The BMC Server Automation client tier includes:
- The BMC Server Automation console, a graphical user interface (GUI) that:
- Gives system administrators a host of sophisticated tools for managing and automating data center procedures
- Lets system administrators provision operating systems onto servers
- A command line interface (BLCLI) that provides application programming interface (API)-level access to the functionality available through the console
- A web interface to BladeLogic Portal if it is installed at your site
- Network Shell for ad hoc administration of one or more servers. Network Shell is a network scripting language that enables cross-platform access through a command line interface.
- A web interface to the BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation server
All BMC Server Automation client-tier applications let you manage servers on a variety of platforms:
- Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, CentOS Linux, and Ubuntu)
- Oracle Solaris
- IBM AIX
- HP-UX
- Microsoft Windows