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Power Management
Provided some conditions are met, and you have the domain administrator's rights, you can manage network computers' power without leaving your workplace. See Turning computers on and off.
Power On
If your network adaptors and your computers' BIOS software support the WakeupOnLan function, in certain cases you can turn computers on over network.
The following conditions must be met in order to turn computers on over network:
- Network adaptor must be PCI2.2-compatible or older with the cable, which supplies the 5V power from motherboard.
- The WakeOnLan mode must be supported and enabled in BIOS (WakeOn - NetCard).
- The computer must be shut down "properly" – it is called "Soft-Off"; the LEDs on the keyboard and the network card must be on.
Get the program ready for powering on over network: have the network map loaded and then call the Detect MAC and IP addresses function (Main menu | Service | Detect MAC and IP addresses). The appliances that must be powered on over network must be enabled in order for the program to detect and store their MAC addresses. Then, save the map to file. After that, the program can gain access to available devices' MAC addresses for successful powering them on over network (if the field MAC address in the Turn computer on is blank, it means that the MAC could not be detected, and you should enter it manually).
To turn on one or several computers connected to the network, select them on the map and then select the corresponding menu item Turn On/Turn Off | Turn On on the right-click menu (see Hotkeys ). In the window that appears hit the Start button. This will send the start signal to all computers with MAC address recognized by the software. To make sure the signal is delivered properly, please allow transmitting outgoing UDP packets in your firewall.
Note: UDP packets may be lost when transmitting over the network. In this case, the remote computer will not power on and you need to send the packet again.
Shutting down computer
Having the appropriate network rights (see the section System requirements), you can shut down remote computers. The following options are available:
- Shutdown computer; applications with unsaved data will prompt for confirmation on exiting without saving unsaved information
- Shutdown computer and ignore unsaved data
- Restart computer
- Cancel shutdown if the delay time is greater than 0 seconds. When the time is up, canceling shutdown will be unavailable
Fig. 1: The Remote shutdown window.
You can shut down several computers simultaneously. Specify their names in the field Computer name separated by semicolons, or click Select computers and tick needed PCs in the Network tree window. Then click Start and watch the results.
Before shutting down, the message (Fig. 2) notifying of the upcoming shutdown and the time left will be displayed on the remote computer screen. You can also add any text to the shutdown message (the field Message text, Fig. 1). The status bar will display the message on the time left before performing the operation.
Fig. 2: Message on shutting down remote computer.
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