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Pisapatis

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June 28th, 2007 11:00

Powering on Server remotely

I have PW 840 (quad-core) with Broadcomm NIC. I installed Windows 2003 Sp2. I am wondering how to configure to powering-on remotely. Any comments??

Thanks in advance.

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Dennise458
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Posted June 28th, 2007 15:00
If you have the optional DRAC4 you can configure this to allow you to be able to do a remote power up of the system.
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Posted June 28th, 2007 17:00
I don't have DRAC4. I heard about Microsoft 'OnNow' initiative. Does it work? If so, what is the tool on remote client?
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Dennise458
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Posted June 29th, 2007 12:00
Other than the DRAC, WoL may be an option.
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Pisapatis
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Posted June 29th, 2007 15:00
I would appreciate if you could explain how to set WoL, BTW, what is WoL?
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Posted June 29th, 2007 18:00
Wake On LAN is not available on the latest BIOS for PowerEdge server. Some say that we may need some kind of wire to connect motherboard and NIC.

why OnNow can not be used? I am also wondering what BMC is for. Any idea?

I was out of touch with servers for so long. In 1994-95, we tried some proprietary technology to accomplish this.
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Posted June 29th, 2007 18:00
WoL means Wake on Lan, however you may want to look around in how to set it up
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Posted July 3rd, 2007 16:00
Any idea whether PE480 supports WoL? I could not find in A03 BIOS.