Users Guide

Protocol support matrix for discovery
The following table provides information about the supported protocols for discovering devices. The recommended protocol is
indicated by the text in italics .
Table 14. Protocol support matrix for discovery
Device/Operating
System
Protocols
Simple Network
Management
Protocol (SNMP)
Web Services-
Management
(WS-Man)
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
(WMI)
Intelligent Platform
Management
Interface (IPMI)
Secure Shell (SSH)
iDRAC6, or later Supported Supported N/A Supported Not supported
Linux Supported
1
N/A N/A N/A Supported
Windows Supported
1
N/A Supported
2
N/A N/A
ESXi Supported
1
Supported N/A N/A Not supported
Citrix XenServer Supported
1
N/A N/A N/A Supported
2
PowerEdge (CMC) Supported Supported N/A N/A Not supported
PowerEdge C* Supported Supported N/A Supported Not supported
Client systems Supported
3
N/A Supported
3
N/A N/A
Storage devices Supported N/A N/A N/A N/A
Ethernet switches Supported N/A N/A N/A N/A
* Discovery of PowerEdge C4130, PowerEdge C6320, PowerEdge C6320p and PowerEdge C6420 can be performed using the
same protocols that are used to discover any other non C-Series PowerEdge servers.
1
Supported with OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) installed.
2
Supported with OMSA installed; no health information without OMSA.
3
Supported with Dell Command | Monitor installed; no health information without Dell Command | Monitor.
Protocol support matrix for system update
The following table provides information about the supported protocols for the system update tasks. The recommended protocol is
indicated by the text in italics .
Table 15. Protocol support matrix for system update
Device/Operating
System
Protocols
Simple Network
Management
Protocol (SNMP)
Web Services-
Management (WS-
Man)
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
(WMI)
Intelligent Platform
Management
Interface (IPMI)
Secure Shell
(SSH)
iDRAC6, or later Not supported Supported N/A N/A N/A
Linux Supported
1
N/A N/A N/A Supported
2
Windows Supported
1
N/A Supported
1,2
N/A N/A
ESXi Not supported Supported
3
N/A N/A N/A
Citrix XenServer Not supported N/A N/A N/A N/A
PowerEdge (CMC) Supported
4
Supported
4
N/A N/A N/A
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