Alert on LAN is a 1998, IBM

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- and Intel-developed technology that allows for remote management and control of networked PCs. AOL requires a Wake on LAN adapter.

Technical details

The main idea of AOL is to send warnings to remote administrators about different PC conditions using a LAN. These conditions include:

• System unplugged from power source
• System unplugged from network
• Chassis intrusion
• Processor removal
• System environmental errors
• High temperature
• Fan speed
• Voltage fluctuations
• Operating system errors
• System power-on errors
• System is hung
• Component failure

Alert on LAN 2 (AOL2) extends AOL to allow active PC management, including:

• Remote system reboot upon report of a critical failure
• Repair Operating System
• Update BIOS image
• Perform other diagnostic procedures

See also

• Wake on LAN
• Alert Standard Format
  Alert Standard Format
  Alert Standard Format is a DMTF standard for remote monitoring, management and control of computer systems in both OS-present and OS-absent environments...
  
  
• Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware
  Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware
  DASH is a DMTF standard on requirements for implementing the Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware....
  
  

Additional resources

• AOL Introduction from IBM