Intel® Ethernet Adapters and Devices User Guide
Wake on LAN (WoL) Options
The ability to remotely wake computers is an important development in computer management. This feature has evolved from a simple remote power-on capability to a complex system interacting with a variety of device and operating system power states.
The Intel® PROSet Power Management tab or the Adapter Settings panel in Intel® PROSet Adapter Configuration Utility (Intel® PROSet ACU) includes Wake on Magic Packet and Wake on Directed Packet settings. These control the type of packets that wake up the system from standby.
For some adapters, the Power Management tab in Intel PROSet or the Adapter Settings panel in Intel PROSet ACU includes a setting called Wake on Magic Packet from power off state. Enable this setting to explicitly allow wake-up with a Magic Packet from shutdown under APM power management mode.
To use the Wake on Directed Packet feature, WoL must first be enabled in the EEPROM using BootUtil. See Intel® Ethernet Flash Firmware Utility for more information on BootUtil.
If Reduce speed during standby is enabled, then Wake on Magic Packet and/or Wake on directed packet must be enabled. If both of these options are disabled, power is removed from the adapter during standby.
Wake on Magic Packet from power off state has no effect on this option.
WoL Supported Devices
All devices support Wake on LAN on all ports, with the following exceptions.
Intel® Ethernet 800 Series
The following devices do not support WoL:
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-2C-Q2
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-C-Q2
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-C-Q2T
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-4
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-4T
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-2
Intel® Ethernet 700 Series
The following devices do not support WoL:
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter I710-T4L for OCP 3.0
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter I710-T4L
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-2
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-4
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-T4
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-Q1
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-Q2
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T2L
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-T4L
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710-TL
Intel® Ethernet 500 Series
The following devices do not support WoL:
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-2
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-1
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X540-T1
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1
Most Intel 10GbE Network Adapters do not support Wake on LAN on any port.
The following 10GbE Network Adapters do support Wake on LAN on all ports:
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X550-T2 for OCP
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X550-T1 for OCP
Intel® Ethernet 300 Series
The following support WoL only on Port A:
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I340-T2
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I340-T4
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I340-F4