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Configuring Wake on LAN on the Intel® Modular Server MFSYS25

To configure Wake on LAN to wake any Compute Module in the Intel® Modular server from S5 state (power off) state, whether the system has lost power or whether it was shut down gracefully from a Windows* operating system, the following settings need to be enabled:

BIOS:

Ensure that the Option ROMs for both onboard network controllers are enabled.  These are to be found under PCI configuration in the BIOS of the individual compute modules.



LAN drivers:

The following advanced settings must be changed by right clicking on the properties of the two LAN on motherboard controllers in Windows* Device Manager:

Enable PME - this must be changed from OS controlled (default) to Enabled. 



Wake on Settings - configure the wake on settings to Magic Packet.




To enable Wake on LAN from S3 state (standby), ensure "Wake on Magic Packet" is selected under the Power Management tab of the LAN driver.






Operating System:
Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition*, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition*, Windows Storage Server*, Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems*, Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003*, Windows Server 2003*, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition*

This applies to:
Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25
Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35

Solution ID: CS-029714
Date Created: 10-Sep-2008
Last Modified: 12-Nov-2009
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