Hitachi Data Systems
Figure 26 – The HiCommand Management Framework is based on the CIM and SOAP industry standards.
common model with which all vendors can work. A
1.Overcome the Challenges Created by
Neither a single vendor solution nor individual point solutions can meet customers’
2.View and Operate Networked Storage as a Holistic Resource
CIM provides a common, normalized, yet extensible view of these resources, their
relationships, and the operations that can be performed against them.
By spanning the management of all components in the storage stack, from the application to the physical storage medium, CIM allows a management application to be as focused or
3.Avoid Being "Locked" into a Proprietary Management Environment
Storage management vendors supporting heterogeneous, interoperable environments
must differentiate their value based on products, services, and solutions, and not because their customers are locked into distinct management frameworks incompatible with other SAN elements. Customers who choose new and innovative companies that can create competitive or complementary functionality (built on existing management infrastructure and components based on the CIM standard) realize investment protection, greater choice, purchasing leverage, and additional options.
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