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Linux Driver and Management Application Installation NetXtreme User Guide
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April 2017 • 2CS57XX-CDUM514-R Page 38
Linux Management Application Installation
• Overview
• Installing WS-MAN or CIM-XML on Linux Server
• Installing WS-MAN or CIM-XML on Linux Client
• Installing the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite
Overview
The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite version 4 (BACS4) is a management application for configuring the
NetXtreme I families of adapters. BACS4 GUI software operates on Windows and BACS CLI is used on Linux
server operating systems.
This chapter describes how to install the BACS4 management application on Linux systems. For
Windows systems, an installation program is provided which installs both the Windows drivers and the
management applications, including BACS4 (see
Windows Driver and Management Application Installation for
instructions).
There are two main components of the BACS4 utility: the provider component and the client software. A provider
is installed on a server, or “managed host”, that contains one or more NICs. The provider collects information
on the NICs and makes it available for retrieval from a management PC on which the client software is installed.
The client software enables viewing information from the providers and configuring the NICs.The BACS client
software includes a command line interface (CLI).
Communication Protocols
A communication protocol enables exchanging information between provider and the client software. These are
proprietary or open-source implementations of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common
Information Model (CIM) standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Network
administrators can choose the best option based on the prevailing standard on their network.
The following table shows the available options based on the operating systems installed on the managed host
and the client.
If the client uses:
And the managed host
uses:
BACS can use these communication
protocols:
Windows Windows WMI
WS-MAN (WinRM)
Windows Linux CIM-XML (OpenPegasus)
WS-MAN (OpenPegasus)
Linux Windows WS-MAN (WinRM)
Linux Linux CIM-XML (OpenPegasus)
WS-MAN (OpenPegasus)