Remotely powering on server with smart plug - doesn't work :-(

[indeterminate-bookshop3512]

Hi All

I have a plan to have a backup unraid box in my garage. I want to remotly power it on with a smart plug (my MB doesn't have WOL and in my experience that never works!).

I have set the state on power restore to Always in the BIOS. This only seems to work if power was lost when the server was on. In otherwords if I power off the server when it's running then it will re-boot when power is restored. If I shutdown the server then power off the smart plug it doesn't come back on again.

Is this expected behavior? Seems odd and is very frustrating...

My motherboard is one of these:

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H81M-DS2V-rev-10#ov

[JorgeB]

1 hour ago, indeterminate-bookshop3512 said:

Is this expected behavior?

No, but it will be a board/BIOS issue, assuming you are waiting at least a few seconds after powering off the SMART plug and powering it back on.

[Aran]

Another option is to shedule a 'power on' in the bios. Look for 'power on by RTC' in your bios settings.

[Raptor]

I'm using this to power on/off my unraid ->aliexpress.com/item/33057874976.html

[Hoopster]

On 9/24/2023 at 1:20 AM, indeterminate-bookshop3512 said:

I want to remotely power it on

I use this.  It is a more expensive solution because it requires a Raspberry Pi 4 in addition to the KVM unit but it does a lot more than just power on/off the server.  It also allows you to monitor startup/shutdown, enter the BIOS, etc. from any other computer on the network.