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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SMI-S) Configuration Note
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information
Installation and Configuration Note
Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SMI-S) Configuration Note
October 2007, OL-14894-01The Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches provide an industry standard application programming interface (API) using the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S).
This configuration note includes the following sections:
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Embedded SIM-S Agent Overview
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SMI-S Specifications
The following SMI-S specifications are described:
Licensing Requirements
Licenses are not required to use the SME-S interface.
SMI-S Upgrades
The embedded agent is part of Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS and is upgraded along with the entire Cisco SAN-OS.
HTTP Requirements
HTTP version 1.1 is required.
Device Software
Cisco MDS 9000 SAN-OS Release 3.0(1) and later provide SMI-S support.
Embedded SIM-S Agent Overview
Third party applications can communicate with the embedded SMI server to provide SAN management functionality compatible with SMI-S. The embedded server includes the following standard profiles, subprofiles, and features as defined in SMI-S:
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SMI-S Configuration
SMI-S configuration instructions are included in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide. For information on the following topics, see the appropriate sections.
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For additional information on SMI-S, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family SMI-S Programming Reference Guide.
For namespace information and usage, refer to the Configuring and Using the CIM Server chapter.
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Cisco Technical Support provides 24-hour-a-day award-winning technical assistance. The Cisco Technical Support & Documentation website on Cisco.com features extensive online support resources. In addition, if you have a valid Cisco service contract, Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) engineers provide telephone support. If you do not have a valid Cisco service contract, contact your Cisco MDS 9000 Family reseller.
Related Documentation
The documentation set for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family includes the following documents.
Release Notes
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Compatibility Information
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Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information
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Hardware Installation
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Cisco Fabric Manager
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Command-Line Interface
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Troubleshooting and Reference
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Installation and Configuration Note
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Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the Related Documentation section.
Any Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses. Any examples, command display output, and figures included in the document are shown for illustrative purposes only. Any use of actual IP addresses in illustrative content is unintentional and coincidental.
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