'Green' Intel Atom based server

[techhome]

Originally Posted by Graygeek

FWIW ... if you manage to get all the planets to align you can get an XP server with HD100's to use S3 sleep very reliably. It takes a degree of googling for info and tinkering but once your there its great. I have the HD100's on a dedicated NIC with wake on directed packet set. When not busy my server takes a nice power saving nap! Keeps the dust inside the server down too! Server will wake when an HD100 powers on or is it is time to record a show.

I'm interested in getting this to work. Like many here, I run SageMC on a home-built headless WHS server and access it only from HD200s. IIRC, the on-board NIC does not have any directed packet WOL settings. I'd need to purchase a 2nd NIC for the ECS A780GM-A mobo, which has available PCI Express x1 and PCI slots. Can you recommend a suitable NIC?

BTW, I also run a couple of Squeezeboxes for music with Squeezebox Server running on the WHS. Lightsout is on the WHS and the Squeezebox Server (SBS) install has a user developed Lightsout plugin that keeps the WHS awake while music is being consumed and allows it to sleep (S3) otherwise. When I turn a squeezebox on, it sends a magic packet to the SBS and wakes it. I also use iPeng, an brilliant iPhone app for controlling the Squeezeboxes. Even iPeng can be configured to send a magic packet to the SBS to bring it out of S3. Too bad the Sage developers cannot be more responsive to the desires of the Sage community and just implement magic packet wake into the Sage extenders... If they did, I could configure the server to automatically wake only to back-up the client Windows machines and sleep otherwise. SageMC already does a great job in waking to record and my squeezeboxes, as configured work, it's only the Sage Extenders that refuse to play nice!

Doug

[jerryt]

Originally Posted by techhome

I'm interested in getting this to work.

There are two methods to wake by lan.
Pattern match
Magic packets

If you have a delicated network line between the server and a HD100, the Pattern match method may work perfectly. With a lot of motherboards coming with two NIC's this is an option. But if the network has other computers and a router, the server will wake up all the time due to network traffic.

In my case the server never sleeps from the network traffic and I have to switch to Magic Packets in order to get it to sleep. So I can either 1) Turn it on when I need it 2) Leave it on 3) or, Use a program on another (24/7) windows computer or a DNS-323 NAS to wake the server when the HD100 comes on line.

I am still trying to work this out myself...

[Fuzzy]

I think if your router is compatible with DD-WRT, there is probably a way to have a script run on the router that would send a magic packet to your server when the extender wakes up.. never tried it myself though. there's not much you CAN'T do with DD-WRT, if you know anyhting about sh scripts...

[techhome]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I think if your router is compatible with DD-WRT, there is probably a way to have a script run on the router that would send a magic packet to your server when the extender wakes up.. never tried it myself though. there's not much you CAN'T do with DD-WRT, if you know anyhting about sh scripts...

Thanks Fuzzy, I do use a WRT-54G for routing. It's running Tomato, which I prefer over DD. I can log into the router control screen and send a WOL magic packet to the WHS server to wake it. I'm guessing that it's possible to implement a script to automatically wake the server when called for from an extender, but don't have the skills to pull it off.

I've ordered a PCie NetXtreme Gb NIC and will try the directed packet option 1st. I'll post back with results.

Doug

[Graygeek]

Originally Posted by techhome

Thanks Fuzzy, I do use a WRT-54G for routing. It's running Tomato, which I prefer over DD. I can log into the router control screen and send a WOL magic packet to the WHS server to wake it. I'm guessing that it's possible to implement a script to automatically wake the server when called for from an extender, but don't have the skills to pull it off.

I've ordered a PCie NetXtreme Gb NIC and will try the directed packet option 1st. I'll post back with results.

Doug

I do this with my two HD100s on a dedicated NetXtreme NIC ... works 100%