HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager server installation and configuration guide (web version) (T1780-96078, March 2008)

Appendix A Overview of CIM/WBEM
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NOTE: If you need to specify the namespace dmxx (xx is an abbreviation for the version number)
that was supported by Device Manager 5.8 or earlier versions, contact maintenance personnel.
The following table lists and describes the correspondence between the namespaces supported by
Device Manager and SMI-S versions.
Table A-1 Correspondence between namespaces and SMI-S versions
Namespace SMI-S
smisxx
current
smis10
-- 1.0.2
smis11
-- 1.1.0
smis12 current
1.2.0
Legend: --: N/A
You can obtain information about CIM at:
http://www.dmtf.org/home/
You can obtain information about SMI-S at:
http://www.snia.org/smi/home/
A-2 CIM/WBEM features of Device Manager
CIM/WBEM of Device Manager provides the four features specified in SMI-S:
• Object operation feature
• Indication feature
• Service discovery feature
• Performance information acquisition feature
These features are described below:
Object operation feature:
The SMI-S specifications, which Device Manager conforms to, define the interfaces for devices
that make up a storage network, such as storage subsystems, virtual storage systems,
switches, and hosts. The features that need to be provided by the management service to
manage the devices are grouped in a profile for each device.
The profiles used by the CIM/WBEM features of Device Manager are the Array profile and its
subprofiles. The Array profile defines the interfaces for storage subsystems.
Indication feature
The indication feature is the event notification feature defined by CIM. When an event occurs in
a CIM server, the CIM server reports the indication instance, which shows the information
about the event (such as generation or deletion of a CIM instance), to CIM clients. For a CIM
client to receive indications, its location and transmission conditions for indications must be
registered in the CIM server beforehand. For details on how to register, see the SNIA website.
Device Manager reports the occurrence of the following events:
○ Generation of a volume
○ Deletion of a volume
○ Allocation of a path
○ Cancellation of a path