SMASH Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware

DMTF's Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) standard is a suite of specifications that deliver industry standard semantics, protocols and profiles to make data center resource management interoperable. 

SMASH provides the ability to remotely manage a platform independent of machine state, operating system state, server system topology or access method – interoperable management is possible before the OS is operational, when the OS is hung, or while the OS is up.

SMASH specifies two protocols which server platforms can expose to provide a standards-based management interface for simple and intuitive management of heterogeneous servers in the data center: web services and command line. The web services-based protocol is described in DMTF's Web Services for Management (WS-Man) specification.  

The command line based protocol is described in Server Management Command Line Protocol (SM CLP). SM CLP has been adopted and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as ISO/IEC 13187:2011 and the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) as INCITS 438-2008.

Get Involved

  • Work on the SMASH standard takes place in the CIM Forum. Learn more and join DMTF to participate.
  • DMTF's CIM Forum develops and implements programs for verifying compliance of software and hardware that implements DASH and SMASH. Join DMTF and the CIM Forum to help shape the future of systems management in the data center.
  • DMTF welcomes feedback on our standards, but requires that individuals submitting comments first agree to our DMTF Feedback Policy.

 

DMTF Specifications

DSP # Version Title Date Comments Versions
DSP0214 1.0.2 Server Management Command Line Protocol Specification(SM CLP) 20 Jan 2006 Standard View
DSP0226 1.0.0 Web Services for Management 12 Feb 2008 Standard View
DSP0215 1.0.0 Server Management Managed Element Specification (SM ME) 23 Apr 2009 Standard View
DSP0217 2.0.0 SMASH Implementation Requirements 20 Aug 2009 Standard View
DSP0232 1.2.1 DASH Implementation Requirements 21 May 2015 Standard View

White Papers and Technical Notes

DSP # Version Title Date Comments Versions
DSP2001 1.0.1 System Management Architecture for Server Hardware Whitepaper 20 Oct 2006 Informational View

DMTF Profiles

DSP # Version Title Date Comments Versions
DSP1024 1.0.0 Text Console Redirection Profile 16 Oct 2007 Standard View
DSP1009 1.0.0 Sensors Profile 23 Jan 2008 Standard View
DSP1011 1.0.0 Physical Asset Profile 29 Jan 2008 Standard View
DSP1026 1.0.0 System Memory Profile 29 Jan 2008 Standard View
DSP1010 1.0.0 Record Log Profile 21 May 2008 Standard View
DSP1013 1.0.0 Fan Profile 23 May 2008 Standard View
DSP1027 1.0.0 Power State Management Profile 23 May 2008 Standard View
DSP1015 1.0.0 Power Supply Profile 23 May 2008 Standard View
DSP1034 1.0.1 Simple Identity Management Profile 23 Jul 2008 Standard View
DSP1037 1.0.0 DHCP Client Profile 4 Sep 2008 Standard View
DSP1036 1.0.0 IP Interface Profile 4 Sep 2008 Standard View
DSP1023 1.0.0 Software Inventory Profile 4 Sep 2008 Standard View
DSP1038 1.0.0 DNS Client Profile 4 Sep 2008 Standard View
DSP1022 1.0.0 CPU Profile 31 Oct 2008 Standard View
DSP1039 1.0.0 Role Based Authorization Profile 31 Oct 2008 Standard View
DSP1012 1.0.0 Boot Control Profile 3 Nov 2008 Standard View
DSP1014 1.0.0 Ethernet Port Profile 7 Nov 2008 Standard View
DSP1054 1.0.0 Indications Profile 5 Dec 2008 Standard View
DSP1019 1.0.0 Device Tray Profile 10 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1017 1.0.0 SSH Service Profile 16 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1075 1.0.0 PCI Device Profile 16 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1021 1.0.0 Shared Device Management Profile 16 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1029 1.0.0 OS Status Profile 16 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1076 1.0.0 KVM Redirection Profile 16 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1004 1.0.0 Base Server Profile 16 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1025 1.0.0 Software Update Profile 16 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1020 1.0.0 Pass-Through Module Profile 16 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1005 1.0.0 CLP Service Profile 17 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1074 1.0.0 Indicator LED Profile 17 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1008 1.0.0 Modular Systems Profile 17 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1040 1.0.0 Platform Watchdog Profile 19 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1016 1.0.0 Telnet Service Profile 22 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1018 1.0.0 Service Processor Profile 22 Jun 2009 Standard View
DSP1007 1.0.0 SM CLP Admin Domain Profile 2 Jul 2009 Standard View
DSP1006 1.0.0 SMASH Collections Profile 6 Jul 2009 Standard View
DSP1116 1.0.0 IP Configuration Profile 24 Jan 2013 Standard View
DSP1052 1.0.2 Computer System Profile 4 Feb 2013 Standard View
DSP1108 1.0.0 Physical Computer System View Profile 30 Aug 2013 Standard View
DSP1086 1.0.1 Media Redirection Profile 22 May 2014 Standard View
DSP1070 1.0.2 Opaque Management Data Profile 22 May 2014 Standard View

Schemas

DSP # Version Title Date Comments Versions
DSP0224 1.0.0 SM CLP Command Response XML Schema 16 Mar 2006 Standard View