Overview of Intel® Platform AdministratorIntel® Platform Administration Technology delivers added value to help users in administrating computing platforms and applications in a networked environment. It includes motherboard technology components, firmware components (based on the Intel® Innovation Framework for EFI), software components for both client and servers, and Application Programming Interfaces (API's) for enabling further development of applications on Intel® Platform Administration Technology. The functionalities of Intel® Platform Administration Technology can assist in: Out-of-box PC set up by automating
and simplifying OS and software installations for multiple PCs.
Daily maintenance and operational
PC management with the platform asset monitoring and administrating
capabilities.
Software upgrades by provisioning
new software packages to new PCs in a networked environment.
System recovery and hard-disk
protection capabilities.
Intel® Platform Administrator is an Intel software solution built on top of Intel® Platform Administration Technology to deliver the client and server functionalities. The package includes the following: Intel® Platform Administrator provides the features of: The following picture shows the common usage scenario of Intel® Platform Administrator. The administrator needs to enable Intel® Platform Administrator Agent and install Intel® Platform Administrator Client on the client computers. In the management server, Intel® Platform Administrator Server must be installed. After these three installations have been completed, the administrator can remotely manage all clients from the server. ![]() |