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Power Management

The Power Management page powers on, powers off or reboots vPro-enabled machines. Power management options are executed using the agent of the managed machine that originally identified the vPro-enabled machine using LAN Watch. A vPro credential is required to execute power management options on a vPro-enabled machine. You can specify a credential using this page.

Note: You can display the hardware assets of vPro-enabled machines with credentials using Agent > View vPro.

This page provides you with the following actions:

Schedule - Schedule a task once or periodically. Each type of recurrence—Once, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly—displays additional options appropriate for that type of recurrence. Periodic scheduling includes setting start and end dates for the recurrence. Not all options are available for each task scheduled. Options can include:

  • Distribution Window - Reschedules the task to a randomly selected time no later than the number of periods specified, to spread network traffic and server loading.
  • Skip if offline - If checked and the machine is offline, skip and run the next scheduled period and time. If blank and the machine is offline, run the task as soon as the machine is online again.
  • Power up if offline - If checked, powers up the machine if offline. Requires Wake-On-LAN or vPro and another managed system on the same LAN.
  • Exclude the following time range - If checked, specifies a date/time range to not perform the task.
  • Run Now - Run the power management options now on selected machine IDs.
  • Cancel - Cancel schedule options for selected machined IDs.
  • Power Up / Power Down / Reboot - Select the power management option to execute.

Expand / Collapse

Click the plus icon of a vPro machine ID to display a history table of power management actions performed on that machine. Click the minus icon to collapse the history table.

Type

The power management option scheduled to be executed.

Last Power Management

The last time a power management option was executed.

New Power Management

The next time a power management option is scheduled to be executed.

Machine ID. Group ID

The machine ID.Group ID of this vPro-enabled machine, if an agent is installed. Blank, if no agent is installed.

vPro Host Name

The name for the vPro-enabled machine set by vPro configuration.

Proxy Agent

The machine ID.group ID of another managed machine used to execute power on, power off or reboot this vPro-enabled machine. The Proxy Agent must be on the same LAN as the vPro machine.

OS Computer Name

The name for the vPro-enabled machine set by the operating system.

IP Address

The IP address of the vPro-enabled machine.

Credentials

A vPro credential is typically collected during a LAN Watch scan. A credential is required by the vPro machine to respond to both Power Management and Remote ISO Boot requests. If no credential exists or the credential needs to be changed you can click this cell to enter a new credential.