SNIA Conformance Testing Program (SNIA-CTP)

SNIA validates that a member company's products (software or hardware) conform to a particular version of the SMI-S specification for storage management. By the implementation of the Conformance Testing Program (CTP), 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.

CTP began in March of 2004. The CTP has released multiple versions of test suites to validate conformance of SMI-S enabled products since the program's beginning. The SNIA-CTP is an integral step towards bringing third party standards conformance to the marketplace. It consists of master test suites that are developed, owned, and operated by the SNIA. The CTP has testing for SAN device management software which conforms to the Storage Management Initiative Specification. This set of tests is known as the SMI-Provider test. The CTP also provides testing for software which manages the overall SAN using the Storage Management Initiative Specification. This sets of tests is known as the SMI-Client test.

What is the Conformance Testing Program? Start here to learn about the SNIA-CTP program.

For more information on CTP visit the following:

• View the CTP Statistics page which outlines the participation in the program.
• View the list of the companies which have taken the SMI-Provider test.
• View the list of companies which have taken the SMI-Client test.

How To Participate in the Conformance Testing Program as A Vendor

Is your company interested in having SMI enabled products tested? This area will outline the processes and assist your developers to be successful with SNIA-CTP testing. For more on how to participate, visit, Product Testing for the SMI Specification.

• SMI Standards
• SMI-Lab
• SNIA CTP for SMI-S
• Developer Training
• Getting Started with SMI
• Why Should I Join?