Users Guide

14 Introduction
Availability on Supported Operating Systems
On supported Microsoft Windows operating systems, Server Administrator
supports two systems management standards: CIM/WMI (Windows
Management Instrumentation) and SNMP, while on supported Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems,
Server Administrator supports the SNMP systems management standard.
Server Administrator adds considerable security to these systems management
standards. All attributes set operations (for example, changing the value of an
asset tag) must be performed with Dell OpenManage IT Assistant while logged
in with the required authority.
Table 1-1 shows the systems management standards that are available for
each supported operating system.
Table 1-1. Systems Management Standards Availability
Operating System SNMP CIM
Windows Server 2008 family and
Windows Server 2003 family
Available from the operating
system installation media
Always installed
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Available in the net-snmp
package from the operating
system installation media
Unavailable
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Available in the net-snmp
package from the operating
system installation media
Unavailable
VMware ESX Available in the net-snmp
package installed by the
operating system
Available
VMware ESXi SNMP trap support available
NOTE: While ESXi supports
SNMP traps, it does not
support hardware inventory
through SNMP.
Available
Citrix XenServer 6.0 Available in the net-snmp
package from the operating
system installation media
Unavailable
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