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Figure 6-31 IBM Director Console: Physical Platforms
6.5.3 Level 1: Implementation by the IBM Director Core Services
The Core Services component of IBM Director provides hardware-specific
functions for intercommunication between managed systems. Systems with
installed IBM Director Core Services are called
The services use standard agent functions, such as detection, authentication,
and management. Core Services also installs a Service Location Protocol (SLP)
agent, and a Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) with SSL
support (at Linux), CIM-classification for WMI (at Windows), and SSH server and
platform-specific instrumentation.
Supported tasks
Core services allow the following tasks to be performed:
Inventory information
Upgrading to a Level-2 by deployment of the IBM Director agent
Management of events by using of event action plans
Monitoring hardware status
Deployment of system update package
Remote management (if SSH service started)
Running of command-line scripts
Installation of the IBM Director Core Services
The IBM Director Core Services is on the IBM Director installation CD or can be
downloaded as a single installation package from:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads.html
Level-1 managed systems
Chapter 6. Management
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