SMI-S Specification – 1

This set of multiple choice SAN storage questions and answers focuses on Storage Management aspects.

1. A Subprofile can reference other subprofiles
a) True
b) False

2. Clients use which protocol to discover SMI Agents on Storage Area Network?
a) SLP (Service Location Protocol)
b) AGP(Agent Discovery Protocol)
c) SMIP (SMI Protocol)
d) None of the mentioned

3. Encoding mechanism of CIM Data as XML Elements ?
a) CIM-XML
b) xmlCIM
c) SGML
d) None of the mentioned

a) True
b) False

5. CIM and WBEM has been defined by ?
a) DMTF
b) SMI Standards Organization
c) Open Standards Body
d) None of the mentioned

6. _________ instruments one or more aspects of the CIM Schema
a) Distributor
b) Provider
c) Manager
d) None of the mentioned

7. The server can operate directly on the underlying system by calling the system’s commands, services, and library functions.
a) True
b) False

8. Transport protocol used for XMLCIM is
a) UDP
b) HTTP
c) SNMP
d) None of the mentioned

9. A single CIM based management application can manage storage arrays from multiple vendors.
a) True
b) False

10. Collects responses from providers and returns to the client
a) xmlCIM
b) CIMOM
c) DMTF
d) None of the mentioned