Preface

This preface describes the audience and organization of the Cisco UCS RAID Controller SMI-S Reference Guide. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.

This preface contains the following topics:

•Objectives

•Audience

•Organization

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Objectives

This document describes the set of Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) profiles supported in the Cisco UCS Servers.

This document does not provide detailed instructions on how to use the SMI-S management methods, such as the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM). For usage instructions, see the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) documentation at:

http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smash

and the SNIA documentation at:

http://www.snia.org

Audience

This reference guide is designed for users who are responsible for the following:

•Implementing Cisco UCS Server instances

•Managing Cisco UCS instances

Organization

This guide is organized into the following chapters:

•Chapter 1, "Introduction"

•Chapter 2, "Supported Profiles"

Related Documentation

The documentation sets for the Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers can be found at the following URLs:

•http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/b-series-doc

•http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/c-series-doc

Documentation for the Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) can be found at the following URL:

http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smash

Documentation for the SMI-S can be found at the following URL:

http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/standards/curr_standards/smi

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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