SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA
Let's Build a Swordfish Poller
Lafayette/San Tomas
Mon Sep 16 | 10:35am
Abstract
The SNIA/DMTF Swordfish storage management standard provides a rich data set for managing and maintaining awareness of storage infrastructure. In this talk I'll query data from a device conforming to the Swordfish standard API and use the data for common use cases in storage management, reporting, and asset management that we have in our bespoke systems management tools. I'll look at how the data is delivered and how the various data defined by the standard are used to build the relationships we require for those common use cases. We'll also see how the single standard enables data discovery from many diverse devices.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion, a participant will be able to build a basic tool to collect data from Swordfish compliant devices.
Upon completion, a participant will be able to use the data collected by the poller tool to establish common data relationships within the Swordfish data set for uses in common storage systems reporting and asset management tasks.
Upon completion, a participant will be able to use the data collected by the poller tool data collected to provide insights into the health and configuration state of Swordfish compliant storage systems and their environment.
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Join this session to learn how to get started with Swordfish.
