reports, please file a bug using the ticket system.
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Contact
- Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>