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Hardware Compatibility

CSME firmware × AMT version

Generation Year CSME AMT Local CCM via rpc-go
Kaby Lake 2016 11.8 11.8 ✅ supported
Coffee Lake 2017–18 12.x 12.x ✅ supported
Whiskey/Comet Lake 2019–20 14.x 14.x ✅ supported
Tiger Lake 2020 15.x 15.x ✅ supported
Alder Lake 2021 16.0–16.1 16.x ✅ supported (TLS-only post-activation on 16.1+)
Raptor Lake 2022 16.1.27 16.x ✅ confirmed, 41s
Meteor Lake / Core Ultra 2023+ 18.x 18.x ⚠️ slow (~15 min per rpc-go #1119)
Lunar/Arrow Lake 2024+ 19.x 19.x ❌ LMS now required (rpc-go #1208)

Minimum: AMT 11.8 (Kaby Lake). Older generations (Sandy–Skylake, AMT 7–11.0) have HBC in the Intel SDK but rpc-go is not tested against them.

Lenovo

Line Models Local CCM
ThinkPad T480, T490/T490s, T14 Gen 1–5, T16, X1 Carbon Gen 6+, X280/X390/X13, P14s/P15s/P16s ✅ vPro Enterprise SKUs only
ThinkPad L-series L13, L14, L15 ❌ vPro Essentials only, no AMT
ThinkCentre M-series M70q/s/t, M80q/s/t, M90q/s/t Gen 1–6, M90n Nano ✅
ThinkStation P-series P330, P340, P350, P360, P3 Ultra/Tower/Tiny, P520, P720 ✅
ThinkStation P620 (AMD Threadripper Pro) ❌ AMD platform

Lenovo tip: think-lmi exposes /sys/class/firmware-attributes/thinklmi/attributes/AMTControl on T14 Gen 2+, X1 Gen 9+, M90q Gen 2+, P3 Ultra. Set it to Enable from Linux without rebooting. See BIOS Settings from Linux.

Non-vPro SKUs (i5/i7 without -vPro suffix) silently lack AMT — check Intel ARK for your exact CPU model.

Dell

Line Models Local CCM
OptiPlex 5000/7000/9000 Tower, SFF, Micro, AIO ✅ vPro Enterprise SKUs
OptiPlex 3000-series (consumer Q-suffix) ❌
Latitude 5330, 5430/5431, 5530/5531, 5350/5450/5550, 7230/7330/7430/7530, 9330/9430 ✅ vPro Enterprise SKUs
Precision Mobile 3470/3571, 5470/5570/5770, 7670/7770 ✅
Precision Tower 3260 Compact, 3460 SFF, 3660 Tower ✅

Dell tip: cctk (Dell Command Configure Toolkit) can flip AdvancedAmt=Enable and set BIOS Admin Password from Linux. See BIOS Settings from Linux.

Dell KB 000210568: Latitude 5330–9430, OptiPlex 5000/7000 MFF, 5400/7400 AIO, Precision 3460/3470/3570/3571/3660/5470–7770, XPS 9315/9320/9520/9720 with CSME 16.1.25.1991+ require TLS post-activation (non-TLS port 16992 removed). Activation itself still works.

HP

Line Models Local CCM
EliteBook 840/850/860/1040 G5+ with vPro CPUs ✅
EliteDesk / Elite Mini/SFF/Tower 800 G6/G7/G8/G9 with vPro CPUs ✅
Z2 Mini/SFF/Tower G9 (W680) with vPro CPUs ✅
EliteDesk 805 G6+ AMD Ryzen PRO ❌ DASH, not AMT

HP caveat: Some corporate HP images preset an MEBx password unknown to the user. If rpc activate fails with auth errors, BIOS reset / "Unconfigure AMT" first.

Intel NUC (now ASUS NUC)

SKU pattern Local CCM
v7 / v9 suffix (e.g. NUC11TNHv7, NUC12WSHv7, NUC13ANHi7) ✅ vPro Enterprise
v5 suffix ❌ vPro Essentials
Non-v SKUs ❌ no vPro
NUC 12/13 Extreme with i9-vPro CPUs ✅ specific SKUs only

DIY workstation (W680 motherboard)

Board Local CCM Notes
Supermicro X13SAE ✅ Just AMT
Supermicro X13SAE-F ✅ AMT + separate ASPEED IPMI BMC
ASUS Pro WS W680-ACE ✅
ASUS Pro WS W680-ACE IPMI ✅ AMT + BMC
ASRock Rack W680D4U / W680D4U-2L2T ✅ i219LM AMT + IPMI
ASRock Industrial IMB-X1712 ✅ Explicit AMT/vPro/VMD
MSI / Gigabyte Z690 / Z790 ❌ Consumer chipsets, no AMT
Supermicro X13SAV / server boards ❌ Xeon E, no vPro

For DIY: pair a W680 board with an i7-vPro or i9-vPro CPU. Z690/Z790 + vPro CPU does NOT enable AMT — chipset matters.

Other vendors

  • ASUS Pro Q670M-C-CSM: ✅ vPro Enterprise
  • ASUS Pro Q670M-CE / D4-CSM: ❌ vPro Essentials
  • Acer Veriton X/N/M with vPro: ✅
  • Fujitsu Esprimo Q/P/D "PRO" SKUs: ✅ (Q958+)
  • Panasonic Toughbook 40/55 with vPro: ✅

Hard "no" list

  • Consumer chipsets (H/B/Z series) — no AMT firmware
  • AMD platforms (Ryzen, EPYC, Threadripper Pro) — use ASMB / DASH instead
  • Xeon Scalable servers — IPMI / Redfish / iDRAC
  • vPro Essentials SKUs — DASH only, no AMT/KVM
  • ARM and Apple Silicon

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