ISO/IEC 24775:2007

Information Technology - Storage management

This International Standard defines a method for the interoperable management of a heterogeneous storage area network (SAN). It describes not only the information available to a WBEM client from an SMI-S compliant CIM server, but also an object-oriented, XML-based, messaging-based interface designed to support the specific requirements of managing devices in and through storage area networks (SANs).

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 20-Jun-2007
• ICS: 35.200 - Interface and interconnection equipment
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 - Interconnection of information technology equipment
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 23-Feb-2011

Relations

• Revised: ISO/IEC 24775:2011 - Information technology - Storage management
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 24775
First edition
2007-06
Information technology –
Storage management
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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 24775
First edition
2007-06
Information technology –
Storage management
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FOREWORD.22
INTRODUCTION .23
1 Scope .24
2 Normative References .25
2.1 International standards .25
2.2 Other specifications .25
3 Definitions, symbols, abbreviations, and conventions .26
3.1 Definitions .26
3.1.1 .34
3.2 Symbols and abbreviations.40
3.3 Keywords .40
3.4 Conventions.41
4 Introduction .43
4.1 Preamble .43
4.2 Business rationale .43
4.3 Interface definition .43
4.4 Technology trends .45
4.5 Management environment .47
4.6 Architectural objectives.48
5 Overview .50
5.1 Base capabilities.50
5.1.1 General.50
5.1.2 Object Oriented .50
5.1.3 Messaging-based interface .52
5.2 Capabilities of this version .54
5.2.1 Overview.54
5.2.2 Determine and monitor the configuration of a SAN .54
5.2.3 Monitoring the health of key resources in a SAN .55
5.2.4 Monitoring the available performance of interconnections in a
SAN .55
5.2.5 Monitoring and controlling the zones in a SAN.55
5.2.6 Discovering/monitoring/controlling the storage volumes in a
SAN .55
5.2.7 Requiring authenticated clients in a SAN .55
5.3 Operational environment .56
5.4 Using this standard .57
5.5 Language bindings .57
6 Transport and reference model .58
6.1 Introduction .58
6.1.1 Overview.58
6.1.2 Language requirements.58
6.1.3 Communications requirements.58
6.1.4 XML Message Syntax and Semantics.58
6.2 Transport stack .59

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6.3 Reference model .60
6.3.1 Overview.60
6.3.2 Roles for Interface Constituents .60
6.3.2.1 Client .60
6.3.2.2 Agent .60
6.3.2.3 CIM Server .61
6.3.2.4 Provider .61
6.3.2.5 Lock Manager.61
6.3.2.6 Directory Server.61
6.3.3 Cascaded Agents .61
7 Object model .62
7.1 Model overview (key resources) .62
7.1.1 Overview.62
7.1.2 Introduction to CIM UML Notation .62
7.2 Techniques .63
7.2.1 CIM fundamentals .63
7.2.2 Modelling profiles.66
7.2.3 Naming .67
7.2.4 Correlatable and Durable Names .68
7.2.4.1 Overview.68
7.2.4.2 Correlatable Names Formation.70
7.2.4.3 Testing equality of Correlatable Names.70
7.2.4.4 Standard Formats for Correlatable Names.70
7.2.4.5 Case Sensitivity .72
7.2.4.6 Preferred Correlatable Names.72
7.2.4.7 Concatenation .72
7.2.5 Events – CIM indications .73
7.2.5.1 Background .73
7.2.5.2 Using indications .73
7.2.5.3 Indication hierarchy .75
7.2.5.4 Agent/Provider Considerations.76
7.2.5.5 Client Considerations .77
7.2.5.6 Requirements .78
7.2.5.7 Implementation Considerations .78
7.2.6 Device Credentials .78
7.2.7 Recipe Conventions .79
7.2.7.1 Recipe Definition .79
7.2.7.2 Recipe Pseudo Code Conventions.79
7.2.7.3 Common Recipes .84
7.3 Profiles.85
7.3.1 Profile content.85
7.3.1.1 Profile and subprofile definition .85
7.3.1.2 Format for Profile Specifications.85
7.3.1.3 Registry of Profiles and Subprofiles .87
7.3.2 Common CIM Packages.89
7.3.2.1 Description.89
7.3.2.2 Physical Package “package” .89

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7.3.2.3 Software Package .95
7.3.3 Common subprofiles.99
7.3.3.1 Overview.99
7.3.3.2 Access Points subprofile .99
7.3.3.3 Cluster Subprofile .103
7.3.3.4 Disk Drive subprofile.108
7.3.3.5 Extent Mapping subprofile .120
7.3.3.6 Location subprofile .124
7.3.3.7 Software Subprofile .127
7.3.3.8 Copy Services Subprofile .128
7.3.3.9 Job Control Subprofile .154
7.3.3.10 Pool Manipulation Capabilities and Settings Subprofile .160
7.3.3.11 LUN Creation Subprofile.183
7.3.3.12 Device Credentials subprofile.203
7.3.3.13 Backend Ports subprofile.208
7.3.3.14 LUN Masking and Mapping .215
7.3.4 Fabric.248
7.3.4.1 Fabric Profile .248
7.3.4.2 Switch Profile.297
7.3.5 Hosts .311
7.3.5.1 FC HBA Profile .311
7.3.6 Storage.325
7.3.6.1 Array Profile.325
7.3.6.2 In-Band Virtualization Profile .347
7.3.6.3 Storage Library Profile.362
7.3.7 Server Profile.384
7.3.7.1 Description.384
7.3.7.2 Standard dependencies.384
7.3.7.3 Profile dependencies .384
7.3.7.4 CIM Server requirements .385
7.3.7.5 Instance Diagram .386
7.3.7.6 Durable names and other correlatable IDs.387
7.3.7.7 Methods.387
7.3.7.8 Client considerations .388
7.3.7.9 Recipes.388
7.3.7.10 Instrumentation requirements.397
7.3.7.11 Required CIM Elements .399
7.3.7.12 Required properties for CIM Elements .399
7.3.7.13 Optional Subprofiles and Profiles. .406
7.3.7.14 ObjectManagerAdapter Subprofile .406
7.4 Cross Client considerations .410
7.4.1 Overview.
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