HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

The following components can be provided in several different ways:

• Embedded agent The hardware device has an embedded SMI-S agent. No other installation of

software is required to manage the device.

• SMI solution The hardware or software ships with an agent installed on a host. The agent must connect

to the device and obtain unique identifying information. This is the method used by all HP storage

devices and most SAN devices.

Clients, servers, and providers

The system administrator uses the CIM client to communicate with the CIM server. The CIM server

communicates with CIM providers, which manage resources.

WBEM communication

Communication between a CIM client and a CIMOM occurs on three different levels .