<s>
The	O
Storage	O
Management	O
Initiative	O
Specification	O
,	O
commonly	O
called	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
management	O
standard	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Storage	O
Networking	O
Industry	O
Association	O
(	O
SNIA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
is	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Common	O
Information	O
Model	O
and	O
the	O
Web-Based	O
Enterprise	O
Management	O
standards	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
Distributed	O
Management	O
Task	O
Force	O
,	O
which	O
define	O
management	O
functionality	O
via	O
HTTP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
approved	O
version	O
of	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
SNIA	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
objective	O
of	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
is	O
to	O
enable	O
broad	O
interoperable	O
management	O
of	O
heterogeneous	O
storage	O
vendor	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.8.0	O
Rev	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
1,350	O
storage	O
products	O
are	O
certified	O
as	O
conformant	O
to	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
defines	O
CIM	O
management	O
profiles	O
for	O
storage	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
includes	O
profiles	O
for	O
Arrays	B-General_Concept
,	O
Switches	O
,	O
Storage	O
Virtualizers	O
,	O
Volume	O
Management	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
management	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
DMTF	O
parlance	O
,	O
an	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
provider	O
is	O
an	O
implementation	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
profile	O
or	O
set	O
of	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
a	O
very	O
basic	O
level	O
,	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
entities	O
are	O
divided	O
into	O
two	O
categories	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Servers	O
can	O
be	O
disk	B-General_Concept
arrays	I-General_Concept
,	O
virtualization	O
engines	O
,	O
host	O
bus	O
adapters	O
,	O
switches	O
,	O
tape	O
drives	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000	O
–	O
Collection	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
industry	O
leaders	O
led	O
by	O
Roger	O
Reich	O
begins	O
building	O
an	O
interoperable	O
management	O
backbone	O
for	O
storage	O
and	O
storage	O
networks	O
(	O
named	O
Bluefin	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
consortia	O
called	O
the	O
Partner	O
Development	O
Process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2002	O
–	O
Bluefin	O
donated	O
by	O
the	O
consortia	O
to	O
the	O
Storage	O
Networking	O
Industry	O
Association	O
(	O
SNIA	O
)	O
and	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
Storage	B-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
Initiative	I-General_Concept
–	I-General_Concept
Specification	I-General_Concept
or	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
.	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.0	O
publicly	O
announced	O
by	O
the	O
SNIA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2004	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.0.2	O
becomes	O
an	O
ANSI	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
development	O
of	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.1.0	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2005	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.0.2	O
submitted	O
to	O
ISO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.0.3	O
accepted	O
as	O
an	O
ISO	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.1.0	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
Drafts	O
developed	O
for	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.2.0	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
Drafts	O
developed	O
for	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.3.0	O
and	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2008	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.1.1	O
published	O
as	O
an	O
ANSI	O
standard	O
and	O
submitted	O
to	O
ISO	O
for	O
consideration	O
as	O
an	O
ISO	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.3.0	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.4.0	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
Drafts	O
developed	O
for	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.5.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2010	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.5.0	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
Drafts	O
developed	O
for	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2011	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.1.1	O
published	O
as	O
an	O
ISO	O
standard	O
,	O
ISO/IEC	O
24775:2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.3.0	O
published	O
as	O
an	O
ANSI	O
standard	O
:	O
INCITS	O
388-2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
continues	O
on	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.6.0	O
and	O
1.6.1	O
in	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Work	O
Groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discussions	O
are	O
being	O
conducted	O
re	O
a	O
possible	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
V2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2013	O
–	O
Working	O
Drafts	O
developed	O
for	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.6.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2014	O
–	O
Eight	O
books	O
that	O
comprise	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.5.0	O
published	O
as	O
an	O
ISO	O
standard	O
:	O
Information	O
technology	O
--	O
Storage	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SNIA	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.6.1	O
Rev	O
5	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
Drafts	O
developed	O
for	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.7.0	O
Rev	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2015	O
–	O
Working	O
Drafts	O
developed	O
for	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.7.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2016	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.7.0	O
Rev	O
5	O
is	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2018	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.8.0	O
Rev	O
3	O
is	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2019	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.8.0	O
Rev	O
4	O
is	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2020	O
–	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
1.8.0	O
Rev	O
5	O
is	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
SNIA	O
Technical	O
Position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
storage	O
management	O
software	O
developers	O
and	O
system	O
administrators	O
with	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
method	O
of	O
accessing	O
Common	O
Information	O
Model	O
(	O
CIM	O
)	O
objects	O
and	O
operations	O
in	O
Web-Based	O
Enterprise	O
Management	O
(	O
WBEM	O
)	O
servers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
found	O
in	O
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
CIM-based	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMI-S	B-General_Concept
monitor	O
client	O
for	O
SMI-enabled	O
Arrays	B-General_Concept
,	O
Switches	O
,	O
HBAs	O
and	O
Storage	O
Libraries	O
.	O
</s>
