Many places use subnet directed broadcasts for WOL without much of a problem. If security is a concern it can be enabled for only specific devices (your primary server).
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Jason Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > Purely Magic Packets (WOL) is largely useless on a subnetted network, > which most places large enough to use SCCM are by design. > > > > Now, if you’re talking about that wonky SCCM “Directed Wake Up Proxy > Packet” thing SCCM Has, I’d strongly recommend against turning that on. > Ever. > > > > Does some funky MAC Address spoofing that sent our switches into “drop the > switchport” mode every 5 minutes or so on every single port, generally > wreaked havoc until we disabled it again. > > > > More info/forum posts here: > https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/11835361/mac-address-flapping-and-sccm-wake-proxy#3953829 > > > > *Jason Lang* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife > *Sent:* Thursday, September 4, 2014 5:58 PM > > *To:* '[email protected]' > *Subject:* [mssms] RE: Who uses AMT and Out of Band? > > > > What about using magic packets only? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Marcum, John > *Sent:* Thursday, September 04, 2014 1:48 PM > *To:* '[email protected]' > *Subject:* [mssms] RE: Who uses AMT and Out of Band? > > > > With SCCM? It doesn't even work. I mean, it does but only with really old > versions of the agent. CSS told me to turn it off and get the Intel tool. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Kent, Mark > *Sent:* Thursday, September 04, 2014 1:38 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] RE: Who uses AMT and Out of Band? > > > > We’re still debating it as well. Don’t know if it’s worth the hassle to > setup and maintain. Lots of confusing docs, various versions of the agent > (we have 3.x up through 9), etc. > > > > Mark Kent (MCP) > > Sr. Desktop Systems Engineer > > Computing & Technology Services - SUNY Buffalo State > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *John Aubrey > *Sent:* Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:25 PM > *To:* '[email protected]' > *Subject:* [mssms] Who uses AMT and Out of Band? > > > > We are looking into enabling Out of Band with AMT support in our > environment. Does anyone use it? Is it helpful? For the most part we’ll > be using it to remotely wake up machines and troubleshooting. It looks > like a big set up, but should make things easier for software deployments > and the help desk. Most of our PC’s do have AMT enabled, so that isn’t > going to be an issue. > > > > --John > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. > > > ------------------------------ > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. > > > > > >
