amtterm(1)

💖 amtterm(1) — the Intel AMT serial-over-lan (sol) client, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk: this is the manual page for amtterm, from the General Commands Manual section (that's section 1, iykyk). she's a little niche but she is so useful if you're poking at Intel AMT machines. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

amtterm — the Intel AMT serial-over-lan (sol) client. literally what it says on the tin, no cap 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

amtterm [ options ] host [ port ]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so amtterm gives you access to the serial-over-lan port of Intel AMT managed machines. iconic behavior honestly.

• host — the hostname or IP address of the machine amtterm should connect to. this is the main character of the command line, she's required 🫶
• port — the tcp port to use. if you don't specify it, it defaults to 16994 (that's the standard AMT redirection port, fyi). so if you're lazy like me you can just skip it 💅

ngl if you want more tea on Intel AMT, go check out amt-howto(7). she's got the lore 📖✨

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -h — display help text. your little safety net when you forget everything 💖
• -v — be verbose. this is actually the default, so like, you're already doing this unless you say otherwise 🙈
• -q — be quiet. for when the vibes need to be calm and silent 🤫
• -u <user> — specify username. defaults to "admin" if you don't say anything, which, slay, convenient.
• -p <pass> — specify password. if you don't pass one in, amtterm will prompt you on the terminal, so no pressure to paste your secrets into your shell history 🔐👑

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

• AMT_PASSWORD — the default value for the password. set it and forget it, lowkey the move 🍓

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⚠️ NOTE ⚠️

bestie, heads up: newer AMT machines have the SoL port disabled by default. 😭 it's not broken, it's just off. and yes, you can enable it remotely, but you gotta run this exact thing:

wsman put http://intel.com/wbem/wscim/1/amt-schema/1/AMT_RedirectionService -h ${AMT_HOST} -P 16992 -u admin -p ${AMT_PASSWORD} -k ListenerEnabled=true

copy it character for character, please and thank you, don't be out here freehanding ${AMT_HOST} and ${AMT_PASSWORD} 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• gamt(1)
• amttool(1)
• amt-howto(7)

the whole friend group, fr fr 🫶

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

(c) 2007 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🌈✨ this little number is copyright © 2007 Gerd Hoffmann, and it came to you from the General Commands Manual, dated 2007. go forth and sol responsibly 💅🎀