Patent ID: 8112534

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving at a first platform a device request from a remote second platform, wherein the first platform comprises a first processor and available power resources including Vaux, the second platform comprising a second processor; monitoring one or more parameters within the first platform; controlling a plurality of LAN-on-Motherboards (LOM's) disposed on the first platform using at least in part the monitored parameters and the LOM's Wake-on-Lan (WOL) request, wherein controlling the LOM's comprises managing power to one or more of the plurality of LOM's so as not to exceed available Vaux power resources of the first platform; providing an indication when power is not supplied to one of said plurality of LOM's when acting on a WOL request; and comparing the monitored parameters with initial parameters and if the monitored parameters do not exceed the initial parameters, selectively deactivating the WOL functionality on one of said plurality of LOM's to allow a WOL request on another one of said plurality of LOM's.