do I need a Windows-based Collector Manager ?

SLM 1.2.2 with latest Windows Collectors and Connectors

Please help me understand:

1 - is it supported or does it work if I add a 'MS AD and Windows' Collector on a Linux-based Collector Manager ?

as per document(Novell Login)i.e as far as I understand, I must need Windows-based Collector Manager... correct ?

2 - as per the WMI Connector document, Windows-based Collector Manager is not supported
Novell Login i.e as far as I understand, To collect logs/events from Windows Systems, I can add 'Windows Collector' and 'WMI Connector' atop Linux-Based Collector Manager, and additionally I need a Windows 2008 R2 machine with just the WECS installed. So Windows2008R2(WECS) will fetch the events/data from Windows Systems and then pass over to 'WMI Connector', which eventually pass the events to 'MS AD and Windows Collector'.. and both the Connector and Collector are running on Linux-Based Collector Manager.

Please correct me if I am wrong

Regards