Track - WBEM Infrastructure

WMI+A (WMI + Adapters for CIM)

Chip Vincent, IBM

WMI+A is the moniker for a collection of adapters that make Microsoft's Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) appear more like a standard CIM implementation. The primary components are the "WMI CIM Server" to support CIM-XML communication from standard clients, the "Pegasus Provider Adapter (PPA)" to support providers written to the Pegasus C++ provider interface, and the "CMPI Provider Adapter (CPA)" for providers written to the CMPI 1.0 provider interface.  Since the adapters re-use WMI's interfaces and repository, clients and providers can have access to native WMI instrumentation as well as Pegasus or CMPI providers.

WBEM Solutions J WBEM Server

Jim Davis, WBEM Solutions

The WBEM Solutions J WBEM Server is the only enterprise level Java-based WBEM Server in the industry. The J WBEM Server is used in many shipping products today; the J WBEM Server is used in embedded  implementations, proxy implementations, client applications and services tier implementations. This session will describe the architecture, features, programming interfaces and the future roadmap.

SFCB -  Small Footprint CIM Broker

Viktor Mihajlovski, IBM

Small Footprint CIM Broker (sfcb) is a CIM server suitable for resource-constrained environments. It is highly configurable in terms of size and functionality and supports CIM providers written to the CMPI standard. The sfcb package is part of the SBLIM Open Source project. The presentation deals with the architecture and current features of sfcb and also provides an outlook for the next year.

WBEM Solutions C WBEM Server

Jim Marshall, WBEM Solutions
Alec Orr, WBEM Solutions

OpenPegasus

Karl Schopmeyer, Inova Development

This session will present an overview of the current status and functionality of the OpenPegasus CIM Server implementation and the planned future of this open source project. This session is intended to introduce new potential users to OpenPegasus and to bring existing users up to date with changes that are occurring and are planned.

Direct access CIM perspectives

Ed Boden, IBM

This presentation explores the direct access CIM concept; direct access CIM can be considered a new approach to building CIM infrastructure, that spans the full range, from embedded environments to the largest server platforms.  It can also be used as the basis for integrating CIM in the Web Services world, supporting multiple access protocols with minimal additional overhead per protocol.   With its inherent high performance, flexibility, and modularity, direct access CIM also lends itself to adaptively and compatibly supporting various API's for both remote and local access to CIM information.  Additionally, as CIM evolves, direct access CIM allows infrastructure implementation to more easily grow with the standards changes.

Achieving High Scalability and Extensibility with SMMP

Martin Kacin, KACE

This presentation provides an overview of how a protocol can provide a unified messaging and control platform that supports the requirements that are essential to any robust central systems management console or appliance.  The example protocol in the presentation is SMMP (Systems Management Messaging/Control Protocol and it provides both the syntax and delivery of management control messages.  It is fully extensible in multiple dimensions including by plug-in (functional) payload, plug-in type, deployment map, and platform.  SMMP coexists with other management transport protocols and can utilize those protocols itself where appropriate.  Additionally, SMMP core messaging layer implementation is itself mutable to allow for automatic update and distribution of new revisions from the central console while serving and scaling to very large numbers of managed nodes.  SMMP is designed to be distributed across multiple servers but its goal is to scale without need for expensive and complex server farm topologies.