Thanks a lot for taking the time to respond.

I started out with the JavaLibs (using the link you provided) but there isn't an example that performs an actual IDE-R session (where an ISO us sent from the client to the AMT machine.)

If you could point me to such a sample that would be great. (I have a memtest ISO here representing a bootable cdrom that I would like to send to the AMT machine to boot into).

I didn't see a Java folder in the Intel AMT SDK but after abandoning the Java WS-Management path, I did stumble upon the Intel AMT Redirection Library in the AMT SDK available through

Dynamic Library (Windows*)
Static Library (Linux*)
Header Files
Sample Code

I compiled the imrcli sample (part of the AMT SDK) on an Amazon AWS instance and was able to connect the Intel AMT machine and start an IDER session :

Handling Client localhost
IDER Session Open (Registers Enabled)

Options:
a. Delete Client
b. Open SOL Session
c. Close IDER Session
d. Disable IDER Registers
e. Get IDER Session Statistics
x. Exit

Choose an option> e
IDER Session Statistics:
Packets sent: 66
Packets received: 64
Data sent (bytes): 0
Data received (bytes): 0
Read/write command active: No
Last read/write length: 0
Session error: No
Number of client resets: 8
Number of client errors: 0

The redirection session was picked up by the Intel AMT console on the machine so I guess communication-wise everything is OK. However, I don't know enough about the process yet to know how this should work.

On my AWS instance, I've mounted a floppy and a cdrom image. The goal is to have the Intel AMT machine boot from one of those 2 images.

ubuntu:~/iso$ sudo losetup -a
/dev/loop0: [ca01]:417308 (/home/ubuntu/iso/memtest86+-4.20.iso)
/dev/loop1: [ca01]:417316 (/home/ubuntu/iso/floppy.img)

However, if I reboot the AMT machine from cdrom, it gives me the standard "Insert proper boot device" message so I'm not sure if the IDE-R is working.

Thx for the javascript link ... looks interesting..... I'll definitely take a look but would like to get my server-side solution in place.

Here's some info on the different components I'm using

AMT hardware : Intel DQ77MK board with Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
BIOS Version : MKQ7710H.86A.0039.2012.0504.1937
AMT SDK Version : 8.1.4198
Ubuntu AWS Image : ubuntu/images/ebs/ubuntu-oneiric-11.10-amd64-server-20120222 (ami-baba68d3)
Mount points :

/dev/loop0 on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
/dev/loop1 on /mnt/fd0 type vfat (rw)

The Intel AMT machine doesn't have a floppy but does have a physical cdrom-drive
In the device manager, I see a Virtual Floppy drive and Virtual CDROM drive

Am I correct in saying that once an IDE-R session has been established, the only thing left to do is send a remote control command to the machine (boot from local cd/dvd drive) ? Or do I need to issue another reboot command so that the AMT machine knows it needs to reboot using the IDE-R settings ?

Small update ....

The floppy drive redirection seems to be working, as I can see the files on the virtual device in windows explorer once the IDER session is up and running. The virtual cdrom drive however doesn't work. I can see the device in windows explorer, but it doesn't recognize the disc.

Here's how I setup the IDER session on the Amazon AWS machine :

Enter floppy device: [/dev/fd0] /dev/loop1
Enter cdrom device: [/dev/cdrom] /dev/loop0

mount | grep loop
/dev/loop1 on /mnt/fd0 type vfat (rw)
/dev/loop0 on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro)

ls -l /mnt/fd0/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23 Jan 2 2013 /mnt/fd0/test.txt

ls -l /mnt/cdrom
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Jan 23 2011 boot
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 134 Jan 23 2011 readme.txt

Any ideas why the cdrom doesn't work ?

Hi,

My situation involves 2 machines :

1. Amazon AWS Linux Ubuntu
Client machine using the Linux Redirection Library. From this machine I initiate an IDE-R session.

2. Intel AMT machine running Windows 7
This is the vPro / AMT machine that I'm trying to control. (through scripts running on the Amazon Linux Ubuntu machine).

When you're saying :

Redirection library: The Linux version of the redirection library does not support IDER over DVD.

Does that mean

a) it's not possible to trigger a remote DVD ISO boot on an Intel Amt machine running Windows 7 when the IDER session is initiated from a linux machine (Amazon AWS Ubuntu) ?
b) it's not possible to remote DVD ISO boot an Intel AMT machine running Linux .

Regards,
Davy

The issue is partly resolved. Due to a bug in my code the machine was not restarted properly. The useIDER and IDERBootDevice was not properly set.

I still have an issue that it's not booting correctly without human intervention.
After the IDE-R restart, the AMT client reports a missing boot disk, and I need to go into the bios to override the boot order and select the virtual cd. After that it boots fine in the IDE-R session that was started from the Linux management console.

Hi,

The problem seems to be related to the Linux library initiating the IDE-R session, and not so much the ISO being used. (I also tried it with a 3.0.21 kernel and I'm getting the same behavior).

If I start the IDE-R session from a C# app (code based on http://communities.intel.com/community/vproexpert/blog/2010/12/02/remote...), where I just do the following to start an IDE-R session.

InitAMTSystem();
string floppyImage = "C:\\Users\\Davy\\Downloads\\Dos6.22.img";
string ISOImage = "C:\\Users\\Davy\\Downloads\\Memtest86_4.0a.iso";
_system.RedirectionIDER.StartIDER(ISOImage,floppyImage);

The system is able to boot fine into the memtest ISO without human intervention.

When I do the same with an IDE-R session started from a linux box (again using the same memtest ISO), I need to enter the bios and select the virtual cd device before being able to boot into memtest.

<img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13246619/IntelAmt/BiosVirtualDevices.PNG"/>

If I don't override the boot in the BIOS I get this :

<img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13246619/IntelAmt/BootDiskMissing.PNG"/>

Some details on how the Linux stuff is setup. I have a couple of ISOs and disk images on the linux bos using the control loopback devices :

ubuntu@ubuntu-H55N-USB3:~/Downloads$ sudo losetup -a
/dev/loop0: [0805]:9457912 (/home/ubuntu/isos/memtest86+-4.20.iso)
/dev/loop1: [0805]:9457911 (/home/ubuntu/isos/floppy.img)
/dev/loop2: [0805]:8011044 (/home/ubuntu/Downloads/Windows98.img)
/dev/loop3: [0805]:8011060 (/home/ubuntu/Downloads/Dos6.22.img)
/dev/loop4: [0805]:9457702 (/home/ubuntu/Downloads/Acronis.iso)

And I use the imrcli sample from the Intel AMT SDK to start the IDE-R session :

Options:
a. Delete Client
b. Open SOL Session
c. Open IDER Session
x. Exit

Choose an option> c
Enter user name: admin
Enter password:
Configure proxy settings? [Yes|No] no
Enter floppy device: [/dev/fd0] /dev/loop3
Enter cdrom device: [/dev/cdrom] /dev/loop0

Handling Client 192.168.1.103
IDER Session Open (Registers Enabled)

In my scenario, I'm just using Linux to start the IDE-R session. (the IDE-R process run on the Linux box and the ISOs are also hosted on Linux but the IDE-R sessions point to Windows based AMT machines.

When you say : "LInux does not support booting to images"  , do you mean Linux the AMT machine, or Linux the Management Console ?