SNIA Announces SMI-S Version 1.3
Version 1.3 of the SNIA Storage Management Initiative Specification
(SMI-S) to Boost Industry Adoption along with Conformance Tests and
Industry Integration Plugfests
Dallas (October 13, 2008) The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced today the
availability of the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
version 1.3. SMI-S version 1.3 provides new support for storage
virtualization, adding support for virtual tape libraries and NAS file
servers, management of Storage Area Network (SAN) security and support
for Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) controller cards.
Originally announced in version 1.2 of SMI-S, view class support has
been extended to include Fibre Channel switches in version 1.3 to
further enhance SMI-S solutions by speeding up discovery and monitoring
larger device configurations.
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