User Guide NetXtreme II
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-RInstalling Management Applications: Broadcom NetXtreme II
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Network Adapter User Guide Page
Installing Management Applications: Broadcom
NetXtreme II
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Network Adapter User Guide
•Overview
• Installation Tasks
• Detailed Procedures
• Installing the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite and Related Management Applications
• Managing Management Applications (Windows)
OVERVIEW
The Broadcom Advanced Control Suite version 4 (BACS4) is a management application for configuring the NetXtreme II
family of adapters, also known as Converge Network Adapters (CNAs). BACS4 software operates on Windows and Linux
server and client operating systems. This chapter describes how to install the BACS4 management application.
There are two main components of the BACS4 utility: the provider component and the client software.
A provider is installed on a server, or “managed host”, that contains one or more CNAs. The provider collects information on
the CNAs and makes it available for retrieval from a management PC on which the client software is installed. The client
software enables viewing information from the providers and configuring the CNAs.The BACS client software includes a
graphical user interface (GUI) and a command line interface (CLI).
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
A communication protocol enables exchanging information between provider and the client software. These are proprietary
or open-source implementations of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM)
standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Network administrators can choose the best option based
on the prevailing standard on their network.
The following table shows the available options based on the operating systems installed on the managed host and the
client.
If the client uses: And the managed host uses: BACS can use these communication protocols:
Windows Windows WMI
WS-MAN (WinRM)
Windows Linux CIM-XML (OpenPegasus)
WS-MAN (OpenPegasus)
Linux Windows WS-MAN (WinRM)
Linux Linux CIM-XML (OpenPegasus)
WS-MAN (OpenPegasus)
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