Using the WS-MAN Interface 22510Using the WS-MAN InterfaceWeb Services for Management (WS–MAN) is a Simple Object AccessProtocol (SOAP)–based protocol used for systems management. WS–MANprovides an interoperable protocol for devices to share and exchange dataacross networks. iDRAC6 uses WS–MAN to convey DistributedManagement Task Force (DMTF) Common Information Model(CIM)–based management information; the CIM information defines thesemantics and information types that can be manipulated in a managedsystem. The Dell–embedded server platform management interfaces areorganized into profiles, where each profile defines the specific interfaces for aparticular management domain or area of functionality. Additionally, Dellhas defined a number of model and profile extensions that provide interfacesfor additional capabilities.The data available through WS-MAN is provided by the iDRAC6instrumentation interface mapped to the following DMTF profiles and Dellextension profiles:Supported CIM ProfilesTable 10-1. Standard DMTFStandard DMTF1 Base ServerDefines CIM classes for representing the host server.2 Service Processor:Contains the definition of CIM classes for representing the iDRAC6.NOTE: The Base Server profile (above) and the Service Processor profile areautonomous in a sense that the objects they describe aggregate all the other CIMobjects defined in component profiles.
