Executive Summary: ASF Overview

This document is intended for IT administrators using the Intel ASF solution. It explores Intel’s support for industry standard tools that enable the IT administrator to easily deploy Intel’s ASF solution within a Microsoft Windows* environment.

# Abstract

ASF is a standards-based technology that allows the IT administrator to manage network nodes without regard to system state. The DMTF sponsored initiative allows the IT administrator to not only identify platform events but also provides the ability to securely perform corrective actions that address these alerts. Further, ASF allows the IT administrator to manage client systems in both the OS present and OS absent state.

The paper explores Intel’s support for industry standard tools that enable the IT administrator to easily deploy Intel’s ASF solution within a Microsoft Windows* environment.

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