Users Guide

Protocol / Mechanism Simple Network
Management
Protocol (SNMP)
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
(WMI)
Web Services-
Management (WS-
Man)
Health
Switch role
Supported Operating Systems (Servers), Protocols, and
Features Matrix
NOTE: For a description of the features listed in the following table, see Legend and Definitions.
Protocol / Mechanism Intelligent
Platform
Management
Interface (IPMI)
Command Line
Interface (CLI)a
Secure Shell (SSH)
Dell servers with
OpenManage
Server
Administrator
installed
Windows /Hyper-V Not supported OpenManage
Server
Administrator CLI
Deploy
OpenManage
Server
Administrator
Server Updates
• BIOS
• Firmware
• Driver
Not supported
Linux/ VMware ESX Not supported OpenManage
Server
Administrator CLI
Deploy
OpenManage
Server
Administrator
Server Updates
• BIOS
• Firmware
• Driver
Discovery
Correlation
Classification
Hardware and
Software Inventory
(minimal)
VMware ESXi Not supported Not supported Discovery
Correlation
Classification
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