3PAR CIM API Programming Reference for InForm OS 2.3.1 (320-200164 Rev B, February 2010)

5.6
Server Profile
CIM API Programming Reference InForm OS Version 2.3.1
5.6.2 Discovery Service
The first step in managing an SMI-S enabled SAN is to discover its available resources (such as
the CIM servers). SMI-S defines Service Location Protocol v2 (SLPv2) as the discovery
mechanism. CIM clients use SLP to query for available CIM servers. CIM servers answer with
generic information about what services they provide and the URL at which these services
reside.
5.7 Server Profile
A CIM Server is anything that supports the CIM-XML protocol and supports the basic read
functional profile as defined by the CIM Operations over HTTP specification. After a CIM client
has discovered a CIM server within a SAN, it then needs to determine the services provided by
that server. The Server Profile defines the capabilities of the CIM Server. This includes the
communication mechanisms the CIM Server supports, the CIM namespaces that it manages,
and the SMI-S profiles and subprofiles that are supported. For a complete discussion on the
Server Profile model, please refer to SMI-S at http://www.snia.org.
Copy Services X
Job Control X
Table 5-5. Supported SMI-S Levels by Release (continued)
SMI-S Version Profile Subprofile or
Package
Release Version
2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.3.1