Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and Planning Guide

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6.3.2 Settings needed to use Wake on LAN

This section explains the settings that must be specified during setup.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Items for which values must be set
(2) Items requiring special care in setting values
(3) Item for which a value is recommended
(4) Notes

(1) Items for which values must be set

For automatic shutdown to be applied to a system that was started by the client control facility, you must set the following information:

If requested by the administrator, shut down or restart the computer
On the Job Options page at setup, select If requested by the administrator, shut down or restart the computer.
You can specify this option only while you are setting up JP1/Software Distribution Client (client). This option is not available during setup of client facilities for JP1/Software Distribution Manager or JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) because relay managers and relay systems must always be running.

(2) Items requiring special care in setting values

Max. number of subsystems in which jobs can execute concurrently
You will not be able to use client control to start the destination systems if 0 is specified for the following options when you set up a higher system to which clients are connected:
  • For the central manager and relay manager: Max. number of subsystems in which jobs can execute concurrently on the Server Customization page in the Server Setup dialog box
  • For a relay system: Max. number of relays or clients in which jobs can execute concurrently in the Relay System Setup dialog box

Automatically register this computer in the system configuration
If the system is using JP1/Software Distribution version 06-00 or later, select the Automatically register this computer in the system configuration setting.

(3) Item for which a value is recommended

Polling setting
We recommend that you select Client will poll the managing server for the polling setting.

(4) Notes

The following subsections provide notes on the use of Wake on LAN to perform client control.

(a) Notes on the system configuration

If you use the client control facility in a system configuration in which a router is installed on the job route, you should use one of the network environments listed below. For security, environment 1 is recommended:

  1. Place one or more relay managers or relay systems for each router and keep them always running. (Recommended)
  2. Set the router so that it passes the packets with broadcast specified.
    In this environment, there is no need to place a relay manager or relay system for each router. However, in an environment where destination IP addresses are subnetted by routers, the following conditions must be satisfied:
    • The following is installed on each PC that is started by the client control facility: JP1/Software Distribution version 06-51 or later, and WMI.
    • Before using the client control facility, a Get system information from client job is executed to obtain subnet mask information.
    • On the Relay System Customization page of JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system), the Record the system/software information answered from the lower clients option is selected.

If you set the router to pass the packets with broadcast specified, the system could be affected by Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. To avoid this, use environment 1.

(b) Notes on hardware

This section discusses hardware considerations when you use the client control facility.

(c) Notes on startup

This section provides notes on using the client control facility to start clients.