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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
• Authentication daemon (vmauthd) — Authenticates remote users of the
management interface and remote consoles using the username/password
database. Any other authentication store that can be accessed using the
Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) capabilities present in the service
console may also be used. This permits the use of passwords from a Windows
domain controller, LDAP or RADIUS server, or similar central authentication store
to be used with VMware ESX Server for remote access.
• SNMP server (ucd-snmpd) — Implements the SNMP data structures and traps
an administrator can use to integrate an ESX Serverr system into an SNMP-based
system management tool.
• In addition to these VMware-supplied services, the service console can be used
to run other system wide or hardware-dependent management tools. These
include hardware-specific health monitors (such as IBM Director, HP Insight
Manager and others), full-system backup and disaster recovery software, and
clustering and high availability products.
The server and virtual machine resources and configuration attributes that are
available through the SNMP and HTTP interfaces are also visible through a file system
in the service console. The files in this /proc/vmware name space may be
examined and modified by users logged in to the service console with sufficient
permissions or may be used as a point of integration for home-grown or commercial
scripts and management tools.