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'''Distributed Management Task Force''' ('''DMTF''', formerly "Desktop Management Task Force") is an industry [[consortium]] that develops, supports, and maintains [[standardization|standardstandards]]s for [[systems management]] of [[personalInformation computerTechnology|PCIT environments]] systems / products and promotes interoperability for enterprise & Internet environments, to reduce [[total cost of ownership]]. These include the [[Desktop Management Interface]] (DMI), the most-widely used management standard today.

DMTF standards allow to build common systems management infrastructure components in a [[Platform (computing)|platform]]-independent and technology-neutral way.

The DMTF is participating in an industry effort to create a standard for management over the [[Internet]] called [[Web-Based Enterprise Management|WBEM]] - for Web Based Enterprise Management. They are defining an [[object-oriented]] Common [[Information model|Information Model]] ([[Common Information Model|CIM]]).

DMTF standards include:

The Systems Management Working Group (SMWG) of DMTF is developing the [[Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware]] (SMASH). The purpose of SMASH is to standardize a way to manage servers from multiple vendors.

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<li>'''[[Common Information Model]]''' (CIM) - defines the CIM schema which is a common set of objects and relationships representing managed elements in an IT environment, for instance computers or storage area networks. To define these objects and relationship, CIM uses a model that is based upon [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]].

<li>'''[[WBEM|Web Based Enterprise Management]]''' (WBEM) - defines common protocols for the interaction between systems management infrastructure components implementing CIM, as well as a concept of management profiles that allows define the behavior of CIM modeled managed elements in an interoperable way.

<li>'''[[Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware]]''' (SMASH) - Defines a command line protocol for interacting with CIM infrastructure, as well as contributes to the CIM schema in the area of server hardware management. This provides a way to manage servers from multiple vendors in a common way.

<li>'''[[SMBIOS|System Management BIOS]]''' (SMBIOS) - The SMBIOS Specification addresses how motherboard and system vendors present management information about their products in a standard format by extending the BIOS interface on x86 architecture systems. The information is intended to allow generic instrumentation to deliver this information to management applications that use DMI, CIM or direct access, eliminating the need for error prone operations like probing system hardware for presence detection.

<li>'''[[Alert Standard Format]]''' (ASF) - defines remote control and alerting interfaces for OS-absent environments, for instance motherboard controllers of a [[Personal Computer|PC]].

<li>'''[[Desktop Management Interface]]''' (DMI) - generates a standard framework for managing and tracking components in a desktop pc, notebook or server. DMI was the first desktop management standard. Due to the rapid advancement of DMTF technologies, such as CIM, the DMTF defined an "End of Life" process for DMI, which ended March 31, 2005.

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These standards should not be seen independently, for instance WBEM and SMASH define their protocols specifically for CIM.

See also: [[Directory-Enabled Networking]].

The CIM schema is also developed outside of the DMTF. For instance, the [[Storage Networking Industry Association|SNIA]] defines the '''[[SMI-S]]''' standard which

defines a set of management profiles and contributes extensions to the CIM schema back to the DMTF.

The DMTF is an open industry consortium, both persons and companies can become members.

See also: '''[[Directory_enabled_networking|Directory-Enabled Networking]].''' (DEN)

== External link ==

* http://www.dmtf.org/

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