Managing a Remote Wake Up Session

The Remote Wake Up feature supports Magic Packet* technology. When a powered off node that is enabled for Wake on LAN* receives the magic packet, the system will boot up.

You can use ZfD to remotely wake up Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 nodes.

For an administrator to be able to wake up a remote node, the following requirements must be met:

• The remote node has a network card that supports Wake on LAN. Additionally, ensure that you have enabled the Wake on LAN option in the BIOS setup of the managed workstation.

  NOTE:  Remote Wake Up may not work properly on Windows 98 workstations having network cards that support Wake on LAN.

• The remote node is in a soft-off power state. In the soft-off state, the CPU is powered-off and a minimal amount of power is utilized by its network interface card. Unlike the hard-off state, in the soft-off state the power connection to the machine remains switched on when the machine is shut down.

  NOTE:  Some operating systems like Windows NT and Windows 2000 do not put the machine in the soft-off state even after the corresponding shut down command is executed. When a user selects the Shut Down option from the System Menu of Windows NT/2000, the machine is not shut down automatically, but the user is prompted to either reboot or shut down the machine. For Remote Wake Up to work, the user should manually shut down the machine upon this prompt.

• The remote node has been scanned at least once by the Workstation Inventory scanner that ships with ZfD.
• The Wake on LAN Status Agent is properly installed on the remote node.

  HINT:  The Wake on LAN Status Agent is installed on the managed workstation during Remote Management Agent installation.

• The routers connecting the management console and the remote node are configured to forward subnet-oriented broadcasts.
• The network link between the management console and the remote node is established.

To wake up a remote node:

1. Right-click the Workstation Object from the management console.

2. Click Actions > Remote Wake Up.