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Requirements, General purpose smi-s server, Overview – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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Requirements

General Purpose SMI-S Server

Overview

The General Purpose SMI-S Server role can provide a hosting environment for the plug-in instrumentation
of host-based resources and management proxies for resources with remote management protocols. This
plug-ins are called providers and considered sub roles of the General Purpose SMI-S Server.

SLP

The General Purpose SMI-S Server role MUST implement SLP Service agent (SA) functionality using the
required template:

www.dmtf.org/standards/wbem/wbem.1.0.en

Communication Interface

The General Purpose SMI-S Server role MUST implement CIM-Server functionality as specified by the CIM-
XML standard.

Security Considerations

The General Purpose SMI-S Server role MUST support simple authentication scheme.

Schema Considerations

The General Purpose SMI-S Server supports CIM 2.9 schema.

Profiles

Server Profile Content

Table 3

Required Functional Profiles

Functional Group

Required

Basic Read

Yes

Basic Write

No

Instance Manipulation

No

Schema Manipulation

No

Association Traversal

Yes

Query Execution

No

Qualifier Declaration

No

Indication

Yes