Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide

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SMI-S profiles

SMI-S is organized around profiles, which describe objects relevant for a class of storage subsystem. SMI-S includes profiles for arrays, FC HBAs, FC switches, and tape libraries. Profiles are registered with the CIM server and advertised to clients using SLP.

Table 1. Supported SMI-S profiles
Profile/subprofile/package	Description
Array profile	Describes RAID arraysystems. It provides a high-leveloverview of the arraysystem.
Block Services package	Defines a standardexpression of existingstoragecapacity, the assignment of capacitytoStoragePools,andallocationofcapacityto be usedbyexternaldevices or applications.
Physical Package package	Models information about a storagesystem'sphysical package and optionally about internalsub-packages.
Health package	Defines thegeneralmechanismsusedinexpressinghealthinSMI-S.
Server profile	Defines the capabilities of a CIM object manager based on the communication mechanisms that it supports.
FC InitiatorPortsprofile	Models the FibreChannel-specificaspects of a targetstoragesystem.
SAS Initiator Ports subprofile	Models the SAS-specific aspects of a targetstoragesystem.
iSCSI InitiatorPortssubprofile	Models the iSCSI-specificaspects of a targetstoragesystem.
Access Points subprofile	Provides addresses of remoteaccesspointsformanagementservices.
Fan profile	Specializes the DMTF Fan profile by adding indications.
Power Supply profile	Specializes the DMTF Power Supply profile by adding indications.
Profile Registration profile	Models the profiles registered in the object manager and associations between registration classes and domain classes implementing the profile.
Software subprofile	Models software or firmware installed on the system.
Masking and Mapping profile	Models device mapping and masking abilities for SCSI systems.
Disk Drive Lite profile	Models disk drive devices.
Extent Composition	Provides an abstraction of how it virtualizes exposable block storage elements from the underlying Primordial storage pool.
Location subprofile	Models the location details of product and its sub-components.
Sensors profile	Specializes the DMTF Sensors profile.
Software Inventory profile	Models installed and available software and firmware.
Storage Enclosure profile	Describes an enclosure that contains storage elements (e.g., disk or tape drives) and enclosure elements (e.g., fans and power supplies).
Multiple Computer System subprofile	Models multiple systems that cooperate to present a " virtual " computer system with additional capabilities or redundancy.
Copy Services subprofile	Provides the ability to create and delete local snapshots and local volume copies (clones), and to reset the synchronization state between a snapshot and its source volume.
Job Control subprofile	Provides the ability to monitor provisioning operations, such as creating volumes and snapshots, and mapping volumes to hosts.
Disk Sparing subprofile	Provides the ability to describe the current spare disk configuration, to allocate/de-allocate spare disks, and to clear the state of unavailable disk drives.
Object Manager Adapter subprofile	Allows the client to manage the Object Manager Adapters of a SMI Agent. In particular, it can be used to turn the indication service on and off.
Thin Provisioning profile	Specializes the Block Services Package to add support for thin provisioning of volumes. SMI-S does not support the creation of virtual pools. However, a client can create virtual volumes.
Pools from Volumes profile	Models a pool created from other volumes. This profile is used in conjunction with the Thin Provisioning profile to model virtual storage pools.