Preliminary Specs Now Available
Power Supply Profile
A preliminary release 1.0.0a of the Power Supply (DSP1015) has
been issued. Prepared by the Server Management Working Group (SMWG), DSP1015 extends the
management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding the capability
to represent power supplies for manageability and describe power
supplies in a redundant configuration. The power supply as a logical
device is modeled as referencing the power supply physical package for
physical asset information and profile versioning for the schema
implementation version information.
CIM Infrastructure Specification
Version 2.5 of the Common Information Model (CIM) Infrastructure (DSP0004) was
also released as a preliminary release this month by DMTF. DSP0004,
prepared by the DMTF Architecture Working Group, can be used in many
ways. Ideally, information for performing tasks is organized so that
disparate groups of people can use it. This can be accomplished through
an information model that represents the details required by people
working within a particular domain. An information model requires a set
of legal statement types or syntax to capture the representation and a
collection of expressions to manage common aspects of the domain (in
this case, complex computer systems).
Memory Resource Virtualization Profile
Another preliminary release announced this month was the Memory
Resource Virtualization Profile (DSP1045).
Prepared by the SMWG, DSP1045 applies the resource virtualization
pattern (as defined in the abstract Resource Allocation
Profile) and the allocation capabilities pattern (as defined in the
abstract Allocation
Capabilities Profile) to enable the management of memory resources
that are allocated to a virtual computer system. The Memory Resource
Virtualization Profile references additional CIM elements and extends
constraints beyond those defined in the abstract profiles.
IPMI PET to Platform Message Registry Mapping
Specification
The release of 1.0.0a of the IPMI PET to Platform Message Registry
Mapping (DSP0244) has
been announced this month. DSP0244, prepared by the SMWG of the DMTF is
a document that defines the mapping from IPMI PET to Platform Message
Registry. The target audience for this specification is implementers who
are writing CIM-based providers or consumers of management interfaces
that represent the components described in this document.
*This notification constitutes a call for
Implementation Experience and Essential Patent Rights for
the previous specifications.
Four Final Standards Now Available
WS-CIM Mapping Specification
DMTF recently made available version 1.0.0 of the WS-CIM Mapping
Specification (DSP0230) as
a Final standard. Prepared by the DMTF WBEM Infrastructure and Protocols
Working Group, the goal of the specification is to produce a normative
description of a protocol-independent mapping of CIM models to XML
Schema, WSDL fragments, and metadata fragments. Another goal of the
specification is to allow the most expedient use of current Web Services
(WS) infrastructure as a foundation for implementing a WS-CIM compliant
system.
Fan Profile
We also issued version 1.0.0 of the Fan Profile (DSP1013) as
a Final standard. Prepared by the Server Management Working Group (SMWG), DSP1013 defines the
classes used to describe the fans and the possible redundancy of the
fans in a managed system. The document also defines association classes
that describe the relationship of the fan to the fan’s physical aspects
(such as FRU data) to the sensors monitoring the fans, to other cooling
devices, to redundancy status, and to DMTF profile version
information.
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