C-LANG Statements › WAKEPASSWORD Statement—Specify the Wake on LAN Password

WAKEPASSWORD Statement—Specify the Wake on LAN Password

The WAKEPASSWORD statement specifies the Wake on LAN (WOL) password for network cards that support the Secure On security feature. After the agent broadcasts the WOL signal, the network card wakes up the computer only if the specified password is correct.

Note: The password is not encrypted on the scheduling manager.

Supported Job Type

This statement is optional for the Wake on LAN job type.

Syntax

This statement has the following formats:

WAKEPASSWORD xx-xx-xx-xx

WAKEPASSWORD xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

xx-xx-xx-xx

Specifies the Wake on LAN (WOL) password as a set of four 2-digit hexadecimal values separated by dashes.

Note: You can also separate the values using colons (:) or periods (.).

xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

Specifies the Wake on LAN (WOL) password as a set of six 2-digit hexadecimal values separated by dashes.

Note: You can also separate the values using colons (:) or periods (.).

Example: Broadcast the WOL Signal Including a Password

This example broadcasts the WOL signal including a password to the server identified by the 172.16.00 IP address and the 11-22-33-44-55-66 MAC address. If the specified password matches the password stored on the server's network card, the server wakes up.

AGENT AGENTNME
BROADCAST 172.16.0.0
MAC 11-22-33-44-55-66
WAKEPASSWORD AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF