Out-of-Band Systems Management- Intel vPro and Intel Standard Manageability
Intel vPro and Intel Standard Manageability must be configured in the Dell factory at the time of purchase, as they are NOT field ungradable. They offer out-of-band management and DASH compliance.
Intel vPro
Available with Intel Core i5 and i7 processors
and offers the most complete set of out-of-band management features
including KVM, IPv6 support, graceful shutdown, and all the
features from previous versions of vPro. It uses the latest version
of Intel's Active Management Technology (AMT).
A unique and new Dell Remote Provisioning
feature for Intel vPro quickly activates vPro capabilities on a PC,
reducing vPro set-up time from months to less than an hour. The
Dell Remote Provisioning feature for Intel vPro is available as a
part of the module: Dell Command | Integration Suite for Systems
Center
Intel Standard Manageability (ISM)
ISM offers a limited set of out-of-band
features like remote power on/off, Serial-over-LAN redirect,
Wake-on-LAN, etc.