Serial Management Protocol (SMP)
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Serial Management Protocol (SMP) is a protocol used in Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) environments to manage and configure SAS expanders and devices over the SAS fabric.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Serial Management Protocol | 1 |
| Serial Management Protocol (SMP) canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer network protocol
ⓘ
management protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SMP ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SAS expanders
ⓘ
SAS initiators ⓘ SAS targets ⓘ |
| communicationType | request-response protocol ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
SATA Tunneling Protocol
ⓘ
surface form:
SATA Tunneling Protocol (STP)
Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) ⓘ
surface form:
SCSI Protocol (SSP)
|
| definedBy | T10 SAS standards ⓘ |
| designedFor |
configuration of SAS devices
ⓘ
configuration of SAS expanders ⓘ management of SAS devices ⓘ management of SAS expanders ⓘ |
| domain |
direct-attached and switched SAS storage
ⓘ
enterprise storage systems ⓘ |
| enables |
control of SAS link characteristics
ⓘ
enumeration of SAS devices ⓘ maintenance operations on SAS expanders ⓘ |
| layer | management layer over SAS physical links ⓘ |
| messageType |
SMP request
ⓘ
SMP response ⓘ |
| operatesOver | SAS fabric ⓘ |
| partOf |
Serial Attached SCSI
ⓘ
surface form:
Serial Attached SCSI protocol suite
|
| primaryGoal |
centralized management of SAS topology
ⓘ
configuration consistency across SAS fabric ⓘ |
| requires | SAS address for addressing expanders ⓘ |
| scope | intra-SAS domain management ⓘ |
| standardized | yes ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
device status monitoring
ⓘ
discovery of SAS topology ⓘ error reporting ⓘ link control operations ⓘ reading expander configuration ⓘ routing table management ⓘ writing expander configuration ⓘ zone management in SAS domains ⓘ |
| transportedOver | SAS physical layer ⓘ |
| usedBy |
host bus adapters in SAS systems
ⓘ
storage controllers in SAS systems ⓘ |
| usedIn |
SAS storage networks
ⓘ
Serial Attached SCSI environments ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Serial SCSI Protocol
this entity surface form:
Serial Management Protocol