3com 3c905c-tx-m, 3c905c-tx User Manual

Remote Wake-Up Requirements
Your PC or server must have the following items to use 
Remote Wake-Up:

■

BIOS that supports Remote Wake-Up 

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PCI 2.2-compliant bus or a 3-pin Remote Wake-Up 
connector on the PC motherboard and a 5-volt standby 
power supply unit rated at a minimum of 
375 milliamperes

If you are unsure whether your PC meets the requirements 
listed above, refer to your PC documentation or contact 
your PC manufacturer.

For more information on Remote Wake-Up, including a list 
of PCs that currently support this feature, go to the 
following 3Com World Wide Web site:

Multiple NIC Installations and Remote Wake-Up
To use multiple NICs as Remote Wake-Up NICs in the same 
PC, the PC must have a power supply that can support 
multiple Remote Wake-Up devices.

See your PC documentation if you are unsure whether your 
PC power supply can accommodate more than one 
Remote Wake-Up device.

The 3C905C-TX-M NIC has an installed boot ROM 
(see Figure 1) that contains Managed PC Boot Agent 
(MBA) software.

The MBA adds management capabilities to the NIC by 
enabling the PC to boot from the server, rather than from 
its local drive.

This preboot support allows you to use management 
applications to remotely:

■

Install and configure a new PC that has never been 
connected to the network.

■

Upgrade software.

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