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Platform Management Modules

The CA Server Automation manager component achieves integration with the SystemEDGE agent through Platform Management Modules (PMMs). The SystemEDGE PMM is a web service that polls the SystemEDGE agent on all managed systems using SNMP. It converts all information received from the agent, including MIB object values and traps, into properties that fit into the CA Server Automation architecture and creates corresponding managed object representations in the CA Server Automation database. The SystemEDGE PMM provides visualization of SystemEDGE information through these managed objects in the CA Server Automation user interface. You can view all installed agents, system details, existing monitors, and status information and make configuration changes from the user interface.

All AIMs compatible with visualization and instrumentation in CA Server Automation have separate PMMs. For CA Server Automation, PMMs are included for the Service Response Monitor AIM, Remote Monitoring AIM, and all the virtual monitoring AIMs.

For more information about Platform Management Modules and how they integrate agent information into the CA Server Automation framework, see the CA Server Automation documentation.