Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Releases

Accessing SMI-S

On this page, you can view and download SNIA-published versions of SMI-S, which are SNIA Technical Positions. SMI-S defines a method for the interoperable management of a heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN), and describes the information available to a WBEM Client from an SMI-S compliant CIM Server and an object-oriented, XML-based, messaging-based interface designed to support the specific requirements of managing devices in and through SANs. Developer support for SMI-S is available through the SNIA SMI-S Google group.

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SMI-S v1.6

• SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.6 rev 4. Published February 10, 2012.
  Download PDFs:
  • Overview
  • Part 1: Architecture
  • Part 2: Common Profiles
  • Part 3: Block Devices
  • Part 4: File Systems
  • Part 5: Fabric
  • Part 6: Host Elements
  • Part 7: Media Libraries
  • ALL 8 documents above in a single ZIP file (13MB)
• IP Disclosures

CIM Schema 2.29.1, on which SMI-S 1.6.0 is based, is available from the DMTF:
http://dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v2291
The SNIA Schema referenced by SMI-S 1.6.0 are contained in this zip file: SNIA_Mofs-16Rev4.zip

SMI-S v1.5

• SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.5 rev 6. Published September 14, 2011.
  • Overview
  • Part 1: Architecture
  • Part 2: Common Profiles
  • Part 3: Block Devices
  • Part 4: File Systems
  • Part 5: Fabric
  • Part 6: Host Elements
  • Part 7: Media Libraries
  • ALL 8 documents above in a single ZIP file (11MB)
• IP Disclosures

CIM Schema 2.23, on which SMI-S 1.5.0 is based, is available from the DMTF:
http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v2230
The SNIA Schema referenced by SMI-S 1.5.0 are contained in this zip file: SNIA_MOFS_1.50r6.zip   

SMI-S v1.4

• SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.4 rev 6. Published May 17, 2010.
  • Overview
  • Part 1: Architecture
  • Part 2: Common Profiles
  • Part 3: Block Devices
  • Part 4: File Systems
  • Part 5: Fabric
  • Part 6: Host Elements
  • Part 7: Media Libraries
  • ALL 8 documents above in a single ZIP file (10MB)
• IP Disclosures

SMI-S v1.3

• SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.3 rev 6. Published April 21, 2009.
  • Overview
  • Part 1: Architecture
  • Part 2: Common Profiles
  • Part 3: Block Devices
  • Part 4: File Systems
  • Part 5: Fabric
  • Part 6: Host Elements
  • Part 7: Media Libraries
  • All 8 documents above in a single ZIP file (9MB)
• IP Disclosures

SMI-S v1.2

• SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.2  Published October 22, 2007. (8MB ZIP)
• SMI-S v1.2 is not being pursued for an ANSI or ISO standard.
   
• IP Disclosures

SMI-S v1.1

• SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.1. Published June 5, 2007. (12MB PDF)
• ANSI Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ANSI INCITS 388-2008)
• ISO Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ISO/IEC 24775:2011) 
   
• IP Disclosures

SMI-S v1.0

• SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.0.  Published October 5, 2007. (3MB PDF)
• ANSI Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ANSI INCITS 388-2004) (no longer available)
• ISO Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ISO/IEC 24775:2007, replaced by ISO/IEC 24775:2011 )
   
• IP Disclosures

Contact Information: For details or technical information, please contact SNIA Technical Council Managing Director at tcmd@snia.org.