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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. These
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 1 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