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Use Power Management to control, monitor, and manage conservation policies in your deployment.
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.
Manage wakeup behavior
Manage wakeup behavior through Power Management tools, including Fixlets and Wizards, to bring a computer online at specific times. Utilize dashboards, Fixlets, and wizards within the Manage Wakeup Behavior node to control wakeup settings, schedule Wake-on-LAN, and Wake-from-Standby tasks.
Configuration
Manage Last Man Standing Fixlets, Wake on LAN Forwarders, and Wake from Standby by Magic Packet options from the Configuration node in the Power Management navigation tree.
Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders
Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders involves designating BigFix Agent computers to forward Wake-on-LAN packets in the same subnet, ensuring at least one powered-on WoLF is present to wake other computers. Power Tracking enables all agents to act as WoLFs, enhancing wake redundancy across subnets.

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.
- 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.
  - Overview
    With the BigFix® Power® Management solution, IT organizations can enforce conservation policies across the enterprise, while providing granularity that enables application of these policies to a single computer. Specifically, you can monitor, manage, and control the power usage settings on the computers in your network
  - Use Power Management
    Power Management offers tools like Fixlets and wizards to regulate computer power states and reduce energy wastage from idle computers. Users can control sleep, hibernation, and standby modes through the Reduce Power Consumption node in the navigation tree.
  - Manage wakeup behavior
    Manage wakeup behavior through Power Management tools, including Fixlets and Wizards, to bring a computer online at specific times. Utilize dashboards, Fixlets, and wizards within the Manage Wakeup Behavior node to control wakeup settings, schedule Wake-on-LAN, and Wake-from-Standby tasks.
    - Setup
      The Wake-on-LAN Medic utility is a process that runs on the BigFix server. This utility manages Wake-on-LAN scheduling and keeps Last Man Standing computers awake.
    - Schedule Wake-on-LAN
      The Schedule Wake-on-LAN Wizard allows users to create and manage scheduled wake-ups that run on client local time without requiring special configurations. The WoL Medic component checks for scheduled WoL policies every five minutes and requires RESTAPI setup for proper functionality, supported by BigFix server version 9.0 and above.
    - Schedule Wake-from-Standby
      You can schedule Wake-from-Standby using the Schedule Wake-from-Standby Wizard, allowing computers to awaken at specified times without requiring additional hardware or network configuration, which is beneficial for devices unable to be awakened via Wake-on-LAN (WoL).
    - Wake-from-Standby tasks
      Wake-from-Standby tasks can be scheduled using the Schedule Wake-from-Standby wizard, allowing users to create and manage tasks in the navigation tree. It is essential to ensure the Windows Task Scheduler Service is active to run scheduled wakeup actions before the specified time.
    - Configuration
      Manage Last Man Standing Fixlets, Wake on LAN Forwarders, and Wake from Standby by Magic Packet options from the Configuration node in the Power Management navigation tree.
      - Manage Last Man Standing
        Manage Last Man Standing (LMS) in a subnet by designating one or two computers, typically servers, to ensure the Wake-on-LAN feature functions efficiently. Use the LMS Selection Wizard to automate the selection process or define a custom set of LMS computers, reviewing and selecting candidates before finalizing the action.
      - Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders
        Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders involves designating BigFix Agent computers to forward Wake-on-LAN packets in the same subnet, ensuring at least one powered-on WoLF is present to wake other computers. Power Tracking enables all agents to act as WoLFs, enhancing wake redundancy across subnets.
      - Wake-from-Standby by Magic Packet
        Power Management tasks involve enabling or disabling Wake-from-Standby by Magic Packet, a broadcast packet that wakes computers. This can be done by adjusting network adapter settings in Windows to allow only magic packets to trigger the wake-up process.
      - Using Intel vPro with Wake-on-LAN Medic to wake up endpoints
        Follow these steps to setup and schedule endpoints to wake up using the BigFix Wake-on-LAN Medic utility with Intel vPro.
  - Web Reports
    Power Management Web Reports offer a comprehensive overview of power usage for management and decision-making purposes. Accessible by logging in with a username and password, users can view and assess reports by selecting Systems Lifecycle from the main Web Reports page.
  - Frequently asked questions
    A list of frequently asked questions for users.

Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders

Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders involves designating BigFix Agent computers to forward Wake-on-LAN packets in the same subnet, ensuring at least one powered-on WoLF is present to wake other computers. Power Tracking enables all agents to act as WoLFs, enhancing wake redundancy across subnets.

Wake-on-LAN Forwarders (WoLFs) are BigFix Agent computers that forward Wake-on-LAN packets to other computers in the same subnet. There must be at least one powered-on WoLF in a subnet to wake other computers in the subnet.

All BigFix agents are set as WoLFs when Power Tracking is enabled. BigFix includes heuristics to keep network traffic to a minimum, so all agents can be made Wake-on-LAN Forwarders. Designating all clients as WoLFs provides for wake redundancy by increasing the likelihood that at least one forwarder in each subnet is powered-on and can be used to wake targeted computers.

Power Management includes tasks for designating and removing WoL forwarders. Access these tasks by clicking on Manage Wake-on-LAN Forwarders in the navigation tree and selecting the appropriate task in the List Panel.

The Designate Wake-on-LAN Forwarders task configures selected clients to forward the Wake-on-LAN packet to computers in their respective subnets. To designate Wake-on-LAN forwarders, click in the Actions box.

To remove Wake-on-LAN packet forwarders, click the Remove Wake-on-LAN Forwarders task in the List Panel, and click in the Actions box to initiate the action.