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Intel vPro

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Anyone here heard anything about Intel's new vPro technology? I've been reading through the white papers about it and it looks like it's going to install on a separate partition and use the Core 2 processors VT technology as well as a new intel chipset (965G?) and an intel nic to have a separate "OS" that runs security. Ontop of that, we'll be able to integrate it into SMS. Anyone have any details of the chipset required or more info about it? Also, is it going to work with the old VT equipped Pentium D 9x0 chips and the first gen VT?
 
vPro is like Centrino, whereas this + that + this qualifies the product as vPro

i believe it needs a 965 chipset - i am not sure if it's all or just one variant, but i'm pretty sure any chipset that is 965 and above will work

furthermore, i believe only C2D's and above will work with this...
 
There's a lot more to vPro then just a platform. Check out this white paper on it. It looks like they're going to have a secure communications channel that runs below the OS level using the desktop VT technology. It looks like it's going to exist on nonvolatile memory that's on the motherboard and is capable of being used even when the PC is off. The cool thing is we'll be able to find machines before anything like SMS is installed and before they are joined to the domain. As long as they have a network connection and are plugged into power, you can inventory it.
 
ND40oz said:
There's a lot more to vPro then just a platform. Check out this white paper on it. It looks like they're going to have a secure communications channel that runs below the OS level using the desktop VT technology. It looks like it's going to exist on nonvolatile memory that's on the motherboard and is capable of being used even when the PC is off. The cool thing is we'll be able to find machines before anything like SMS is installed and before they are joined to the domain. As long as they have a network connection and are plugged into power, you can inventory it.
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Right right right, but for a pc to be classified as a vPro pc, and thus have the benefits and different technologies of a vPro pc, it has to meet certain hardware criteria...
 
Yeah, but what I want to know is what it can do for me and managing my PCs, not what gets me a sticker on the front of the system. Does anyone have any first hand experience with it or know anything else besides what's in Intels white papers?
 
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