User's Manual

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.
Device/
Operating
System
Protocols
Simple
Network
Management
Protocol
(SNMP)
Web Services-
Management
(WS-Man)
Windows
Management
Instrumentatio
n (WMI)
Intelligent
Platform
Management
Interface (IPMI)
Secure Shell
(SSH)
iDRAC6 or
iDRAC7
Supported Supported N/A Supported Not supported
Linux Supported
with
OpenManage
Server
Administrator
(OMSA)
installed
N/A N/A N/A Supported
Windows Supported
with OMSA
installed
N/A Supported with
OMSA installed;
no health
information
without OMSA
N/A N/A
ESXi Supported with
OMSA installed
Supported
with or
without OMSA
installed
N/A N/A Not supported
Citrix XenServer Supported
with OMSA
installed
N/A N/A N/A Supported with
OMSA installed;
no health
information
without OMSA
PowerEdge
M1000e (CMC)
Supported N/A N/A N/A Not supported
PowerEdge
VRTX or
PowerEdge FX
(CMC)
Supported Supported N/A N/A Not supported
PowerEdge-C N/A N/A N/A Supported Not supported
Clients Supported with
minimum
discovery
information; no
N/A Supported
with
OpenManage
Client
N/A N/A
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