Patent ID: 8327356

Claim:
A method for supporting Wake-on-LAN (WOL) for selectively powering on virtual machines having no network connectivity to a local area network (LAN), the method comprising: employing at least one processor for: (a1) introducing a Listener into the LAN, the Listener being capable of acting as a proxy for one or more virtual machines, managed by a virtual machine manager, to select at least one of said one or more virtual machines to be powered on, said at least one of said one or more virtual machines being powered off and not having a network connectivity to the LAN; (b1) configuring the Listener, comprising identifying assigned unique addresses of said one or more virtual machines, for which the Listener should be responding; (c1) receiving, by the Listener, a power-on message in the LAN, said power-on message including unique addresses of said at least one of said one or more virtual machines; (d1) sending, by the Listener, a command to the virtual machine manager to power on those virtual machines among said one or more virtual machines, whose assigned unique addresses match with the unique addresses in the power-on message.