NVIDIA MLNX_EN Documentation Rev 5.8-1.0.1.1 LTS

Wake-on-LAN (WoL)

Wake-on-LAN (WoL) is a technology that allows a network professional to remotely power on a computer or to wake it up from sleep mode.

  • To enable WoL:

    Copy
    Copied!
                

    ethtool -s <interface> wol g

  • To get WoL:

    Copy
    Copied!
                

    ethtool <interface> | grep Wake-on Wake-on: g

    Where:
    "g" is the magic packet activity.

© Copyright 2023, NVIDIA. Last updated on May 23, 2023.