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Check the prerequisites for SMSWakeUp |
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The following operating system, SMS requirements, hardware, power management
and network specifications should be met in order for SMSWakeUp to be
successfully installed and run.
Operating system
SMSWakeUp should install and be configurable on any workstation running the
following Microsoft operating systems:
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Server - Windows NT4 SP6a, 2000, 2003
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Client - Windows NT4 SP6a, 2000, XP
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| Note: SMSWakeUp allows Windows 98 machines to be awoken, as long as they are configured as SMS clients, but such machines cannot be used as SMSWakeUp slave hosts. |
SMS requirements
The following SMS version and agents need to be available. See Appendix A -
Setting up SMS to work with SMSWakeUp in The SMSWakeUp Administrator's Guide
for more details.
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2.0 (SP4 plus recommended), 2003 |
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The Hardware Inventory Client Agent must be enabled |
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The Advertised Programs Client Agent must be enabled |
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Machine must be an SMS client |
Hardware
To utilise Wake-On-LAN technology you need all of the following hardware
configurations:
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A network card which can support Wake-On-LAN - Your network card vendor can
tell you if your network adapter supports Wake-On-LAN. If it does support
Wake-On-LAN, it must be configured to enable remote wakeup. Some adapter
drivers are disabled by default within the operating system. |
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Wake-On-LAN enabled system BIOS - Wake-On-LAN must be enabled in the system
BIOS. This option can usually be found in the 'Boot' menu of the BIOS
configuration program.
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Power management - APM or ACPI should be enabled, otherwise the
user of the machine should ensure that it is powered off by hitting the off
button after shutdown. |
| Note: A quick way to tell if a system is Wake-On-LAN ready is to power down the system then look at the network adapter display LED's. If the lights are still on, then chances are that the system is OK. 1E also provide a diagnostic tool called Magic Test that will determine the ability for a single machine to react to a Magic Packet wakeup. These utilities are described in the SMSWakeUp diagnostic help system, see Section 5.2 - Known problems for details on how to launch this tool. |
Power Management
Once you are confident that your hardware is Wake-On-LAN enabled you need to
check that your operating system satisfies either of the following power
management standards.
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APM - Advanced Power Management is an older standard that is supported by Win
95. It makes APM hardware information available to programs and can include a
'suspend' option in the shutdown menu.
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ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is a newer standard that is
favoured by recent operating systems such as Windows 2000\XP. |
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