Dell Command Intel vPro Out of Band Features and Updates

Affected Products:

• Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band

The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band is in the Dell Client Command Suite and replaces our previous out of band tools.

The Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band console extends Dell Client Command Suite’s system management capabilities to out of band computers, computers that are offline or have inaccessible operating system. It helps our customers by enabling them to remotely manage an endpoint’s BIOS, wipe a device’s hard drive, and simultaneously update multiple.

Features

• USB Provisioning
• Subnet Discovery
• BIOS Configuration (boot order, passwords, settings, and so forth)
• Remote KVM
• Hard drive wipe
• Power Management

v4.5.1 (Released January 2024)

Documentation

• Support for Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band | Documentation

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue where the No Change message is displayed in the Power Package field in the Out of Band Manageability Report. This issue occurs when the computer type is Detachable, Convertibles, Desktops, or All-in-One.
• Enhancements:
  • Updated the BIOS Settings list
  • Updated the third-party components
  • Enhanced the security of the application

v4.5.0 (Released October 2023)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Enhancements:
  • Updated the BIOS Settings list
  • Updated the Intel Active Management Technology SDK version to 16.0.5.1
  • Supports Intel EMA 1.11.1 version
  • Enhanced the security of the application

v4.4.1 (Released March 2023)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • This release contains security updates as disclosed in the Dell Security Advisory DSA-2023-115. For more information, see Dell Security Advisories and Notices.

v4.4.0 (Released January 2023)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue where the success status is displayed on the application. This issue occurs when the set admin or computer password operation fails due to the password configuration rules.
  • Application updates to address security vulnerabilities including (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures - CVE) such as CVE-2023-23696 and CVE-2023-23697.
• Enhancements:
  • Supports the AMT Power On from Modern standby mode
  • Enhanced the security of the application
  • Updated the BIOS Settings list

v4.3.1 (Released November 2022)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • Application updates to address security vulnerabilities including (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures - CVE) such as CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786.

v4.3.0 (Released October 2022)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Enhancements:
  • Updated the Intel Active Management Technology SDK version to 16.0.4.1
  • Updated the BIOS Settings list
  • Updated .NET Framework version to 4.8.0
  • Enhanced the security of the application

v4.2.0 (Released July 2022)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • Application updates to address security vulnerabilities.
• Enhancements:
  • Added the KVM Connect functionality using MeshCommander (an open-source tool from Intel).
  • Added SHA-256 and SHA-384 Hash Algorithms support for USB Provisioning functionality.
  • Added support for Task Queue to display reports for removed clients.

v4.1.0 (Released April 2022)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band cannot modify power policy.
  • Fixed an issue where Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band cannot set the battery health report.
  • Fixed an issue where Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band cannot report computer types for Desktop, Notebook, All-in-one, Tablet, Convertible, and Detachable.
  • Fixed an issue where Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band cannot discover clients in some IP ranges.
• Enhancements:
  • Updated the BIOS Settings list
  • Updated the Intel Active Management Technology SDK version to 16.0.0.1

v4.0.1 (Released February 2022)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue where an Intel AMT client unavailable error message is displayed, and the client stops responding.
    This issue occurs when resuming from Sleep, Hibernate, or Shutdown state (MOFF state) when connected to WLAN.

v4.0 (Released October 2021)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • Fixed the issue with the Client Discovery feature where the faulty clients remain in the Selected list and the valid clients are added to the Available list.
  • Fixed the issue where the BIOS attribute status is displayed in Task View when multiple BIOS Attributes are selected.
• Enhancements:
  • Updated the BIOS Settings list
  • Supports Intel Endpoint Management Assistant (EMA) provisioned clients

v3.5 (Released 06/2021)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Fixes:
  • Fixed the dual reboot issue of the computer when performing the administrator password clear operation when both the administrator and computer passwords are set.
  • Fixed the Client Discovery DNS search issue when the Active Directory service is installed on another computer.
  • Fixed the Client Discovery IP Address search issue when the IP Address range is given in decreasing order.
  • Fixed the special character issue where the product name Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band is displayed incorrectly as Dell Command Intel? vPro? Out of Band.
  • Fixed the issue where incorrect task details are displayed during the administrator password clear operation.
  • Fixed the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band issue of recursive display of error message while entering 300 plus characters on the account setup screen
  • Fixed the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band issue where the computer type is displayed incorrectly by updating the CIM class from CIM_ComputerSystem to CIM_Chassis.
  • Fixed the Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band issue where messages stating Intel AMT Client Not Available are displayed when the computer is provisioned wirelessly. This issue occurs while performing a BIOS operation, with the idle time-out set as 1 minute from BIOS and after waiting for three minutes.
• Enhancements:
  • Updated the table name EventBlackList to EventBlockList in the Indications database

v3.4 (Released 02/2021)

Fixes and Enhancements:

• Enhancements:
  • Added new BIOS attributes in the BIOS settings.

v3.3 (Released 10/2020)

Documentation

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