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Default Admin User (Digest)

Each Intel AMT device contains a predefined administrative user named “admin”, referred to in this guide as the default admin user. Intel AMT uses the HTTP Digest authentication method to authenticate the default admin user.

The default admin user:

Thus, for security reasons it is important how you define the password for this user (even if you do not use it). The password is defined in the Network Settings section of the configuration profile (see Defining System Settings).

These are the methods for defining the password of the default admin user: