User's Manual

Introducing the Setup Perspective
Repository Management 7-3
Figure 7-1 Setup Perspective
The Active System Manager software allows for management and visibility of each repository content,
particularly related with operating system (OS) images and configuration files via the Setup perspective. A
repository is a collection of organized files called elements to be used to provision a resource under test.
The Active System Manager software supports three repository types that are used during the Active
System Manager process at Template and session times:
• File servers
• Storage arrays
Each type supports a wide range of standard protocols (File Transfer Protocol [FTP], Secure File Transfer
Protocol [SFTP], Trivial FTP [TFTP], Hypertext Transfer Protocol [HTTP] and Secure HTTP [HTTPS])
to communicate with the repository from the Active System Manager application. Table 7-2 lists and
describes repository support available.
Table 7-2 Repository Support
Element Operations
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Type Protocol Discover Import Export Delete Validate getVersions
File servers FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s No
TFTP No Yes Yes No Yes No