Wake-On-LAN

You can setup Afanasy to Wake-On-LAN machines.

Wake-On-LAN work-flow:

• Server sends a message to client to ask him to sleep.
• Client receives message from server to sleep.
• Client executes a wolsleep command which can be customized in Afanasy configuration.
• Client falls a sleep.
• Server does not receive updates from client and make it offline.
• Server "decides" to wake a render up.
• Server adds a task wolwake mac1 .. macN to system job wake-on-lan block. wolwake command can be customized in Afanasy configuration.
• Another online and ready render executes the task.
• This task sends magic packet for each mac address of a sleeping render to a broadcast address. It is a small Python script provided with CGRU.
• Render wakes up.

If is a new feature. Not well tested.

You can wake and sleep renders by afwatch GUI and afcmd command.

Configuration See server configuration about XML configuration files. render_cmd_wolsleep = wolsleep Sleep command performed by a render client. render_cmd_wolwake = wolwake Wake command constructed by a server and performed on a online client by the system job. sysjob_wol_service = wakeonlan Service type for Wake-On-LAN system block. This parameter is commented in default configuration, "system" name used.