Intel Management Engine: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:02, 13 August 2014

The management engine(Often abreviated ME) is a CPU which permits Out of band management of the computer.

The code that is running inside the management engine is proprietary and signed
The management engine CPU has access to a lot of things, see "ME physical capabilities" for more details.

Board	Firmware	Microarchitecture	Chipset	ME location	ME physical capabilities	ME restrictions
Lenovo x201	AMT	Nehalem	Ibex Peak	Inside the PCH	Has access to the memory Controls the computer's original networking adapters	The ME firmware is signed.
Packard Bell EasyNote LM85 (MS2290)		Nehalem	Ibex Peak	Inside the PCH		The ME firmware is signed.
Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook	me.bin	Sandy Bridge		Inside the PCH	Has access to the memory Controls the computer's original networking adapters	The ME firmware is signed.
Samsung Series 3 Chromebox
Lenovo t520	AMT
Google/HP Pavilion Chromebook 14	Ivy Bridge		Inside the PCH	Has access to the memory Controls the computer's original networking adapters	The ME firmware is signed.

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 | rowspan="3" | Inside the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Controller_Hub PCH]
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+* Has access to the memory
+* Controls the computer's original networking adapters
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 | [[Board:lenovo/t520| Lenovo t520]]
 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology AMT]
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+| [[Board:google/butterfly| Google/HP Pavilion Chromebook 14]]
+| rowspan="2" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_%28microarchitecture%29 Ivy Bridge]
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+| rowspan="2" | Inside the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Controller_Hub PCH]
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+* Has access to the memory
+* Controls the computer's original networking adapters
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+* The ME firmware is signed.
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