The table Security mechanism and communication protocols lists the communication protocols and security mechanism adopted by products.

Table 1. Security mechanism and communication protocols
Domain Manager Protocols Security mechanism
IP Availability Manager, and Server Manager
  • CLI (Telnet, SSH)
  • SNMP v1, v2, v3
Note: Recommended to use SNMP v3 for enhanced security
All SNMP v3 passwords are stored in the seed files.
RestAPI (IP server) Used for OpenStack feature.
Server Manager WMI Uses Windows Management Instrumentation for managing Microsoft Clusters.
RestAPI
  • Used for OpenStack feature.
  • Used for Scale IO feature.
EMC M&R HTTP, HTTPS For EMC M&R to Service Assurance Manager Console.
CAS For authentication and authorization.