Chapter 6. Management 349Figure 6-31 IBM Director Console: Physical Platforms6.5.3 Level 1: Implementation by the IBM Director Core ServicesThe Core Services component of IBM Director provides hardware-specificfunctions for intercommunication between managed systems. Systems withinstalled IBM Director Core Services are called Level-1 managed systems.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 SSLsupport (at Linux), CIM-classification for WMI (at Windows), and SSH server andplatform-specific instrumentation.Supported tasksCore 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 scriptsInstallation of the IBM Director Core ServicesThe IBM Director Core Services is on the IBM Director installation CD or can bedownloaded as a single installation package from:http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads.html
