EMC has announced that both the Symmetrix and CLARiiON families of networked information storage systems have completed the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Conformance Testing Programme (SNIA-CTP).
Alex Robertson, Technology Solutions Manager, EMC SA, says passing the SNIA-CTP underscores EMC`s commitment to the implementation of open standards. According to SNIA, products that pass the SNIA-CTP for SMI-S (Storage Management Initiative Specification) deliver the benefits of standardised management.
"Symmetrix and Symmetrix DMX systems shipped since 1997 and all CLARiiON and CLARiiON CX systems shipped since 2000, including Dell/EMC branded models, are capable of being managed by applications implementing the SNIA SMI-S," says Robertson.
"Representing one third of all vendor products that passed the SNIA-CTP, this range of current- and prior-generation systems delivers the industry`s broadest storage platform support for SMI-S."
In addition, the company has announced that its flagship EMC ControlCenter and EMC Visual families of storage resource management software now support the SMI-S standard. This, says Robertson, expands EMC`s leadership in providing unified management for customers` multi-vendor tiered storage environments.
"Through open management across new and currently installed systems, EMC is helping customers apply their information lifecycle management strategies across the industry`s broadest range of tiered networked storage systems," Robertson concludes.
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