Track - Systems Management

SMASH & DASH Overview

Jeff Hilland, Hewlett Packard

This session will provide an overview of SMASH & DASH, including their differences and their similarities.  The presentation will include architectural models and implementation requirements, including the protocol requirements for the SM CLP and WS-Management and a brief discussion of the profiles.

SMASH and DASH Certification

Fred Maciel, Hitachi America
Perry Vincent, Intel

The DMTF is starting a conformance testing and certification program for SMASH and DASH. In this session the System Management Forum (SMF) will explain the benefits of certification to the implementers of SMASH and DASH products and to the purchasers of these products. The SMF will also explain the whole process to certify SMASH and DASH products, including background, rules, conformance testing, and submission.

Physical Platform Profiles (PPP) Overview: Part I

Hemal Shah, Broadcom

David Hines, Intel

The Physical Platform Profiles (PPP) Working Group within DMTF defines platform independent, interoperable, industry standard management data models, profiles and registries for managing the physical aspects of platforms. Examples of physical platforms include, but are not limited to: desktop platforms, mobile platforms, bladed PCs, and server platforms. This talk will provide an overview of a base set of monitoring/control and inventory related autonomous and component profiles including base server, base desktop and mobile, CPU, System Memory, Sensors, Physical Asset, Fan, Power Supply, Boot Control, Power State Management, OS Status, Battery, Ethernet Port, IP Interface, DNS client, DHCP Client, Record Log, Software Inventory, and Software Update.

Physical Platform Profiles (PPP) Overview: Part II

Hemal Shah, Broadcom

David Hines, Intel

The Physical Platform Profiles (PPP) Working Group within DMTF defines platform independent, interoperable, industry standard management data models, profiles and registries for managing the physical aspects of platforms. Examples of physical platforms include, but are not limited to: desktop platforms, mobile platforms, bladed PCs, and server platforms. This talk will provide an overview of an advanced set of component profiles including Text Console Redirection, USB Redirection, KVM Redirection, BIOS Management, Opaque Management Data, and TPM.