Storage layer

StorMan functions are mapped to the corresponding interface calls, called by StorMan accordingly. According to their registration StorMan will call the corresponding vendor specific interfaces.

Standardization: SMI-S

SMI-S is a SNIA standard in the domain of storage management.

The main functions for storage management used by StorMan are defined in SMI-S and provided by storage vendors (e.g. Fujitsu).

Vendor specific interfaces

StorMan additionally supports further interfaces of storage vendors (e.g. proprietary CLIs or SNMP) in its storage layer, e.g. to monitor Tape Storage.