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SMI-S

Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)

SMI-S is a standard that has been developed by the SNIA Storage Management Initiative (SMI), its “Member Companies,” and the SNIA’s Technical Working Groups (TWGs) in association with additional standards and technical bodies strategically aligned with the SNIA.

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SNIA Education ContinuumThe specification standardizes and streamlines storage management functions and features into a common set of tools that address the day-to-day tasks of the IT environment.

An International Standard

  • SMI-S V1.0 was designated an ISO/IEC standard in 2007. 
  • SMI-S V1.1 was accepted as an ANSI standard in 2008 and has been submitted to ISO.
  • SMI-S has been implemented in over 500 products. 

SMI-S has incorporated the work of over 50 companies and hundreds of engineers. SMI-S is now in development at v1.5. Scoping has started on v1.6. Learn more about the SMI-S development process and the SMI-S Technical Work Groups (TWGs).

Features and Functionality

Initially providing a foundation for identifying the attributes and properties of storage devices, SMI-S now also delivers services such as discovery, security, virtualization, performance, and fault reporting. SMI-S addresses storage management related to:

Hardware Devices: SMI-S Providers

  • FC Switches
  • Arrays (FC and iSCSI)
  • NAS Devices
  • Tape Libraries
  • Host Profiles (including HBAs)

  SMI-S Clients (software)

  • Configuration Discovery
  • Provisioning and Trending
  • Security
  • Asset Management
  • Compliance and Cost Management
  • Event Management
  • Data Protection

 SMI-S Participating and Conformant Companies

SMI Member Companies

SMI-S Conforming Provider Companies

SMI-S Conforming Client Companies

For more information on SMI-S, contact Tom Mancuso, Senior Program Manager, SMI.

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