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Requirements for managed systems
The BMC Software PATROL Agent must be installed, and its version should be at least 3.4.11. For Hardware Sentry to collect information from a managed system, it requires specific instrumentation agents or system management tools to be present on the managed system.
 Dell PowerEdge
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Microsoft Windows
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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, WMI
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Linux
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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, Linux system commands, SmartMonTools
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Fujitsu-Siemens BX Blade Servers
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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N/A
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Fujitsu-Siemens Management Blade
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Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Microsoft Windows
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Fujitsu-Siemens Serverview / Fujitsu-Siemens ServerView RAID Agent / Promise FastTrack SNMP Agent / LSI GAM Server / LSI MegaRAID SAS SNMP Agent / LSI MegaRAID PowerConsole / Mylex GAM Server , WMI
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Linux
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Fujitsu-Siemens Serverview / Fujitsu-Siemens ServerView RAID Agent / Promise FastTrack SNMP Agent / LSI GAM Server / LSI MegaRAID SAS SNMP Agent / LSI MegaRAID PowerConsole / Mylex GAM Server, Linux system commands, SmartMonTools
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HP C-Class BladeSystem
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Windows
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HP Insight Management Agent + OA
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Linux
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HP Insight Management Agent + OA
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Solaris
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HP Insight Management Agent + OA + iLO
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Linux
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HP Insight Management Agent
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Windows
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HP Insight Management Agent
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HP AlphaServer
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Tru64
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HP Insight Management Agent
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HP 9000
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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HP-UX
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HPU system tools
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HP Integrity
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Windows
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HP Insight Management Agent
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Linux
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HP Insight Management Agent
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HP-UX
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HPUX system commands + MP/GSP
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HP Proliant
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Windows
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HP Insight Management Agent, WMI
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Linux
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HP Insight Management Agent, Linux system commands, SmartMonTools
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Solaris
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HP Insight Management Agent
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HP NetServer
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Windows
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Toptools
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HP SuperDome (Itanium)
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Windows
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HP Insight Management Agent
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Linux
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HP Insight Management Agent
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HP-UX
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HP-UX system commands + MP/GSP
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HP SuperDome (PA-RISC)
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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HP-UX
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HP-UX system commands + MP/GSP
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IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries, IBM eServer p5
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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IBM AIX
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IBM AIX system commands
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IBM xSeries, IBM Netfinity
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Microsoft Windows
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IBM Director Agent ,WMI
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Linux
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IBM Director Agent , Linux system commands, SmartMonTools
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NEC Express5800
Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Microsoft Windows
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NEC ESMPRO Agent, WMI
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Linux
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NEC ESMPRO Agent
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Sun Fire
Typical Platform
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Operating System
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Required Instrumentation Layer &/or System Commands or Tools
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Sun Fire (SPARC)
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Solaris
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Solaris system commands
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Sun Fire (SPARC T1, T2)
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Solaris
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Solaris system commands + Sun ALOM card (Sun Advanced Lights-Out Management)
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Sun Fire F12K, F15K, F20K, F25K
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Solaris
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Solaris system commands + SMS utilities installed on the system controller
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Sun Fire Mx000
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Solaris
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eXtended System Control Facility (XSCF)
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Sun Fire (X64)
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Solaris
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Ipmitool, lsiutil
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Sun Fire (X64)
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Linux
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Ipmitool, lsiutil
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 | Generally server manufacturers furnish instrumentation agents and system tools for free and these are either found on the CD-ROM provided with the server or, on the manufacturer’s web site. Unless mentioned otherwise, the manufacturer’s instrumentation agent must be installed on the monitored server for Hardware Sentry to function properly. For details on how to install the required instrumentation agent on the systems, please refer to the platform-specific guides available on the Hardware Sentry page of the Sentry Software website. |
 | For details on what hardware components are detected on each system, please see the Connectors & Platforms Reference Table in the Reference Guide and click the "Connector Name" applicable to your system/typical platform. |
Requirements for console systems
The minimum version supported of the BMC Software PATROL Console is 3.4.11. Other console components (Console Server, PATROL Central, etc.) should be updated with the latest version available at the BMC Software EPD site.
See Also
Supported Platforms
Requirements
Installing Hardware Sentry
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