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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
Compute nodes running AIX
Compute nodes running IBM i
Compute nodes running Linux
Compute nodes running Linux and supporting SSH
Compute nodes running Windows
Compute nodes running Windows and supporting SSH or DCOM
Compute nodes running VMware and managed by vCenter
Other managed resources supporting SSH or SNMP
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
Command Automation
Hardware alerts and status
Platform alerts
Health and status monitoring
File Transfer
Inventory (hardware)
Inventory (software)
Process Management
Power Management
Remote Control
Remote Command Line
Resource Monitors
Update Manager (firmware)
Update Manager (agent updates)
* Supported for VMware and Hyper-V virtualization environments
** Supported for Windows environments
IBM Flex System Manager
Agentless
Agentless
in-band
out-of-band
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Agentless
Agentless
in-band
out-of-band
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes*
No
Yes**
Yes
No
No
Platform
Common
Agent
Agent
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Platform
Common
Agent
Agent
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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