Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 8.5 User's Guide

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Availability on supported operating systems

On supported Microsoft Windows operating systems, Server Administrator supports two systems management standards: CIM/Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and SNMP, while on supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems, Server Administrator supports the SNMP systems management standard.

Server Administrator adds considerable security to these systems management standards. All attributes set operations (for example, changing the value of an asset tag) must be performed with Dell OpenManage Essentials while logged in with the required privileges.

The following table shows the systems management standards that are available for each supported operating system.

Table 1. Systems Management Standards AvailabilityThe following table describes the systems management standards for each of the supported operating systems.
Operating system	SNMP	CIM
Windows Server 2008 family	Available from the operating system installation media	Always installed
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	Available in the net-snmp package from the operating system installation media	Unavailable
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	Available in the net-snmp package from the operating system installation media	Unavailable
VMware ESXi	SNMP trap support available NOTE: While ESXi supports SNMP traps, it does not support hardware inventory through SNMP.	Available