Nortel Networks 5500 series - Manual (Page 33)

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The “Multi-OS Support" feature allows the Nortel Health Agent to identify
Linux operating system or Macintosh operating system users and collect
the necessary information. The Nortel Health Agent is allowed to identify
the operating system as Linux or Macintosh and collect the device specific
information and also performs additional compliance checks for those
operating systems.
The following types of Linux operating system are supported:
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4
•
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3
•
Fedora Core 6
• Fedora Core 5
•
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
The following types of Macintosh operating system are supported:
• Mac OS X Server v10.5 Leopard
• Mac OS X Server v10.4 Tiger
•
Mac OS X v10.3 Panther
•
Mac OS X v10.2
• Mac OS 9
Communication channels
Communications between the Nortel SNAS and key elements of the Nortel
SNAS are secure and encrypted.
Table 2 "Communication channels in the
Nortel SNAS network" (page 33) shows the communication channels in
the network.
Table 2
Communication channels in the Nortel SNAS network
Communication Communication protocol
Between Nortel SNAS and edge
switches SSH
Between Nortel SNAS devices in a
cluster TCP and UDP
Between Nortel SNAS and client PC
(Nortel Health Agent applet) SSL/TLS
For Nortel SNAS BBI
From edge switch to EPM SNMPv3 Inform
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch
Using the Command Line Interface
NN47230-100 03.01 Standard
28 July 2008
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