MeshCommander v0.3.1 released

We just released MeshCommander 0.3.1 as we continue to improve the first fully web based management console for Intel® AMT. This week, we have three new major features in addition to lots of other improvements and bug fixes.
  • Custom Power Actions. Intel® AMT support many power actions, a major feature for remote manageability. Being able to fully control the many aspects of platform boot can be complex, MeshCommander has a set of pre-canned power actions but for complicated boot requirements, we now offer a fully customizable power action dialog box. Control the boot process, lock the local keyboard, blank the screen and much more.
     
  • User Consent Support for IDE-R. The NW.js version of MeshCommander now fully support not only User Consent for Power Actions and KVM, but this week we added IDE-R user consent. This is super important for usages that require IDE-R in Client Control Mode (CCM). This completes MeshCommander’s support for user consent usages.
     
  • Event Subscriptions. One of the biggest under used features of Intel® AMT is event subscriptions. This allows Intel® AMT to connect back to servers and send events as they occur including discovery events that allow servers to track the location of Intel® AMT machines on the network. Starting with MeshCommander v0.3.1, you can now use the subscriptions tab to setup event subscriptions, event filter and authentication and optional arguments. Moving forward, Intel® AMT will be very useful.
These changes are in addition to many more bug fixes, normally a freeze bug was fixed in v0.3.1. The “Shift-Connect” feature that opens a new window was also fixed. You can get the latest version at http://meshcommander.com.

Feedback appreciated,
Ylian Saint-Hilaire
meshcommander.com


Custom power actions allow administrators to customize the how the computer will
boot, configure a host of parameters from keyboard lock to screen blanking.
Custom Power Actions


IDE-R user consent is now supported. When you start an IDE-R session, the
consent prompt will now show up automatically if needed.
IDE-R User Consent


This version of MeshCommander now has support for Event Subscription.
Intel® AMT will send events using HTTP to a web server.
Event Subscriptions

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