Deployment to a specified list of machines can run immediately, manually, or on a schedule.
When the deployment is about to start, the software uses the Wake-on-LAN (WOL) functionality of the BIOS to wake up (turn on) the machines in the list.
Acronis Snap Deploy 4 wakes up each machine by sending a special packet, called the magic packet, to all network adapters of the machine.
Machines in another subnet can be woken up through the Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy component, which is delivered with Acronis Snap Deploy 4.
The woken up machines then boot into Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Agent.
You can manually boot machines that do not support Wake-on-LAN, before the task starts. Such machines will also be deployed, provided that they are listed for deployment.
A best practice for this type of deployment is to use Acronis PXE Server for booting the machines. Alternatively, you can boot the machines by using a bootable media.