I’m running an old server at home, an IBM system x3400 m3, rocking two x5675 intel processors.
I currently have Windows Pro (NOT Server) installed on it and connected to it remotely through Parsec (opened a port on my router). I’ve tried using duckDNS to associate my IP with a domain, and got the service running on my server to automatically refresh the IP.
This server is my primary rig, used for gaming but also to host my family’s photos through Plex and backup photos from phones through Resilio file Sync.
However, the server doesn’t have the best power consumption, so I’d like to use WoL to remotely turn it on. I’ve enabled it in the BIOS, have checked the drivers to enable it, and tried using TeamViewer to use Wake on Lan, but it doesn’t seem to work.
Any suggestions on how to remotely turn it on? (the server also has KVM I think, or at least an apparently useless network port, tho I’m not exactly sure what that does)
Hey there! Thanks a lot, someone else has proposed using IMM and I’ve found an official IBM manual on Lenovos webpage for all of this. Only an additional question, what is the expected power draw when only the IMM is on? I’ve got no way to actually check it, and the main reason to use it is to save power
Unfortunately I don’t have any servers to test that anymore and power was never a major concern at the time. Also a different use case, for me I’ve always used IMMs to remotely setup and troubleshoot for servers that I expected to be up 24/7.
You need to start learning about ipmi, try googling ipmitool and the name of your server.