Management interface standards compliance

The storage management interface for the TS7700 complies with industry standards that make it easier to manage devices from different manufacturers.

The implementation of storage management standards allows users to manage storage devices from different manufacturers. The TS7700 complies with the Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SMI-S) standard. The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) promotes SMI-S as a means to standardize interfaces between management software and storage devices obtained from different manufacturers.

SMI-S incorporates two components:
Web-Based Enterprise Management
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is a set of management and Internet standard technologies developed to unify the management of distributed computing environments.
Common Information Model
The Common Information Model (CIM) is the data model for WBEM. It provides a common definition of management information for systems, networks, applications, and services, and allows for vendor extensions.