Joining Interoperability Forums

DMTF Forums pursue work of interest to a subset of DMTF members. Participating in Forums allows member companies to benefit by uniting with other members to share the costs of joint initiatives and together succeed at their stated mission. Membership in Forums are granted at the company level, allow an unlimited number of representatives from a member company to participate in Forum activities, and result in a number of valuable privileges not available to DMTF members at large.

Membership in the DMTF does not automatically grant membership in a Forum, however, a member of a Forum must also be a member of the DMTF. Non-members should first start with the main membership "Join Us" section of our site.

CDM Forum

Part of the DMTF's Common Information Model (CIM), the Common Diagnostics Model (CDM) specification is widely used throughout the industry to evaluate the health of hardware systems in multi-vendor environments. The CDM Forum is dedicated to uniting the computer industry on a single interoperable interface to all system diagnostics. Join the CDM Forum and take advantage of this unique opportunity to influence the future of system diagnostics.

The CDM Forum has two levels of forum membership: Leadership and Participatory. Annual membership dues are $25,000 for the Leadership Level and $10,000 for Participatory membership.

For more details about the different levels of memberships, please visit the CDM Forum page. For more information, DMTF members can view the full "CDM Forum Membership and Dues" document on the CDM Forum WG page.

SM Forum

The System Management Forum (SMF) develops and implements programs for verifying compliance of software and hardware that implement DMTF system management standards. This includes the Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) and Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) Initiatives. The purpose of the SMF is to ensure that consumers of DASH and SMASH-based server management standards - both end users and the ISV community - receive interoperable management technology for multi-vendor systems.

The SMF also has two levels of forum membership: Leadership and Participatory. Annual membership dues are $25,000 for the Leadership Level and $5,000 for Participatory membership.

For more details about the different levels of memberships, please visit the SMF page. DMTF members can view the full "Rules Governing Forum Membership" document on the SMF WG page.

Pay Forum Dues

Prospective Forum members may begin the membership process by self-invoicing themselves for their Forum dues at https://www.dmtf.org/apps/forums/ . For more information on Forum memberships, please contact DMTF Administration.