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IBM Flex System Manager 10
The following table lists the agent tier support for the IBM Flex System Manager managed compute
nodes. Managed nodes include x240 compute nodes supporting Windows, Linux, and VMware, and p260
and p460 compute nodes supporting IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux.
Table 4. Agent tier support by management system type
Managed system type Agentless
in-band
Agentless
out-of-band
Platform
Agent
Common
Agent
Compute nodes running AIX Yes Yes No Yes
Compute nodes running IBM i Yes Yes Yes Yes
Compute nodes running Linux No Yes Yes Yes
Compute nodes running Linux and supporting SSH Yes Yes Yes Yes
Compute nodes running Windows No Yes Yes Yes
Compute nodes running Windows and supporting SSH or DCOM Yes Yes Yes Yes
Compute nodes running VMware and managed by vCenter Yes Yes No No
Other managed resources supporting SSH or SNMP Yes Yes No No
The following table summarizes the management tasks supported by the compute nodes (depending on
agent tier).
Table 5. Compute node management tasks support by agent tier
Management task Agentless
in-band
Agentless
out-of-band
Platform
Agent
Common
Agent
Command Automation No No No Yes
Hardware alerts No Yes Yes Yes
Platform alerts No No Yes Yes
Health and status monitoring No No Yes Yes
File Transfer No No No Yes
Inventory (hardware) No Yes Yes Yes
Inventory (software) Yes No Yes Yes
Problems (hardware status) No Yes Yes Yes
Process Management No No No Yes
Power Management No Yes No Yes
Remote Control No Yes No No
Remote Command Line Yes No Yes Yes
Resource Monitors Yes* No Yes Yes
Update Manager (firmware) Yes** Yes Yes Yes
Update Manager (software) No No Yes Yes
* Supported for VMware and Hyper-V virtualization environments
** Supported for Windows environments