Releases of SMI-S

The SNIA Storage Management Initiative (SMI) exists to unify the storage industry on an extensible, interoperable, open, and highly functional interface for storage management. With the resources of the SNIA, the SMI delivers this interface, called SMI-S, short for the Storage Management Initiative Specification. Learn more about SMI-S.

SMI-S: An International Standard

• SMI-S V1.0 was designated an ISO/IEC standard in 2007. 
• SMI-S V1.1.1 was designated an ISO/IEC standard in 2011.
• SMI-S V1.3 was designated an ANSI standard in 2011: INCITS 388-2011.
• SMI-S has been implemented in over 500 products. 

SMI-S: In Development

• SMI-S has incorporated the work of over fifty companies and hundreds of engineers.
• SMI-S V1.6.0 has been published as a SNIA Technical Position.
• SMI-S V1.6.1 (addenda to V1.6.0) is now in development in the SMI-S Technical Work Groups (TWGs).
• SMI-S V2.0 is now in the Working Draft stage.
• Learn more about the SMI-S development process.

View a list of SMI-S Technical Work Groups contributing to the SMI specification.