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Cake day: Jun 12, 2023

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Thanks for the tips - I can manage a dummy plug if required. Glad to hear AMT would be local-only unless I take additional steps.


Glad to hear it’s working for your use case! I’ve seen lots of positive feedback about these Optiplex Micro’s.


Intel vPro/AMT Security Considerations
I'm new to the selfhosted/homelab space and eyeing a used Dell Optiplex Micro system to experiment with. The unit has an i5-8500T and appears to support Intel vPro/AMT for remote management and KVM. This is interesting to me as I may not want to have a monitor and peripherals permanently connected. After substantial searching, most of the documentation and discussions on this topic are aimed at people with a deeper background. I believe I can figure out how to set it up, but I couldn't find straightforward answers to these security questions: -I only want to use this for KVM while at my home. It seems like a security risk if this functionality works over the internet rather than just LAN. Is this actually the case, and if so, can it be set to LAN-only? -Since the machine had a prior owner, is it advisable to reset the BIOS or somehow clear out potential vPro settings from the previous user? Thanks for any help you can offer!
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Interesting topic, thanks. What kind of speeds can one expect when downloading? Can it rival a well-seeded torrent?