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Wake on LAN and ezRemote Manager

What is Wake on
LAN?
What does Wake on
LAN do in ezRemote
Manager?
Wake on LAN
CHAPTER 11
Operations
This chapter explains how ezRemote Manager uses Wake on LAN
to power on thin client appliances.
"Wake on LAN" (WOL) is a network technology that enables you
to remotely wake up, or power networked systems "on" for man-
agement tasks — even when they have been powered "off." WOL
uses a "magic packet" that is sent to the target device using the
device's MAC address.
ezRemote Manager allows you to remotely wake powered-off Eon
and Capio thin client appliances using WOL technology. To use
WOL, you must first have displayed (in list view) an asset list that
contains the device(s) you plan to awaken or manage. In most
instances, that will be a saved asset list database you retrieve into
ezRemote Manager (see "Saving and automatically retrieving asset
lists" on page 24).
ezRemote Manager incorporates two distinct mechanisms that use
WOL to wake up appliances:
Wake on LAN on demand. Wake up selected appliances, or all
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appliances in the current list view, when initiated by ezRemote
Manager user.
Automatic Wake on LAN. Wake up appliances automatically
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when they fail to respond to ezRemote Manager during a task.
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