A new vPro > Secure Erase page completely erases the drives on a remote target vPro machine. This feature is used primarily for recycling and repurposing vPro machines.
Warning: All data on the machine will be erased in a secure manner, and cannot be recovered. Any data not backed up will be lost forever, and the agent will cease communicating with the KServer.
Requires AMT 11.0 on the vPro machine.
Firmware on the vPro machine may need to be updated to support remote secure erase.
Requires manual configuration of the Hard Drive password in the BIOS of each machine.
The computer must be directly accessible via the vPro Proxy or VSA in order to run Secure Erase. If the machine is no longer accessible—such as if the machine has been stolen—then Secure Erase will not be successful.
Creating a backup prior to the erase is strongly recommended.
VSA User Interface Changes
The VSA user interface has been updated. Changes includes:
Combining the machine search, notification bar, time tracking and user login buttons to maximize space in the main header panel.
Reorganizing the user logon submenu.
Modernizing the look and feel of all buttons.
Modernizing the look and feel of the agent status icons displayed throughout all agent pages.
Modernizing the look and feel of all legacy asp pages.
Modernizing the look and feel of the navigation panel.
Removing the add bookmark and bookmark buttons at the top of the navigation panel.
Bug Fixes
vPro
NSM-1731
Fixed an issue that falsely identified .Net 3.5 framework was present on the vPro Proxy machine when it wasn't.
vPro
NSM-1732
Fixed an issue that falsely identified machines as supporting AMT.
