How to Get the Endpoint Random Password Using Intel® Endpoint Management Assistance (Intel® EMA)

Unable to access the Intel® Management Engine BIOS Extension (Intel® MEBx Bios) of the client machine

Intel® Endpoint Management Assistance (Intel® EMA) has an option to gather the random Administrative Password; necessary to access the Intel® Management Engine BIOS Extension (Intel® MEBx) of the client machines.

The steps need to be done in the client machine and require PowerShell.

1. Download the Intel® Endpoint Management Assistant (Intel® EMA) API Sample Scripts
2. Unzip the folder.
3. Copy the unzipped folder and paste it to C:\inetpub\wwwroot
4. Run the command below from the location mentioned before, using PowerShell (running as Administrator)

Get-IntelEMAEndpointMEBXPassword.ps1 -<emaServerURL> <EMA Server FQDN> -hostname <hostname> -Verbose

Command documentation at Intel_EMA_API_Sample_Scripts / PowerShell / Example Scripts / Get-IntelEMAEndpointMEBXPassword.ps1

Additional commands are included in the Ema_Install_Package zip file, into the folder called Samples.

Instructions available on Section 1.4.5 Samples files for Intel® EMA Rest API and JavaScript library of Intel® Endpoint Management Assistant (Intel® EMA) Single Server Installation Guide version: 1.5.1