Agents

The IBM Spectrum Control uses agents to gather data: Common Information Model (CIM) agents, Storage Resource agents, and SNMP agents.

SMI-S providers
SMI-S providers enable communication between storage devices, such as storage systems and fabric switches, and IBM Spectrum Control. Each storage device that you want to manage must have an SMI-S provider either installed or embedded unless it is a device that uses Native API connection.
Storage Resource agents
Use Storage Resource agents to collect information about storage resources such as servers, virtual machines, workstations, and HBAs.
SNMP agents
An SNMP agent, also called an out-of-band agent, is software that runs on a switch and can be used to monitor and manage systems and devices in your network. IBM Spectrum Control uses SNMP to retrieve information about specific switches, such as Cisco switches, and the fabrics that the switches are members of.

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