Wake On LAN may not work with Xen hosts in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Issue
- WOL [Wake On LAN] does not work after Xen kernel shutdown.
- After configuring a Xen-based host system to wake up when a "magic packet" is received, the system may not restart when the magic packet is sent.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Xen virtual machine management
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