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Platform Management Modules

The CA Virtual Assurance 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 Virtual Assurance architecture and creates corresponding managed object representations in the CA Virtual Assurance database. The SystemEDGE PMM provides visualization of SystemEDGE information through these managed objects in the CA Virtual Assurance 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 Virtual Assurance have separate PMMs. For CA Virtual Assurance, 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 Virtual Assurance framework, see the CA Virtual Assurance documentation.