Adds a section containing information about the wake on LAN feature to the pvenode documentation.
Signed-off-by: Christian Ebner <c.eb...@proxmox.com> --- Version 2: * Added suggested introduction * Rephrased existing text * commands are now inside a listing, not inlined pvenode.adoc | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) diff --git a/pvenode.adoc b/pvenode.adoc index a41085f..fbc467e 100644 --- a/pvenode.adoc +++ b/pvenode.adoc @@ -50,6 +50,35 @@ systemctl restart pveproxy Setup ACME account and order a certificate for local node. +Wake-on-LAN +----------- +Wake-on-LAN (WoL) allows to switch on a sleeping computer in the network by +sendig a magic packet. At least one NIC must support this feature and the +respective option needs to be enabled in the computers firmware (BIOS/UEFI) +configuration. The option name can vary from 'Enable Wake-on-Lan' to +'Power On By PCIE Device', check your motherboards vendor manual, if unsure. +`ethtool` can be used to check the WoL configuration of `<interface>` by +running: + +---- +ethtool <interface> | grep Wake-on +---- + +`pvenode` allows to wake sleeping members of a cluster via WoL using the +command: + +---- +pvenode wakeonlan <node> +---- + +This broadcasts the WoL magic packet on UDP port 9, containing the MAC address +of `<node>` obtained from the `wakeonlan` property. The node specific +`wakeonlan` property can be set by the following command: + +---- +pvenode config set -wakeonlan XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX +---- + // TODO: extend and improve chapter! ifdef::manvolnum[] -- 2.11.0 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@pve.proxmox.com https://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel