ISO/IEC 24775-8:2014

Information technology - Storage management - Part 8: Media libraries

ISO/IEC 24775-8:2014(E) models various details of the following objects of the media library for monitoring: Library, Drives, Changer Devices, Slots, IO Slots, SCSI Interfaces and SCSI and FC Target Ports, Physical Tapes, Physical Package and Magazines. This International Standard, together with ISO/IEC 24775-1 to ISO/IEC 24775-7 and replaces ISO/IEC 24775, second edition, published in 2011, and constitutes a technical revision. It includes the following technical changes:
- reorganization into eight parts;
- maturity identification using stages and new profiles.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 26-Nov-2014
• 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: 12-Apr-2021

Relations

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

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Contents
FOREWORD. 13
Introduction . 15
1 Scope . 18
2 Normative references . 18
3 Terms and definitions . 18
4 Typographical conventions. 20
4.1 Maturity model. 20
4.2 Experimental maturity level. 20
4.3 Implemented maturity level . 20
4.4 Stable maturity level. 21
4.5 Finalized maturity level. 21
4.6 Deprecated Material. 21
5 Storage Library Profile. 23
5.1 Description . 23
5.1.1 General.23
5.1.2 Instance Diagrams . 23
5.1.3 System Level View . 23
5.1.4 MediaAccessDevice-centric View . 24
5.1.5 ChangerDevice-centric View . 25
5.1.6 Physical View . 25
5.1.7 StorageMediaLocation Instance Diagram . 26
5.1.8 Durable Names and Correlatable IDs of the Profile . 26
5.1.9 Media Library Indications . 27
5.2 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 36
5.3 Cascading Considerations . 36
5.4 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 36
5.5 Methods of this Profile. 36
5.6 Client Considerations and Recipes. 36
5.6.1 Recipe Overview . 36
5.6.2 Discover a Storage Media Library . 36
5.6.3 Determine Library Physical Media Capacity. 37
5.6.4 Determine Physical Media Inventory. 37
5.6.5 Discover Storage Library Control Type . 37
5.6.6 Determine Library Drive Capacity . 37
5.6.7 Determine Drive Data Path Technology. 37
5.6.8 Find asset Information. 37
5.6.9 Discovery of Mailslots, Import/Export Elements or
LimitedAccessPorts in a Storage Library. 38
5.6.10 Counting assets in large storage libraries . 38
5.7 Registered Name and Version. 38
5.8 CIM Elements. 38
5.8.1 General.38
5.8.2 CIM_ChangerDevice . 47
5.8.3 CIM_Chassis . 48
5.8.4 CIM_ComputerSystem . 48
5.8.5 CIM_ComputerSystemPackage . 49
5.8.6 CIM_ElementCapabilities . 49
5.8.7 CIM_ElementSoftwareIdentity. 50
5.8.8 CIM_MediaAccessDevice . 50
5.8.9 CIM_PackagedComponent . 50
5.8.10 CIM_PhysicalMedia. 51
5.8.11 CIM_PhysicalMediaInLocation . 51

5.8.12 CIM_ProtocolControllerForUnit . 52
5.8.13 CIM_Realizes . 52
5.8.14 CIM_SCSIProtocolController. 52
5.8.15 CIM_SoftwareIdentity . 53
5.8.16 CIM_StorageLibraryCapabilities. 53
5.8.17 CIM_StorageMediaLocation. 54
5.8.18 CIM_SystemDevice (System to Changer Device). 54
5.8.19 CIM_SystemDevice (System to MediaAccessDevice) . 54
5.8.20 CIM_SystemDevice (System to SCSIProtocolController) . 55
6 Element Counting Subprofile. 56
6.1 Description . 56
6.1.1 General.56
6.1.2 Discovery. 56
6.2 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 56
6.3 Cascading Considerations . 56
6.4 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 56
6.5 Methods of the Profile . 56
6.5.1 GetClassTypes. 56
6.5.2 GetUnitTypes . 57
6.5.3 ReportCapacity. 58
6.6 Client Considerations and Recipes. 58
6.7 Registered Name and Version. 59
6.8 CIM Elements. 59
6.8.1 General.59
6.8.2 CIM_ConfigurationReportingService. 60
6.8.3 CIM_HostedService . 60
7 InterLibraryPort Connection Subprofile .61
7.1 Introductory remark. 61
7.2 Description . 61
7.3 Durable Names and Correlatable IDs . 61
7.4 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 62
7.5 Cascading Considerations . 62
7.6 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 62
7.7 Methods of the Profile . 62
7.8 Client Considerations and Recipes. 62
7.9 Registered Name and Version. 62
7.10 CIM Elements. 62
7.10.1 General.
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