ANSI INCITS 388 : 2011

List of Tables
List of Figures
1 Scope
2 Definitions, Symbols, Abbreviations, and Conventions
   2.1 Definitions
   2.2 Symbols and abbreviations
   2.3 Keywords
   2.4 Conventions
3 Business Overview
   3.1 Preamble
   3.2 Business Rationale
   3.3 Interface Definition
   3.4 Technology Trends
   3.5 Management Environment
   3.6 Architectural Objectives
   3.7 Disclaimer
4 Typographical Conventions
   4.1 Deprecated Material
   4.2 Experimental Material
5 Overview
   5.1 Base Capabilities
   5.2 Functionality Matrix
   5.3 Capabilities of This Version
   5.4 Operational Environment
   5.5 Using this Specification
   5.6 Language Bindings
6 Transport and Reference Model
   6.1 Introduction
   6.2 Transport Stack
   6.3 Reference Model
7 Object Model General Information
   7.1 Model Overview (Key Resources)
   7.2 Techniques
   7.3 Health and Fault Management
   7.4 Policy
   7.5 Standard Messages
   7.6 Recipe Overview
8 Normative References
   8.1 Introduction to Profiles
9 Object Model
   9.1 Registry of Profiles and Subprofiles
   9.2 Packages, Subprofiles and Profile
   9.3 Cross Profile Considerations
10 SMI-S Roles
   10.1 Introduction
   10.2 SMI-S Client
   10.3 Dedicated SMI-S Server
   10.4 General Purpose SMI-S Server
   10.5 Directory Server
   10.6 Combined Roles on a Single System
11 Service Discovery
   11.1 Objectives
   11.2 Overview
   11.3 SLP Messages
   11.4 Scopes
   11.5 Services Definition
   11.6 User Agents (UA)
   11.7 Service Agents (SAs)
   11.8 Directory Agents (DAs)
   11.9 Service Agent Server (SA Server)
   11.10 'Standard WBEM' Service Type Templates
   11.11 SLP Bibliography
12 Installation and Upgrade
   12.1 Introduction
   12.2 Role of the Administrator
   12.3 Goals
   12.4 Device Support
   12.5 WBEM Service Support & Related Functions
   12.6 Client
   12.7 Directory Service
   12.8 Issues with Discovery Mechanisms
Annex A (Informative) Mapping CIM Objects to SNMP MIB Structures
      A.1 Purpose of this appendix
      A.2 CIM-to-MIB Mapping Overview
      A.3 The SML MIB
Annex B. (Normative) Compliance with the SNIA SMI Specification
      B.1 Compliance Statement
      B.2 How Compliance Is Declared
      B.3 The Server Profile and Compliance
      B.4 Backward Compatibility

Describes an interface for the secure, extensible, and interoperable management of a distributed and heterogeneous storage system. This interface uses an object oriented, XML-based, messaging-based protocol designed to support the specific requirements of managing devices and subsystems in this storage environment.