wake macs via network

[#1]

Dear all,

I would like to be able via Casper Policies to power on computers, let mac start (with a delay) and then make a dd or a winclone for deploying a new image of linux or windows.
I will have a triple boot with rEfit

has anybody look into this?

thanks in advance

Carmelo Lopez Portilla

ITS EMBL Heidelberg

[jarednichols]

I think the main thing you'll run into is actually waking the Macs up. There are some utilities for waking Macs (including Apple Remote Desktop) but many of the products depend on at least 1 mac on the target subnet being awake. Also, magic packets generally won't traverse routers (unless they're configured for it) which depending on your network may or may not be a problem.

I really wish Apple would get more on board with power management with the Intel vPro.

j

[#3]

So far my network won't be a problem. But I will try ard
Thanks

Carmelo Lopez Portilla

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El 22/05/2009, a las 15:55, "Nichols, Jared"