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Intel(R) AMT MEStatus

Introduction

The Intel(R) AMT MEStatus is a graphical user interface application used to monitor Intel(R) AMT state. User is able to verify whether Intel(R) AMT is enabled and running on the system. MEStatus is displayed in the system icon tray. If configured the status window is launched every time user starts X session. To use MEStatus make sure that Intel(R) UNS (User Notification Service) is running.

Installation

Required libraries/tools:

libGLADEmm: Version 2.4 or newer
GTKmm: Version 2.4 or newer
GTKmm version 2.10 or newer is strongly recommended.

To build and run MEstatus with earlier GTKmm version < 2.10, use the IGTKXMM library. This is a delta between versions 2.4 and 2.10 of gtkmm and the GTK+ libraries. It is only used by MEStatus application if 2.4 is installed. It is MEStatus specific i.e. contains only components used by MEStatus.

Building and installing the MEStatus:

In order to build and install the MEStatus with GTKmm versions < 2.10 (=2.4, 2.6 or 2.8) you must first build the IGTKXMM library. (Skip this step if you have GTKmm version 2.10 or newer.) call:
```
        './configure --prefix=/usr'
        'make'
        'make install'
```
note: on 64bit system add --libdir=/usr/lib64

To build MEStatus call
```
        './configure'
        'make'
```
Call 'make install' to install MEStatus.

By default MEStatus installs to '/usr/local/intel/MEStatus' directory. To start it manually run MEStatus from installation directory. To configure MEStatus to start automatically with KDE session create starting script in user's '.kde/Autostart' directory.

MEStatus usage

The status window appears when X session starts or when the status icon is clicked or when AMT state changes from disabled to enabled. When Intel(R) AMT is enabled the red 'x' is not displayed.

The status window displays the state of Intel(R) AMT. The state of Intel(R) AMT can be seen on the first line of the status window. There are three possible values:

Disabled: Setup and Configuration process has not started, Intel(R) ME is disabled, Intel(R) AMT is not selected as the Manageability mode or one of MEI driver, LMS service, UNS service was not started.
Enabled: A state of enabled does not mean Intel(R) AMT is fully functional yet. State changes to enabled as soon as Setup and Configuration process is started. Naturally, it stays enabled when Setup and Configuration process is complete.

Unknown: Initial state before Enabled/Disabled state is known.

If MEI driver becomes not operational the MEStatus shows the Intel(R) AMT state as disabled. If LMS service, UNS service become not operational the MEStatus shows the last known Intel(R) AMT state.

MEStatus customization

Intallation directory (default '/usr/local/intel/MEStatus') contains resource subdirectory 'res' with files: