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# Access to the Intel MEBX

The Intel® Management Engine BIOS Extension (Intel® MEBX) is a BIOS menu extension on the Intel AMT system. This menu can be used to view and manually configure some of the Intel AMT settings. The menu is only displayed if you press a special key combination when the computer is rebooting (usually <Ctrl-P>).

Access to the Intel MEBX is controlled by a password, referred to in this document as the Intel MEBX password. Entry to the Intel MEBX menu for the first time requires a new password to replace the default password (usually “admin”).

When an Intel AMT system is configured by the RCS or using a USB key, it is put in the Admin Control mode. In Admin Control mode, if the default password is detected during configuration it is replaced with a password that you define. This new password is defined in the configuration profile, or when creating the USB key.

When a system is configured using the host-based configuration method it is put in the Client Control mode. Client Control mode does not support changing the Intel MEBX password. This means that systems configured in Client Control mode will remain with the default Intel MEBX password (if it is not changed manually).

If you use the Unified Configuration process, you can define the control mode for Intel AMT systems that support host-based configuration. For these systems, the RCS will only replace the default Intel MEBX password if you select this check box when exporting the profile: Put locally configured devices in Admin Control mode.

Note:
For information about the RCS and the Unified Configuration process, refer to the Intel(R)_SCS_User_Guide.pdf.

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Control Modes