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FEATURES
Membership Renewal Campaign Starts
Your hard work and dedication as a DMTF member has enabled us to make
great progress this year in our mission to lead the development and
promotion of IT resource management standards across enterprise and
Internet computing environments. Highlights from 2007 include:
- More initiative plugfests and demonstrations
- Increased awareness among end-users, as well as industry media and
analysts
- Accreditation by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and in the future the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for the Server
Management Command Line Protocol (SM CLP)
specification.
In addition, we continue to strengthen bonds with other standards
organizations through our Alliance
Partner initiatives. Last year, we launched our inaugural annual Academic Alliance conference. We’ve
also formed alliances with new globally-charged associations, such as
The Green Grid.
These committed endeavors have positioned DMTF for an even stronger
2008. We hope you plan to renew your membership soon to continue
contributing to the success of DMTF.
As a friendly reminder, the 2008 DMTF membership year begins on April
1, and your renewal is due on that date. The four base membership categories (Leadership, Participation,
Monitoring and Sponsored) have not changed this year, although we
encourage you to consider upgrading your 2008 base membership level to
take advantage of the higher level benefits.
In addition to your selected base membership level, the DMTF also offers
memberships to Forums. Forum
membership is optional, and each Forum sets its own membership fees
and entitlements.
Please note that your DMTF primary representative has recently been
contacted to renew your company's membership to the organization. We
urge all DMTF members to ensure that your company selects the right
level of membership for participation, so that you receive maximum
membership benefits and entitlements. Many times, your primary DMTF
representative may not be aware of all your company's activities within
the DMTF organization, so we encourage you to inform your representative
of your efforts and needs.
If you have any comments or input for VP of Membership, please feel
free to contact Wayne Adams,
VP of Membership. You may also review the DMTF
membership levels and forum
memberships.
Profiles and Specs Now Available
DMTF recently issued the Sensor Profile as a 1.0.0 final
release. DSP1009,
which was prepared by the Server Management Working Group (SMWG), extends the
management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding the capability
to represent sensors. The sensor’s relationship with devices and the
profile’s registration for the schema implementation version information
are also described.
Another profile that was recently released by DMTF was the
Physical Asset Profile. DSP1011,
which was also prepared by the SMWG, extends the management capability
of the referencing profiles by adding the capability to describe the
physical aspects of logical elements that the implementation is
instantiating. The profile also describes the relationship between the
physical elements and the profile’s registration for the schema
implementation and version information.
DMTF also released the System Memory Profile as a final
profile. DSP1026,
extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding
the capability to represent the total memory available to the system.
The memory’s relationship with the memory’s physical aspects, the
managed system that uses the memory, and the profile’s registration for
the schema implementation version information are also described.
A preliminary release 1.1.0a of the Power Supply Profile has
been issued by DMTF. DSP1015, which was
prepared by the SMWG, 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.
*Please note: this notification constitutes a call for Implementation
Experience and Essential Patent Rights for the previous
specifications.
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