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The following table lists the agent tier support for the managed systems. Managed system types include
x220, x222, x240, and x440 compute nodes supporting Windows, Linux, and VMware, p24L compute
node supporting Linux, and p260, p270, and p460 compute nodes supporting IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux.
Table 4. Agent tier support by managed 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 and status
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
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 (agent updates)
No
No
Yes
Yes
* Supported for VMware and Hyper-V virtualization environments
** Supported for Windows environments
