Instruction Manual
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‐based
LANsonMotherboard(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.