The Storage Management Initiative (SMI) - Join Now!!!

Join the SMI

SMI Membership Categories and Fees (Effective December 1, 2012)

(1) On selected votes, such as the SMI Budget and Governing Board Elections. Includes election of SMI Governing Board members and any SMI (initiative wide) ballots and SMI Committees. If your company joins the SMI Governing Board roster, your company will be able to vote on any SMI Governing Board ballot.
(2) Except SMI-Lab meetings and reflectors which require enrollment in the SMI-Lab program

Participate in the SMI-Lab

When you participate in the SMI's SMI-Lab Program you will become a key player in an ideal environment and network created exclusively for Client and Provider vendors to collaborate on SMI-S Interoperability issues.

You will have 24/7 online access to several million dollars worth of lab equipment, and you will be amongst the first vendors to exercise pre-release versions of the SMI-S conformance tests. You will have the ability to leap ahead of your non-participating competitors by learning about and resolving issues in the SMI-Lab. And, by participating in scheduled SMI-Lab face-to-face plugfests throughout the year, you will add to the integrity of the Specification and Conformance Tests by offering valuable feedback to SMI-S Authors and CTP Test Designers.

Join the SMI-Lab Program now! Click here for fees & application form

For additional information visit the SMI-Lab home page or contact:
Tom Mancuso
Senior Program Manager, SMI
(719) 491-2614

Apply for a Conformance Test

By applying for and passing the appropriate conformance test, your company will earn the right to display the SMI-S CTP "mark" and have your conforming product(s) listed on the CTP web pages. This will let your customers know whether or not your product conforms to a particular version of the SMI-S. The SNIA can provide an impartial validation of a storage management software product or affirm that a item of storage networking infrastructure conforms to a version of SMI-S.

The Conformance Test Program for SMI-S is available to any company with a product ready to test. CTP Applicants do not have to be members of the SMI, SMI-Lab, or even the SNIA to be eligible to apply for an official conformance test.

Apply for Conformance Testing. Click here for fees and links to obtain application forms

For additional information, visit the CTP home page or contact:
Conformance Testing Programs Manager

(1) Any company with a product may apply for CTP conformance (do not have to be a member of SMI or the SNIA or participate in any other SMI program).
(2) Requires payment of the appropriate CTP Fee
(3) Requires passing the CTP Tests for a release.  The results from all CTP testing will remain confidential. Applicants have the option of making their results available to the general public via the CTP web pages.