Figured this might be of interest for some homelabbers. For intel CPUs supporting vPro/AMT you can basically get KVM via MeshCommander (or a Fork like MeshMini). This also allows to mount a .iso file from your client like you would a USB stick via the MeshCommander Remote Desktop! So, once you have the remote access configured, you can completely reinstall your computers remotely as long as they are connected to the network.

One thing to notice is that the boxes need to have some DisplayPort output used to actually show something in Remote Desktop which kind of contradicts the whole setup. But there are DP dummy “cables” for exactly this purpose for 5-10bucks.

Generally spoken, the process is like this:

• Set up MeshMini on some server you don’t want to access with it (some spare raspi or the like)
• Set up AMT/MEBx in the BIOS of the vPro box
• Register box in MeshMini