Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters Wake-on-LAN (WOL) Support on Dell S - Page 9

Click OK. Windows NT 4.0 will prompt for a reboot. Choose Yes.

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enabled. The displayed Ethernet Address will match the MAC address obtained while using IBAUTIL.EXE. 6. Choose the Advanced Tab. In the settings frame, choose Enable PME and change the value to Enabled. 7. Click OK. Windows NT 4.0 will prompt for a reboot. Choose Yes. 8. After the system has restarted, if the NIC is not already connected to a switch or hub, connect it and shut the system down. 9. Shut the system off. The connection LED on the NIC and switch or hub will remain on indicating the NIC is monitoring the network for wake up packets directed to its MAC address. 10. Send a wake up signal to the MAC address of the WOL enabled NIC, and the system will boot. Note: If the system boot is interrupted before the OS and the NIC driver are loaded, the system will not be able to perform WOL again until the system is rebooted manually and the OS and driver are allowed to load and reset the NIC's WOL registers. October 2007 Page 9 Dell Enterprise Product Group

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enabled. The displayed Ethernet Address will match the MAC address
obtained while using IBAUTIL.EXE.
6.
Choose the Advanced Tab. In the settings frame, choose Enable PME and
change the value to Enabled.
7.
Click OK. Windows NT 4.0 will prompt for a reboot. Choose Yes.
8.
After the system has restarted, if the NIC is not already connected to a switch
or hub, connect it and shut the system down.
9.
Shut the system off. The connection LED on the NIC and switch or hub will
remain on indicating the NIC is monitoring the network for wake up packets
directed to its MAC address.
10.
Send a wake up signal to the MAC address of the WOL enabled NIC, and the
system will boot.
Note: If the system boot is interrupted before the OS and the NIC driver are loaded, the
system will not be able to perform WOL again until the system is rebooted manually and
the OS and driver are allowed to load and reset the NIC’s WOL registers.