Using Intel® vPro™ Technology in Embedded Devices

Put groundbreaking manageability, proactive security, and virtualization support into your embedded and communications solutions with Intel® vPro™ technology. Integrated within many embedded Intel® processors and chipsets, Intel vPro technology enhances your solutions with remote maintenance and management capabilities, more robust platform-level security features, and hardware-based virtualization support that enables system consolidation.

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The collection of capabilities known as Intel vPro technology is comprised of Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT), Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT), and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT). Together these technologies deliver unprecedented hardware support for vital security and management functions – enabling solutions that are reliable, trusted, and cost-effective.

Remote management, maintenance

The remote management and maintenance capabilities provided by Intel vPro technology enable IT professionals to query, fix, and protect networked embedded devices, even when they’re powered off, not responding or have software issues. What’s more, Intel vPro technology helps perform remote asset tracking and checks the presence of management agents virtually anytime. And devices can be remotely turned on/off to reduce energy consumption during non-peak operating times.

Virtualization, accelerated

Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) – a component of Intel® vPro™ technology – speeds up the transfer of platform control and the movement of data between the virtual machine monitor (VMM) and other platform agents (including guest OSs and I/O devices). By lowering the workload on the VMM, Intel VT addresses many embedded system design challenges, like migrating legacy software, increasing real-time performance, and making applications more secure.

Security, multiplied

Hardware-based Intel vPro technology protects embedded devices and virtual environments against rootkit and other system level attacks. Using an industry-standard TPM 1.2 to store keys and other protected data, Intel vPro technology boots the BIOS, operating system and software into a “trusted” execution state, verifying the integrity of the virtual machine and protecting the platform from unauthorized access.

Intel vPro technology also improves network traffic filtering and isolates clients under attack. Preventive security efforts are enhanced with automatic verification and immediate remote restoration security agents. And with reliable remote power-up/power-down functionality, systems can be maintained during off hours.