<s>
Cloud	B-General_Concept
Infrastructure	I-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
Interface	I-General_Concept
(	O
CIMI	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
standard	O
API	O
specification	O
for	O
managing	O
cloud	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
the	O
Cloud	B-General_Concept
Infrastructure	I-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
Interface	I-General_Concept
(	O
CIMI	O
)	O
Model	O
and	O
RESTful	O
HTTP-based	O
Protocol	O
specification	O
,	O
the	O
CIMI	O
XML	O
Schema	O
,	O
the	O
CIMI	O
Primer	O
and	O
the	O
CIMI	O
Uses	O
Cases	O
whitepaper	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cloud	B-General_Concept
Infrastructure	I-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
Interface	I-General_Concept
(	O
CIMI	O
)	O
Model	O
and	O
RESTful	O
HTTP-based	O
Protocol	O
Specification	O
define	O
the	O
architecture	O
and	O
concepts	O
of	O
CIMI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CIMI	O
Use	O
Cases	O
whitepaper	O
collects	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
use	O
cases	O
that	O
typify	O
the	O
next	O
generation	O
of	O
issues	O
facing	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
providers	O
and	O
that	O
are	O
being	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
addressed	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
CIMI	O
specification	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Business	O
Continuity/Disaster	O
Recovery	O
,	O
Service	O
Level	O
Objective	O
Management	O
,	O
Log	O
/	O
Metadata	O
Management	O
and	O
Multicloud	O
Management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIMI	O
is	O
scoped	O
to	O
the	O
core	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
functionality	O
such	O
as	O
deploying	O
and	O
managing	O
Machines	O
,	O
Volumes	O
,	O
Networks	O
,	O
Monitoring	O
,	O
and	O
Systems	O
that	O
group	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
entry	O
point	O
for	O
the	O
CIMI	O
Consumer	O
is	O
the	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
Provider	O
's	O
Cloud	O
Entry	O
Point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CIMI	O
addresses	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
lifecycle	O
of	O
infrastructure	O
provided	O
by	O
an	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
Provider	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
creation	O
,	O
deletion	O
,	O
viewing	O
and	O
alteration	O
of	O
virtual	O
machines	O
,	O
networks	O
and	O
storage	O
,	O
and	O
start	O
and	O
stop	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mappings	O
to	O
SOAP	B-Application
and	O
WS-MAN	O
are	O
also	O
considered	O
.	O
</s>
