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'''Distributed Management Task Force''' ('''DMTF''', formerly "Desktop Management Task Force") is an industry [[consortium]] that develops, supports, and maintains [[standardization|standards]] for [[systems management]] of [[Information Technology|IT environments]]. andThese promotesstandards interoperabilityallow building systems management infrastructure components toin reducea [[totalPlatform cost(computing)|platform]]-independent and technology-neutral way. These standards guarantee systems management interoperability between IT products of ownership]]different suppliers without costly transformations and adaptations.
The DMTF was founded in [[1992]]. It is an open consortium where companies, organisations and single persons can become members. In 2005, the DMTF had more than 3500 participants out of more than 200 companies or organisations. The DMTF is organized in working groups where the participants jointly develop and maintain the standards. The DMTF has alliances with a number of other consortiums and with the [[academia]].
DMTF standards allow to build common systems management infrastructure components in a [[Platform (computing)|platform]]-independent and technology-neutral way.
DMTF standards include:
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<li>'''[[Common Information Model]]''' ('''CIM''') - defines theThe CIM schema which[[Schema]] is a common[[conceptual setschema]] ofthat objectsdefines andhow relationships representingthe managed elements in an IT environment, (for instance computers[[Computer]]s or storage[[Storage area networks.network|Storage ToArea defineNetworks]]) theseare represented as a common set of [[Object (computer science)|objects]] and relationship,relationships between them. CIM is extensible in order to allow product specific extensions to the common definition of these managed elements. CIM uses a model that is based upon [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]] to define the CIM Schema. CIM is the basis for most of the other DMTF standards.
<li>'''[[WBEM|Web Based Enterprise Management]]''' ('''WBEM''') - defines commonDefines protocols for the interaction between systems management infrastructure components implementing CIM, as well as a concept of management profiles that allows definedefining the behavior of the elements defined in the CIM modeledSchema, managedand elementsother inspecifications anneeded interoperablefor waythe interoperability of CIM infrastructure.
<li>'''[[Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware]]''' ('''SMASH''') - Defines a [[Command line interface|command line]] protocol for interacting with CIM infrastructure, asand wellmanagement asprofiles contributes to the CIM schema in the area offor 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 addressesDefines how motherboard and system vendors present management information about their products in a standard format by extending the [[BIOS]] interface onof [[x86|x86 architecture]] systems. The information is intendedrepresented toin allowCIM generic instrumentation to deliver this information to management applications that use(and DMI, CIM or direct access, eliminating the need for error prone operations like probing system hardware for presence detection).
<li>'''[[Alert Standard Format]]''' ('''ASF''') - definesDefines remote control and alerting interfaces for OS-absent environments, (for instance motherboarda controllerssystem board controller of a [[Personal Computercomputer|PC]]).
<li>'''[[Directory_enabled_networking|Directory Enabled Network]]''' ('''DEN''') - defines how [[LDAP]] directories can be used to access CIM managed elements, and defines CIM to LDAP mappings for a part of the CIM schema.
<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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CIM is also developed outside of the DMTF. Two examples are:
These standards should not be seen independently, for instance WBEM and SMASH define their protocols specifically for CIM.
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<li>The CIM schema is also developed outside of the DMTF. For instance, the '''[[Storage Networking Industry Association|SNIA]]''' definesdevelops and maintains the '''[[SMI-S]]''' standard whichthat defines DMTF management profiles for [[Storage area network|Storage Area Networks]].
<li>The '''[[The Open Group]]''' develops and maintains the '''[[CMPI]]''' standard that defines a [[C]]/[[C++]] [[Application programming interface|API]] for CIM providers.
defines a set of management profiles and contributes extensions to the CIM schema back to the DMTF.
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The DMTF is an open industry consortium, both persons and companies can become members.
See also: '''[[Directory_enabled_networking|Directory-Enabled Networking]]''' (DEN)
== External linkLinks ==
* http://www.dmtf.org/
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