topic RE: wake on lan - WOL in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

wake on lan - WOL

Sarah_Seidl — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:56:00 GMT

Hello, We currently use IP directed broadcast to allow wake on LAN for our 460-48p (G1) switches running 16 code. On occasion we'll have a field tech tell us that WOL isn't working.

Other than confirming that the ip directed broadcast settings are on all appropriate vlans on the core, what else can I check?

Thank you,

Sarah

https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000087175

RE: wake on lan - WOL

Narayanan__Kart — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:40:00 GMT

Hi Sarah,

Create a policy file to be applied as a UDP profile. The format for this policy is below.

entry one {
if match all {
destination-port 9;
} then {
vlan ;
}
}

entry two {
if match all {
destination-port 9;
} then {
vlan ;
}
}

Apply this policy to the VLAN that the WoL server is in, with the command configure vlan udp-profile

Note:

-We can have 1 UDP broadcast packet to 8 destination (vlan)
-It is not recommended to have more than 8 entries in a UDP profile.

Regards,
Karthikeyan

RE: wake on lan - WOL

Sarah_Seidl — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:40:00 GMT

Thank you for the response. Is it REQUIRED to have this AND the ip directed broadcast to have WOL successfully work?

Guess I'm trying to nail down where the issue could be. Is it b/c I don't have the profile defined that it sometimes works sometimes doesn't?

Will having the profile defined make it work better?

Or is it simply a requirement for WOL to operate, to have this UDP profile defined on our gear?

(Additionally We don't use netlogin so the second post doesn't' apply here.)

RE: wake on lan - WOL

Narayanan__Kart — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:42:00 GMT

Hi Sarah,

Please find the below useful article for WOL:

https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000082951
https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000066272

Regards,
Karthikeyan