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October 2007
Wake-on-LAN (WOL)
Support on Dell™
Servers
Dell White Paper
By Ken Bignell
ken_bignell@dell.com
October 2007 Page 2 Dell Enterprise Product Group
Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................... 3
Definition ............................................................................................................................ 3
Prerequisites ....................................................................................................................... 3
Tools ................................................................................................................................................... 3
DellServersthatSupportWake‐on‐LAN ..................................................................... 3
SupportedNICs(NetworkAdapters) ........................................................................................... 4
SupportedOperatingSystems........................................................................................................ 5
UsingWOLafterA/CPowerDisconnectorwithnoOperatingSystem(OS)Installed
(Out‐of‐Box,orD0uninitialized) ........................................................................................... 6
EnablingWOLunderMicrosoftWindowsNT4.0............................................................. 8
EnablingWOLunderMicrosoftWindows2000ServerorMicrosoftServer2003
FamilyOperatingSystems.................................................................................................... 10
EnablingWOLunderRedHatEnterpriseLinux®versions4andlaterandSUSE®
LinuxEnterpriseServerversions9andlater .................................................................... 12
EnablingWOLunderNovell®NetWare®5.xand6.x .................................................... 14
October 2007 Page 3 Dell Enterprise Product Group
Section 1
Introduction
Thispaperprovidesstep‐by‐stepinstructionsforusingWake‐On‐LAN(WOL)
withDell™Servers.
Definition
Wake‐On‐LANallowsaservertoberemotelypoweredon.Wake‐On‐LAN
technologyresidesinaserver’smanagednetworkinterfacecard(NIC)and/orin
aLAN‐on‐motherboard(LOM)integratednetworkconnection.
WhenaWOLenabledsystemisplacedinapowersavingmode(hibernate,
standby,poweroff,etc...),themanagedNICorLOMusestheauxiliarypower
sourcetomonitorthenetworkandreceiveawake‐uppacket.Whenawake‐up
packetisreceived,thesystempowersupasnormal.
Prerequisites
Tools
Thefollowingtoolsarenecessarytohaveonhandbeforeusingwake‐on‐LANon
aDellserver:
1. DOSbootablefloppydisk,MSDOSversion6.0ornewer,FreeDOSor
DRDOS(APMWOLonly.)
2. IBAUTIL.EXEversion4.02.02.01ornewerforIntelnetworkinterfacecards
(NICs)orIntel‐basedLANsonMotherboard(LOMs).
3. B57UTIL.EXEversion10.11ornewerorB57UDIAG.EXEversion6.04or
newerforBroadcomNICsorBroadcom‐basedLOMs.
4. UXdiag.exeversion1.3.1ornewerforBroadcomNetXtremeIINICsor
LOMs.
5. Ethtool1.8.4orbetterforLinuxWOL(DellServerssupportRedHat
EnterpriseLinux®andSUSE®EnterprisedistributionsofLinux.)
6. ThelatestBIOSforeachsystemtouseWOL.
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Dell Servers that Support Wake-on-LAN
ThefollowingaretheDellserversthatsupportwake‐on‐LAN,andtowhat
extent:
• WOLisonlysupportedontheLOM(s)(LANonmotherboardorintegrated
[embedded]NIC)
o PowerEdge™350
o PowerEdge1550
o PowerEdge6400
o PowerEdge6450
•
WOLissupportedontheLOM(s)andinallslotswithaWOL‐supported
NIC
o
PowerEdge500
o PowerEdge600
o
PowerEdge1400
o
PowerEdge1600SC
o
PowerEdge1650
o
PowerEdge1750
BroadcomNICsmaycausethesystemtonotbootif
WOLisenabledfortheminaslotinthissystemdueto
thelargeramountofcurrentdrawnbythemwhenina
WOLstate.
o
PowerEdge2400
o
PowerEdge2450
o
PowerEdge2500
o
PowerEdge2550
WOLisnotsupportedontheGigabitLOM
o
PowerEdge2600
o
PowerEdge2650
o
PowerEdge4400
o
PowerEdge4600
o
PowerEdge7150
• WOLisnotsupportedontheLOMbutisinallslotswithaWOL‐capable
NIC
o PowerEdge1500
• AllDellServersexceptbladesystemsnewerthan2006supportWOLonboth
LOMsandinslotswithWOL‐capableNICs.
Supported NICs (Network Adapters)
ThefollowingaretheNICsavailableforDellserversthatsupportWOL:
• Intel®PRO/100+ServerAdapter,DellPartNumber–3710T
• IntelPRO/100SSecureServerAdapter,DellPartNumber–6745U
• IntelPRO/100SServerAdapter,DellPartNumber–8G779
• IntelPRO/1000XTGigabitServerAdapter,DellPartNumber–0X885
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• IntelPRO/1000MTSinglePortGigabitServerAdapter,DellPartNumber–
W1392
• IntelPRO/1000MTDualPortGigabitServerAdapter,DellPartNumber–
• Intel1000PTSinglePortGigabitServerAdapter,DellPartNumber–U3867
• Intel1000PTDualPortGigabitServerAdapter,DellPartNumber–X3959
• BroadcomNetXtremeGigabitAdapter,BCM5700,DellPartNumber–
063MY
• BroadcomNetXtremeGigabitAdapter,BCM5701,DellPartNumber–1H984
• BroadcomNetXtremeGigabitAdapter,BCM5703,DellPartNumber–4R672
• BroadcomNetXtremeGigabitAdapter,BCM5721,DellPartNumber–HF692
• BroadcomNetXtremeGigabitAdapter,BCM5722,DellPartNumber–XK104
• BroadcomNetXtremeIIGigabitAdapter,BCM5708,DellPartNumber–
TX564
Note:DellPartNumbersmaychangeovertime,consultthelatestNICUserGuide
documentationforWOLsupportforNICsnotlistedhere.
Supported Operating Systems
• NoOperatingSystemInstalled
• Microsoft®WindowsNT®4.0ServerFamily
TheMicrosoftWindowsNT4.0ServerfamilyisnotACPIcompliant;the
drivermustsetupWOL.
• MicrosoftWindowsServer®2000Family
MicrosoftWindows2000isACPI(AdvancedConfigurationandPower
Interface)compliantandsupportsWOLfromHibernateandStandby.Dell
serverssupporttheHibernatemodeandnottheStandbymode,withthe
exceptionofthePowerEdge350,whichsupportsStandbyandnotHibernate.
• MicrosoftWindowsServer2003and2008(whenavailable)Families
MicrosoftWindowsServer2003isACPI(AdvancedConfigurationand
PowerInterface)compliantandsupportsWOLfromHibernateandStandby.
DellserverssupporttheHibernatemodeandnottheStandbymode,with
theexceptionofthePowerEdge350,whichsupportsStandbyandnot
Hibernate.
• RedHat®EnterpriseLinux®versions4andnewer
LinuxisnotcurrentlyACPIcompliantandWOLmustbesetupbythe
driveroranotheragent.
• SUSE®LinuxEnterpriseServerversions9andnewer
LinuxisnotcurrentlyACPIcompliantandWOLmustbesetupbythe
driveroranotheragent.
• Novell®NetWare®5.xand6.0
NetWareisnotACPIcompliantandWOLmustbesetupbythedriver.
October 2007 Page 6 Dell Enterprise Product Group
Section 2
Using WOL after A/C Power Disconnect or
with no Operating System (OS) Installed
(Out-of-Box, or D0uninitialized)
Dell’sNICsandLOMscanaccomplishWOLafterasystemhasbeenunplugged
fromallA/Cpower,thenreturnedtoA/Cpower,butnotpoweredon.Thisstate
isknownas“Out‐Of‐BoxWOL”or“D0uninitialized.”Thiscanbeusefulif
serverstobeinstalledpassthroughacentralprocessingpointforpreparation,
andthenareinstalledataremotesite.
NICsandLOMsfromDellhaveWOLdisabledbydefault.Havingmorethan
onedeviceenabledforWOLinasystemcanoverloadthe3.3‐voltauxiliary
powersupplyandcauseittomalfunction.Dellstronglyrecommendsthatonly
onedevicebeenabledforWOLpersystem.ToenableOut‐of‐BoxWOL,createa
DOS‐bootablefloppyandcopytheutility,listedintheToolssectionabove,
specifictotheWOLdevicetoitfromtheDellOpenManagementServer
Assistantordownloaditfromhttp://support.dell.com.
Note:BroadcomB5700andB5701basedNICsandLOMsdonotsupportWOL
inthisway.
ThestepstoenablingWOLafterA/Cpowerdisconnectorwithnooperating
systemareasfollows:
1. BootthesystemusingtheDOSfloppy,andrun‘IBAUTIL.EXE’,
‘UXDIAG.EXE–tABCD’or‘B57UDIAG.EXE–tABCD’.Theseprogramswill
displaythephysicallyinstalledadaptersandthestatusofeachcard’sWOL
setting.UXDIAG.EXEisforNetXtremeIIdevicesandB57UDIAG.EXEisfor
NetXtremeIdevices.
2. ChoosetheNICforWOL,recorditsMACaddress,andnoteitsnumberon
thelefthandsideofthedisplay.
a. EnableIntelWOLbytyping‘ibautil–nic=X–wole’whereXis
thenumberoftheNICinthedisplay.
b. EnableBroadcomNX1WOLbytyping‘b57udiag–w1–cX’
whereXisthenumberoftheNICinthedisplay.
c. EnableBroadcomNX2WOLbytyping‘uxdiag–cX–wol1’
whereXisthenumberoftheNICinthedisplay.
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3. Unplugthesystemandsendittotheremotesitetobeinstalled.Thesystem
mustberemovedfromallA/Cinputforaperiodofatleast10secondsto
allowallcapacitancetodrainfromthesystemsoitresetstoitsdefaultstate.
Thesystemmustnotbepoweredon,justconnectedtoA/CandtheWOL
enabledNICconnectedtotheactivenetwork.Thesystemisnowreadytobe
poweredonviaWOLwhenneeded.
4. Senda‘MagicPacket’wakeupsignaltotheMACaddressoftheWOL
enabledNIC,andthesystemwillboot.Out‐of‐BoxWOLcanonlybe
accomplishedviathe‘MagicPacket’WOLsignal.
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Section 3
Enabling WOL under Microsoft Windows NT
4.0
NICsandLOMsfromDellhaveWOLdisabledbydefault.Havingmorethan
onedeviceenabledforWOLinasystemcanoverloadthe3.3‐voltauxiliary
powersupplyandcauseittomalfunction.Dellstronglyrecommendsthatonly
onedevicebeenabledforWOLpersystem.ToenableWOL,createaDOS‐
bootablefloppyandcopytheutility,listedintheToolssectionabove,specificto
theWOLdevicetoitfromtheDellOpenManagementServerAssistantor
downloaditfromhttp://support.dell.com.
ThestepstoenablingWOLunderWindowsNT4.0areasfollows:
1. BootthesystemusingtheDOSfloppy,andrun‘IBAUTIL.EXE’,
‘UXDIAG.EXE–tABCD’or‘B57UDIAG.EXE–tABCD’.Theseprogramswill
displaythephysicallyinstalledadaptersandthestatusofeachcard’sWOL
setting.UXDIAG.EXEisforNetXtremeIIdevicesandB57UDIAG.EXEisfor
NetXtremeIdevices.
2. ChoosetheNICforWOL,recorditsMACaddress,andnoteitsnumberon
thelefthandsideofthedisplay.
a. EnableIntelWOLbytyping‘ibautil–nic=X–wole’whereXisthe
numberoftheNICinthedisplay.
b. EnableBroadcomNX1WOLbytyping‘b57udiag–w1–cX’whereX
isthenumberoftheNICinthedisplay.
c. EnableBroadcomNX2WOLbytyping‘uxdiag–cX–wol1’whereX
isthenumberoftheNICinthedisplay.
3. RebootthesystemandlogintoWindowsNT4.0withanaccountthathas
administratorprivileges.IfthemostrecentDell‐provideddriversarenot
installed,installthem.Dellstronglysuggestsupdatingtothenewest
versionsofthenetworkdriversavailableontheDellsupportwebsite.
4. ForBroadcomNICsandLOMs,orIntelGigabit(1000MBps)NICsorLOMs,
skiptostep9.
5. ForIntelFastEthernet(10/100Mbps)NICsorLOMs,fromthesystemtrayor
fromthecontrolpanel,openPROSetII.ClickontheNICwithWOL
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enabled.ThedisplayedEthernetAddresswillmatchtheMACaddress
obtainedwhileusingIBAUTIL.EXE.
6. ChoosetheAdvancedTab.Inthesettingsframe,chooseEnablePMEand
changethevaluetoEnabled.
7. ClickOK.WindowsNT4.0willpromptforareboot.ChooseYes.
8. Afterthesystemhasrestarted,iftheNICisnotalreadyconnectedtoaswitch
orhub,connectitandshutthesystemdown.
9. Shutthesystemoff.TheconnectionLEDontheNICandswitchorhubwill
remainonindicatingtheNICismonitoringthenetworkforwakeuppackets
directedtoitsMACaddress.
10. SendawakeupsignaltotheMACaddressoftheWOLenabledNIC,andthe
systemwillboot.
Note:IfthesystembootisinterruptedbeforetheOSandtheNICdriverareloaded,the
systemwillnotbeabletoperformWOLagainuntilthesystemisrebootedmanuallyand
theOSanddriverareallowedtoloadandresettheNIC’sWOLregisters.
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Section 4
Enabling WOL under Microsoft Windows
2000 Server or Microsoft Server 2003
Family Operating Systems
NICsandLOMsfromDellhaveWOLdisabledbydefault.Havingmorethan
onedeviceenabledforWOLinasystemcanoverloadthe3.3‐voltauxiliary
powersupplyandcauseittomalfunction.Dellstronglyrecommendsthatonly
onedevicebeenabledforWOLpersystem.ToenableWOLfollowthesteps
below.
ThestepstoenablingWOLunderWindows2000ServerandWindowsServer
2003operatingsystemsareasfollows:
1. Windows2000andWindows2003donotrequirethatWOLbeturnedonin
theNIC’sorLOM’sfirmware,thereforethestepsusingDOSoutlinedinthe
Out‐of‐BoxandWindowsNT4.0proceduresarenotnecessaryandshould
beskipped.EnablingWOLwithIBAUTIL.EXE,UXDIAG.EXEor
B57UDIAG.EXEmaybedetrimentaltoWOLunderWindows2000and
Windows2003.
2. LogintoWindows2000/2003withanaccountthathasadministrator
privileges.IfthemostrecentDellprovideddriversfortheNICarenot
installed,installthem.OpenthepropertiesfortheNICenabledforWOL
andthenclickthe‘Configure’button.ChoosethePowerManagementTab
andenablethecheckboxnexttotheline‘Allowthisdevicetobringthe
computeroutofstandby.’StandbyinthiscasereferstobothStandbyand
Hibernate.Ensurethatthecheckboxnexttotheline‘Allowthecomputerto
turnoffthisdevicetosavepower’isalsochecked.
3. EnsureHibernateisenabledforthesystembyopeningPowerOptionsinthe
ControlPanel,choosingtheHibernateTabandchecking‘Enablehibernate
support’.(SeeNotebelowifusingaPowerEdge350.)
4. ClickOK.
5. IftheNICisnotalreadyconnectedtoaswitchorhub,connectitandsetthe
systemtohibernatebyclickingStart/ShutdownandchoosingHibernate.
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6. Thesystemwillshutoff.TheconnectionLEDontheNICandswitchorhub
willremainonindicatingtheNICismonitoringthenetworkforwakeup
packetsdirectedtoitsMACaddress.
7. SendawakeupsignaltotheMACaddressoftheWOLenabledNIC,andthe
systemwillboot.
Note:Ifthesystembootisinterruptedbeforetheoperatingsystem(OS)andtheNIC
driverareloaded,thesystemwillnotbeabletoperformWOLagainuntilthesystemis
rebootedmanuallyandtheOSanddriverareallowedtoloadandresettheNIC’sWOL
registers.
PowerEdge350Note:ThePowerEdge350istheonlyDellserverthatsupportsStandby
andnotHibernate.Thesameproceduresshouldbefollowedwiththeexceptionofthe
Hibernateenablingstepandtheshutdowntohibernate.Standbyisenabledbydefault.
SendthesystemintostandbybyclickingStart/ShutDownthenchoosingStandby.
October 2007 Page 12 Dell Enterprise Product Group
Section 4
Enabling WOL under Red Hat Enterprise
Linux® versions 4 and later and SUSE®
Linux Enterprise Server versions 9 and
later
NICsandLOMsfromDellhaveWOLdisabledbydefault.Havingmorethan
onedeviceenabledforWOLinasystemcanoverloadthe3.3‐voltauxiliary
powersupplyandcauseittomalfunction.Dellstronglyrecommendsthatonly
onedevicebeenabledforWOLpersystem.ToenableWOL,createaDOS‐
bootablefloppyandcopytheutility,listedintheToolssectionabove,specificto
theWOLdevicetoitfromtheDellOpenManagementServerAssistantor
downloaditfromhttp://support.dell.com.
ThestepstoEnablingWOLunderRedHatEnterpriseLinuxversions4andlater
andSUSELinuxEnterpriseServerversions9andlaterareasfollows:
1. LogintotheBASHshellwithrootprivileges.IfthemostrecentDell
provideddriversarenotinstalled,installthem.Run‘ethtoolethX’where
‘ethX’isthenameandinstanceofthedesiredWOLnetworkinterface.The
WOLcapabilitiesandcurrentdefaultsettingswillbedisplayedinthe
output.
a. Theethtoolmanpageshavemoreinformationonsettingsand
meaningsofthesettings.
b. IfthedefaultsettingsshowWOLdisabled(astheywillbydefaultas
shippedfromDell)thenfollowingsteps1and2intheOut‐of‐Box
WOLinstructionsectionwillchangethedefaultsetting.
c. EnablingWOLwithethtoolwhenthedefaultisdisabledwillnot
persistacrossreboots,meaningthatshuttingdownandperforming
WOLonce,thenshuttingdownagainandattemptingWOLwillnot
besuccessfulwithoutrunningethtoolagaintoenableWOL.Theuse
ofastartupscriptcanenableWOLoneachsubsequentrebootif
desired,orchangingthedefaultfromtheDOSbasedutilities.
2. Run‘ethtoolethX–swolg’toenableMagicPacketWOL,whereethXisthe
nameandinstanceofthedesiredWOLnetworkinterface.
3. HaltLinuxandshutthesystemoff.TheconnectionLEDontheNICand
switchorhubwillremainon,indicatingtheNICismonitoringthenetwork
forwakeuppacketsdirectedtoitsMACaddress.
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a. ToenablewakeuptypesotherthanMagicPacket,checktheethtool
manpages.
4. SendaMagicPacketwakeupsignaltotheMACaddressoftheWOL
enabledNIC,andthesystemwillboot.
Note:IfthesystembootisinterruptedbeforetheOSandtheNICdriverareloaded,the
systemwillnotbeabletoperformWOLagainuntileitherthesystemisrebooted
manuallyandtheOSanddriverareallowedtoloadandresettheNICsWOLregisters,
orA/Cpowertothesystemisremovedforatleast30seconds,resettingtheNIC’sWOL
registers.
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Section 3
Enabling WOL under Novell® NetWare® 5.x
and 6.x
NICsandLOMsfromDellhaveWOLdisabledbydefault.Havingmorethan
onedeviceenabledforWOLinasystemcanoverloadthe3.3‐voltauxiliary
powersupplyandcauseittomalfunction.Dellstronglyrecommendsthatonly
onedevicebeenabledforWOLpersystem.ToenableWOL,createaDOS‐
bootablefloppyandcopytheutility,listedintheToolssectionabove,specificto
theWOLdevicetoitfromtheDellOpenManagementServerAssistantor
downloaditfromhttp://support.dell.com.
ThestepstoenablingWOLunderNetWare5.xand6.xareasfollows:

1. BootthesystemusingtheDOSfloppy,andrun‘IBAUTIL.EXE’,
‘UXDIAG.EXE–tABCD’or‘B57UDIAG.EXE–tABCD’.Theseprogramswill
displaythephysicallyinstalledadaptersandthestatusofeachcard’sWOL
setting.UXDIAG.EXEisforNetXtremeIIdevicesandB57UDIAG.EXEisfor
NetXtremeIdevices.
2. ChoosetheNICforWOL,recorditsMACaddress,andnoteitsnumberon
thelefthandsideofthedisplay.
a. EnableIntelWOLbytyping‘ibautil–nic=X–wole’whereXisthe
numberoftheNICinthedisplay.
b. EnableBroadcomNX1WOLbytyping‘b57udiag–w1–cX’whereX
isthenumberoftheNICinthedisplay.
c. EnableBroadcomNX2WOLbytyping‘uxdiag–cX–wol1’whereX
isthenumberoftheNICinthedisplay.
3. RebootthesystemandstarttheNetWareserver.IfthemostrecentDell‐
provideddriversarenotinstalled,installthem.
4. ForIntelbasedNICsorLOMsnomodificationisnecessary,thedriverisset
upforWOLbydefault.ToturnoffWOL,usethe‘pmedisable=1’keyword
intheloadline.Set‘pmedisable=0’tore‐enableWOL
5. ForBroadcombasedNICsorLOMS,thekeyword‘magicp=1’mustbeused
toenablethedriverforWOL.Setting‘magicp=0’disablesWOL,disabledis
thedefault.
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6. Restarttheserver.Aftertheserverhasrestarted,iftheNICisnotalready
connectedtoaswitchorhub,connectitandshuttheserverdown.
7. Shutthesystemoff.TheconnectionLEDontheNICandswitchorhubwill
remainonindicatingtheNICismonitoringthenetworkforwakeuppackets
directedtoitsMACaddress.
8. SendawakeupsignaltotheMACaddressoftheWOLenabledNIC,andthe
systemwillboot.
Note:IfthesystembootisinterruptedbeforetheOSandtheNICdriverareloaded,the
systemwillnotbeabletoperformWOLagainuntilthesystemisrebootedmanuallyand
theOSanddriverareallowedtoloadandresettheNIC’sWOLregisters.
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