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Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
Power Management Setup Guide
Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.
Setup and configuration
Learn about the initial setup and configuration process for BigFix Power Management.
Enable Wakeup
Enable Wakeup involves enabling the Wake-on-LAN Medic Utility to wake computers according to a defined schedule and send wake-up requests to Last Man Standing computers. It utilizes directed broadcasts without the need for Wake-on-LAN forwarders and supports versions 1.5.30 or later of BESWolMedic.exe. Ensure correct setup of RESTAPI for proper functionality, supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and above, and be aware of possible network security warnings from the BigFix Server firewall when running the utility.

Power Management
Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
- Power Management Setup Guide
  Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.
  - Overview
  - Setup and configuration
    Learn about the initial setup and configuration process for BigFix Power Management.
    - Quick Start
      Enable and configure Power Management by subscribing to the Power Management Fixlet site and following basic configuration steps in the BigFix console. The Quick Start subnode under Setup and Configuration offers analyses and Fixlets for adjusting Wake-on-LAN, Power Consumption, Standby, and Power Tracking settings, which can be accessed through the List Panel for deployment.
    - Manage Power Tracking
      Manage Power Tracking in the Setup and Configuration node involves configuring, setting, enabling, and updating Power Tracking capabilities, which are optional tasks that can be utilized during the configuration process.
    - Manage Assumptions
      BigFix calculates power consumption based on Active, Idle, Standby, and Off power states, using default assumptions for hardware power draw and cost per kWh. Users can customize these assumptions through the Manage Assumptions dashboard found in the Setup and Configuration section of BigFix Power Management.
    - Configure Historical Reporting
      Power Management allows users to view historical power usage trends and capture data for reporting purposes. Tasks under Configure Historical Reporting include installing the BES Server Plugin, configuring historical reporting groups, and enabling history tracking on a server for efficient power data management.
    - Configure Client-side Dashboard
      Configure the Client-side Dashboard by enabling and disabling tasks in the navigation tree, creating offers for target machines and users, and applying power profiles without needing to access the Offers tab. Ensure your BES Client version is 8.2.1170.0 or later for this functionality.
    - Enable Wakeup
      Enable Wakeup involves enabling the Wake-on-LAN Medic Utility to wake computers according to a defined schedule and send wake-up requests to Last Man Standing computers. It utilizes directed broadcasts without the need for Wake-on-LAN forwarders and supports versions 1.5.30 or later of BESWolMedic.exe. Ensure correct setup of RESTAPI for proper functionality, supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and above, and be aware of possible network security warnings from the BigFix Server firewall when running the utility.
    - Remove previous version
      When transitioning to the new version of Power Management, it is important to note that the new version uses different collection techniques from the old version. Historical data is not carried over when the old version is removed after installing the new version.
- Power Management User's Guide
  Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.

Enable Wakeup

Enable Wakeup involves enabling the Wake-on-LAN Medic Utility to wake computers according to a defined schedule and send wake-up requests to Last Man Standing computers. It utilizes directed broadcasts without the need for Wake-on-LAN forwarders and supports versions 1.5.30 or later of BESWolMedic.exe. Ensure correct setup of RESTAPI for proper functionality, supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and above, and be aware of possible network security warnings from the BigFix Server firewall when running the utility.

Enable Wakeup includes a task for enabling the Wake-on-LAN Medic Utility. This utility is used to wake computers based on the schedule defined in the Schedule Wake-on-LAN wizard. It also sends a wake-up request to any Last Man Standing computers that are shut down.

As well as the BigFix Wake-on-LAN technology, BESWolMedic.exe with versions 1.5.30 or later use a directed broadcast that does not need Wake-on-LAN forwarders and Last Man standing computers.

To enable the Wake-on-LAN Medic Utility, click the Enable task in the List Panel, and then click in the Actions box of the Task window.

Note: Ensure that RESTAPI is set up correctly to avoid errors and for the Wake-on-Lan Medic Utility to function properly. RESTAPI is supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and later.

Your BigFix Server firewall might prompt a network security warning when the utility is run for the first time. No directed broadcast is issued if the permission to access the network is not approved at your BigFix server. The existing BigFix Wake-on-LAN technology will continue to work.