KVM user consent question

[SLysi]

I am fairly new to vpro. I've got all my old testlab PCs configured manually so I can go to their webguis and turn them off and on

I purchased an Optiplex 7010 and played with it until I discovered with the SCSDiscovery tool that the remote KVM feature was disabled in the BIOS

I sold it soon after, shame on big manufacturers for only enabling this feature in their laptops.

I've got my frontdesk PC (ASUS P8Q77-M) working with vncviewer plus and I can remote into it mount virtual CD-roms, boot off of them, etc.

I configured it in the BIOS manually and did an update configuration with the ACUwizard.

My problem is this:

I always get prompted for the 6 digit code to access the PC

For the life of me, I cannot get the user consent prompt to disable

That's great when someone is at the office, not so great when no one is at the office

I need the consent feature disabled so that I can upgrade my ESX server motherboard with this board.

I discovered that VNC Viewer Plus will change the user consent setting whenever it connects to a system, so I unchecked the box.

This allows me to log in once, input the 6 digit code, and log in again one time without getting prompted for a user consent code.

Then it's back to square 1 asking me for a code again.

I am sure I am doing something wrong or need to learn more.

I did notice that there is no user consent option in the ASUS MEBx AMT menus anywhere. Am I stuck, or is there another way to disable this?

All help is appreciated,

Below is the scsconfig output file if that helps.

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8.1.4.16

1002

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System manufacturer

System Product Name

Asset-1234567890

Desktop

System Serial Number

-

Intel(R) Full AMT Manageability

8.1.0

8.1.0.1265

False

-

True

True

True

True

True

True

True

True

True

True

True

True

True

True

1424

1500

4

4

63

4100

-

1024

1536

2048

-

Enterprise Mode

Post Provisioning

True

PKI

True

VeriSign Class 3 Primary CA-G1, 742c3192e607e424eb4549542be1bbc53e6174e2, Enabled, Default; VeriSign Class 3 Primary CA-G3, 132d0d45534b6997cdb2d5c339e25576609b5cc6, Enabled, Default; Go Daddy Class 2 CA, 2796bae63f1801e277261ba0d77770028f20eee4, Enabled, Default; Comodo AAA CA, d1eb23a46d17d68fd92564c2f1f1601764d8e349, Enabled, Default; Starfield Class 2 CA, ad7e1c28b064ef8f6003402014c3d0e3370eb58a, Enabled, Default; VeriSign Class 3 Primary CA-G2, 85371ca6e550143dce2803471bde3a09e8f8770f, Enabled, Default; VeriSign Class 3 Primary CA-G1.5, a1db6393916f17e4185509400415c70240b0ae6b, Enabled, Default; VeriSign Class 3 Primary CA-G5, 4eb6d578499b1ccf5f581ead56be3d9b6744a5e5, Enabled, Default; GTE CyberTrust Global Root, 97817950d81c9670cc34d809cf794431367ef474, Enabled, Default; Baltimore CyberTrust Root, d4de20d05e66fc53fe1a50882c78db2852cae474, Enabled, Default; Cybertrust Global Root, 5f43e5b1bff8788cac1cc7ca4a9ac6222bcc34c6, Enabled, Default; Verizon Global Root, 912198eef23dcac40939312fee97dd560bae49b1, Enabled, Default; Entrust.net CA (2048), 503006091d97d4f5ae39f7cbe7927d7d652d3431, Enabled, Default; Entrust Root CA, b31eb1b740e36c8402dadc37d44df5d4674952f9, Enabled, Default; VeriSign Universal Root CA, 3679ca35668772304d30a5fb873b0fa77bb70d54, Enabled, Default;

False

Client Control Mode

False

True

True

False

False

Digest:C9EC0000000000000000000000000000

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8.1.0.1263

True

WORKGROUP

FRONTDESK

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

8.1.0.1281

-

-

Frontdesk

-

192.168.11.99

255.255.255.0

False

...

[Alan_A_Intel]

Hey Samuel,

The reason you keep getting the 6 digit user consent prompt is because your vPro computer is configured in what's called Client Control Mode. In this mode the user consent prompt is mandatory. An easy fix for this is to provision your vPro computer with a USB drive. Using USB provisioning will configure the vPro computer into what's called Admin Control Mode.

Configure AMT via USB drive

1. Plug in a USB drive. Note: Your USB drive is formatted during this process so make sure you've backed up any data you want to keep.
2. Right-Click ACUWizard.exe and select Run as administrator.
3. Click Configure/Unconfigure this System.
4. Select Unconfigure.
5. Click Next.
6. Select Unconfigure this system using admin password.
7. Type in your admin password and click Unconfigure.
8. Click Back.
9. Click Back.
10. Click Create Settings to Configure Multiple Systems.
11. Click the Tools drop down menu.
12. Click Prepare a USB Key for Manual Configuration...
13. Select either Mobile Systems or Desktop Systems depending on which type of systems will be configured.
14. For compatibility reasons keep All systems are Intel AMT 6.0 and higher selected.
15. The default AMT password is admin
16. Click OK.
17. Click Yes.
18. This will create a Setup.bin file on the USB drive.
19. Plug this USB drive into the vPro computer you want to provision.
20. Either change the boot order to boot the USB drive first, or use the one time boot to select the USB drive.
21. There will be a prompt to Continue with Auto Provisioning (Y/N) ?
22. Hit Y
23. After the computer has been provisioned, unplug the USB drive and reboot the computer.
24. Enter in the vPro computer's information
    1. AMT Server: IP address of the computer you are trying to connect to
    2. Encryption: None
    3. Connection Mode: Intel(r) AMT KVM
25. Click Connect

That should do it...

-Alan