Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Releases
On this page, you can view and download SNIA-published versions of SMI-S, which are SNIA Technical Positions. SMI-S defines a method for the interoperable management of a heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN), and describes the information available to a WBEM Client from an SMI-S compliant CIM Server and an object-oriented, XML-based, messaging-based interface designed to support the specific requirements of managing devices in and through SANs. Developer support for SMI-S is available through the SNIA SMI-S Google group.
NOTE: Sometimes Working Drafts are made available for public review here.
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SMI-S v1.8.0
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.8.0 rev 5. Published March 23, 2020.
Download PDFs: - ISO Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ISO/IEC 24775:2021)
- IP Disclosures
CIM Schema 2.51.0, on which SMI-S 1.8.0 is based, is available from the DMTF: https://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v2510.
SMI-S v1.7.0
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.7.0 rev 5. Published March 8, 2016.
Download PDFs: - IP Disclosures
CIM Schema 2.45.0, on which SMI-S 1.7.0 is based, is available from the DMTF:
http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v2450
SMI-S v1.6.1
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.6.1 rev 6. Published November 30, 2016.
Download PDFs: - IP Disclosures
CIM Schema 2.41.0, on which SMI-S 1.6.1 is based, is available from the DMTF:
http://dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v2410
The SNIA Schema referenced by SMI-S 1.6.1 are contained in this zip file:
SNIAMOFs-1-6-1-Rev5
SMI-S v1.6
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.6.0 rev 5. Published September 2, 2014.
Download PDFs: - IP Disclosures
CIM Schema 2.29.1, on which SMI-S 1.6.0 is based, is available from the DMTF:
http://dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v2291
The SNIA Schema referenced by SMI-S 1.6.0 are contained in this zip file:
SNIAMOFs-1-6-0-Rev5
SMI-S v1.5
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.5 rev 6. Published September 14, 2011.
- IP Disclosures
CIM Schema 2.23, on which SMI-S 1.5.0 is based, is available from the DMTF:
http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/cim_schema_v2230
The SNIA Schema referenced by SMI-S 1.5.0 are contained in this zip file: SNIA_MOFS_1.50r6-Updated.zip
SMI-S v1.4
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.4 rev 6. Published May 17, 2010.
- IP Disclosures
SMI-S v1.3
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.3 rev 6. Published April 21, 2009.
- IP Disclosures
SMI-S v1.2
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.2 Published October 22, 2007. (8MB ZIP)
- SMI-S v1.2 is not being pursued for an ANSI or ISO standard.
- IP Disclosures
SMI-S v1.1
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.1. Published June 5, 2007. (12MB PDF)
- ANSI Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ANSI INCITS 388-2008)
- ISO Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ISO/IEC 24775:2011)
- IP Disclosures
SMI-S v1.0
- SNIA Technical Position: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) v1.0. Published October 5, 2007. (3MB PDF)
- ANSI Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ANSI INCITS 388-2004) (no longer available)
- ISO Standard: Information Technology - Storage Management (ISO/IEC 24775:2007, replaced by ISO/IEC 24775:2011
) - IP Disclosures
Contact Information: For details or technical information, please contact SNIA Technical Council Managing Director at tcmd@snia.org.