The Adaptec Storage Manager agent includes the following components:
Because the agent runs as a background process, it uses less memory resources than the Adaptec Storage Manager console. However, the Adaptec Storage Manager agent is useful in the following situations:
Note: The Security Manager is not available on Windows and Linux. For these operating systems, the application uses local authentication to validate user access to remote systems.
The Adaptec Storage Manager agent monitors and generates events for critical or fatal problems in the Adaptec Storage Manager configuration every 5 seconds. These changes include, but are not limited to:
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