This appendix provides information for network administrators
who are managing the storage system from a storage management application
through the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S). SMI-S
is a Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) standard that
enables interoperable management for storage networks and storage
devices.
NOTE:SMI-S is not supported for a system with 5U84 enclosures.
SMI-S replaces multiple disparate managed object models,
protocols, and transports with a single object-oriented model for
each type of component in a storage network. The specification was
created by SNIA to standardize storage management solutions. SMI-S
enables management applications to support storage devices from multiple
vendors quickly and reliably because they are no longer proprietary.
SMI-S detects and manages storage elements by type, not by vendor.
The key SMI-S components are:
Web-based Enterprise
Management (WBEM). A set of management and internet standard technologies
developed to unify the management of enterprise computing environments.
WBEM includes the following specifications:
CIM XML: defines XML
elements, conforming to DTD, which can be used to represent CIM classes
and instances
CIMxml Operations over
HTTP/HTTPS: defines a mapping of CIM operations onto HTTP/HTTPS; used
as a transport mechanism
Common Information Model
(CIM). The data model for WBEM. Provides a common definition of management
information for systems, networks, applications and services, and
allows for vendor extensions. SMI-S is the interpretation of CIM for
storage. It provides a consistent definition and structure of data,
using object-oriented techniques. The standard language used to define
elements of CIM is MOF.
Service Location Protocol
(SLP). Enables computers and other devices to find services in a local
area network without prior configuration. SLP has been designed to
scale from small, unmanaged networks to large enterprise networks.
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