User's Manual

40 Using DSET
Order of Connection for Data Source
The DSET Collector uses the following data sources based on the namespace
to collect hardware and storage information:
1
DSET Provider (Linux or Windows)
2 OMSA Native (Linux or Windows)
3 ESX with SMASH profile
4 ESXi with OMSA installed
The following table provides the data sources are supported for DSET Collector on
Windows and Linux based system.
Data Source DSET Collector on Windows
based System
DSET Collector on Linux
based System
DSET Provider
(Windows)
Yes No
DSET Provider
(Linux)
Yes Yes
OMSA Native
(Windows)
Yes No
OMSA Native
(Linux)
Yes Yes (only local)
ESX with SMASH
profile
Yes Yes
ESXi with OMSA
installed
Yes Yes (Only remote)