Protocols and standards

This section provides an overview of the protocols and standards that are used within IBM Spectrum Control.

Web Based Enterprise Management
Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is an initiative of the Distributed Management Task Force (DTMF) with the objective to enable the management of complex IT environments. It defines a set of management and internet standard technologies in order to unify the management of complex IT environments.
Storage Management Initiative Specification
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) defines a standard that is used within IBM Spectrum Control to create and develop a universal open interface for managing storage devices including storage networks.
Service Location Protocol
The Service Location Protocol (SLP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard. SLP provides a scalable framework for the discovery and selection of network services.
Simple Network Management Protocol
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) protocol for monitoring and managing systems and devices in a network. Functions supported by the SNMP protocol are the request and retrieval of data, the setting or writing of data, and traps that signal the occurrence of events.
Fibre Channel Methodologies of Interconnects
IBM Spectrum Control supports the ANSI T11 Fibre Channel FC-MI (Fibre Channel Methodologies of Interconnects) for the automated discovery of FC SAN assets and topology.

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