Intel® Endpoint Management Assistant Configuration Tool (Intel® EMA Configuration Tool) User Guide

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04/13/2023

Download the Intel® Endpoint Management Assistant Configuration Tool.

After downloading the tool:

  1. Open a command prompt as an administrator.
  2. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\EMAConfigTool (default).
  3. Execute EMAConfigTool.exe.

There are optional parameters that can be used on the command line:

--noregistry

Prevent writing to registry. By default data is saved to registry.

--noconsole

Do not send output to console.

-v, --verbose

Write all available Intel ME attributes to console. This includes certificate hashes and more. All available attributes are always written to registry and/or file.

--writejson

Specifies that the output should be written to an json file.

--writexml

Specifies that the output should be written to an xml file.

--filepath

Optional directory where to save the xml and/or json output file; must be used with file output option. Default is current directory. If both --writejson and --writexml parameters are used, both output files will be written to this directory.

--filename

Optional specified filename, must be used with file output option. Default is [hostname]_System_Summary.xml/json. If both --writejson and --writexml parameters are used, both output files will use this filename, with appropriate extension (.xml, .json).You can add the value console to the --filename parameter to send JSON formatted output directly to the console. --filename console

--delaystart

Optional delay in seconds before system is analyzed. Default is 0 secs. Valid range [0..600] secs.

--delayterm

Optional delay in seconds after system is analyzed before process terminates. Only applied when writing discovery results to console. Default is 5 secs. Valid range [0..600] secs.

--unconfigure

For use with endpoints configured in either Client Control Mode (CCM) or Admin Control Mode (ACM). Unconfigure the Intel AMT firmware on this endpoint and restore to factory default settings. If the target endpoint is in ACM, this command requires the - -username and --password options. If --username is not supplied, but the --password is supplied, the command assumes "admin" for the username. If --password is not supplied, the command assumes Client Control Mode (CCM). Exit code status: success (0) or failure (1).

--username

Username of the Intel AMT admin account. May be omitted if the default admin user is "admin".

--password

Password for the Intel AMT admin account.

--help

Display help text.

Identification of whether a system is Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT)–capable is among the results provided when running the tool.

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The Intel® Endpoint Management Assistant Configuration Tool (Intel® EMA Configuration Tool) is a command line tool for discovering and outputting system information about the local system on which it is running.

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Date: April 2023

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