Stuck with how to enable wake on LAN in Supermicro? We can help you with it.

Enabling the option will let us Power ON the server remotely.

At Bobcares, we often get requests regarding Wake on LAN as a part of our Server Management Services.

Today, we’ll see how our Support Engineers enable Wake on LAN in Supermicro.

Explore more about Supermicro wake on LAN

With wake on LAN allows us to turn on a computer remotely.

It works by receiving a magic packet from the WoL client.

This is done by enabling the option in the network adapter or in BIOS.

Let’s discuss how our Support Engineers enable wake on LAN.

How we enable Wake on LAN in Supermicro?

Recently one of our customers contacted us to enable Wake on LAN. Let’s now go through the steps that our Support Engineers follow to enable Wake on LAN in Supermicro.

1. First, we RDP into the server. Then we go to the Device Manager.

2. Now we expand Network adapters. Under that, we select the Intel NIC.

3. On properties, we select the Advanced tab. Then, in property select Enable PME.

4. Next, in value, we select the enabled option.

5. Then in the property, we select Wake On Settings. In value, we select Wake On Magic Packet.

6. After that, we select the Power Management tab.

7. We tick the checkbox Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby.

8. Then we click on OK to apply the changes.

In a few Intel version, the Wake on Lan option is found in Power Management.

We open Network adapters properties. And select Power Management.

In Wake on Lan, we check Wake On Magic Packet.

Click on OK to save the changes.

Common errors while enabling Wake on LAN

Let’s discuss the common error that our customers face while enabling Wake on LAN. And how our Support Engineers help them resolve it.

Not enabled in BIOS

A common error for Wake on Lan failure is it is not enabled in BIOS. In few older motherboards, we need to enable the Wake on LAN in the BIOS.

For that, our Support Engineers restart the server and enter the BIOS.

Then we access the power menu. We set Wake-on-LAN to turn on the power.

After that, we save the changes and exit BIOS.

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Conclusion

In short, we have discussed how our Support Engineers enable Wake on LAN in Supermicro. Also, we have discussed the common error our customer face in setting up Wake on LAN.