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Section

Enabling WOL under Microsoft Windows

2000 Server or Microsoft Server 2003

Family Operating Systems

NICsandLOMsfromDellhaveWOLdisabledbydefault.Havingmorethan

onedeviceenabledforWOLinasystemcanoverloadthe3.3‐voltauxiliary

powersupplyandcauseittomalfunction.Dellstronglyrecommendsthatonly

onedevicebeenabledforWOLpersystem.ToenableWOLfollow

thesteps

below.



ThestepstoenablingWOLunderWindows2000ServerandWindowsServer

2003operatingsystemsareasfollows:



1. Windows2000andWindows2003donotrequirethatWOLbeturnedonin

theNIC’sorLOM’sfirmware,thereforethestepsusingDOSoutlinedinthe

Out‐

of‐BoxandWindowsNT4.0proceduresarenotnecessaryandshould

beskipped.EnablingWOLwithIBAUTIL.EXE,UXDIAG.EXEor

B57UDIAG.EXEmaybedetrimentaltoWOLunderWindows2000and

Windows2003.



2. LogintoWindows2000/2003withanaccountthathasadministrator

privileges.IfthemostrecentDellprovided

driversfortheNICarenot

installed,installthem.OpenthepropertiesfortheNICenabledforWOL

andthenclickthe‘Configure’button.ChoosethePowerManagementTab

andenablethecheckboxnexttotheline‘Allowthisdevicetobringthe

computeroutofstandby.’Standbyinthis

casereferstobothStandbyand

Hibernate.Ensurethatthecheckboxnexttotheline‘Allowthecomputerto

turnoffthisdevicetosavepower’isalsochecked.



3. EnsureHibernateisenabledforthesystembyopeningPowerOptionsinthe

ControlPanel,choosingtheHibernateTab

andchecking‘Enablehibernate

support’.(SeeNotebelowifusingaPowerEdge350.)



4. ClickOK.

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5. IftheNICisnotalreadyconnectedtoaswitchorhub,connectitandsetthe

systemtohibernatebyclickingStart/ShutdownandchoosingHibernate.

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