Media Alert: SNIA Swordfish™ 1.2.5 Release Now Available

SNIA's Storage Management Initiative (SMI) is pleased to announce the release of SNIA Swordfish v1.2.5 is out for public review. This new bundle provides a unified approach to manage storage and servers in hyperscale and cloud infrastructure environments, making it easier for IT administrators to integrate scalable solutions into their data centers.

This new version provides:

• Expanded support for profile and mapping in the Swordfish NVMe® Model Overview and Mapping Guide
• New use cases and section to the Swordfish Scalable Storage Management API User’s Guide
• Functionality enhancements supporting both traditional and NVMe and NVMe-oF™ storage

Swordfish v1.2.5 is releasing concurrently with DMTF’s Redfish® version 2023.1, enabling DMTF and SNIA to jointly deliver new functionality, including metrics for volumes, drives, and storage controllers, as well as support for NVMe SMART Metrics and enhanced NVMe-oF discovery controller capabilities for managing NVMe-oF centralized discovery controllers, among others.

“This latest evolution represents the only standards-based management solution for state-of-the-art technology such as NVMe, delivered jointly by Redfish and Swordfish,” said Richelle Ahlvers, SNIA Board of Directors Vice Chair and SMI Chair.  

“Redfish and Swordfish have been working together since 2015 to expand the Redfish ecosystem,” said Michael Raineri, DMTF Chair and Redfish Forum Co-Chair. “This joint release highlights the importance of our partnership and commitment to aligning our standards with newer technologies like NVMe-oF.”

To download the new release of Swordfish, visit snia.org/swordfish.

Click here to learn more about SMI, its Conformance Test Program and SM Lab Program.

About SMI

SMI was created to develop and standardize interoperable storage management technologies and aggressively promote them to the storage, networking, and end user communities. SMI promotes standards, sponsors plugfests and conformance test programs, and provides education for both vendors and the IT community.

About SNIA

SNIA is a not-for-profit global organization, made up of member companies spanning the storage market. As a recognized and trusted authority for storage leadership, standards, and technology expertise worldwide, SNIA’s mission is to lead the storage industry in developing and promoting vendor-neutral architectures, standards, and educational services that facilitate the efficient management, movement, and security of information.

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Denise Ridolfo
SNIA PR
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