CSC 402/405/406
2002/2003 Academic Year
Project Resource Page

High Level Background Reading

SAN Management Using CIM and WBEM
Using CIM and WBEM for Management
Sun Software Supports CIM
An amusing Slashdot thread

Relevant Organizations (All these sites contain many papers)

Brocade Communications
DMTF
The Open Group
SNIA
WBEM

SAN Books and Papers

Building SANs with Brocade       A complete book on Brocade SANs
Comparing Storage Area Networks and Network Attached Storage       Paper on what's so good about SANs
The Essential Elements of a Storage Networking Architecture       A introductory description of SAN architecture.
Managing a Fibre Channel SAN       An introduction, for beginners, to Storage Area Network concepts

CIM

Introduction to WBEM and CIM       An excellent intro for software developers
CIM Tutorial       An excellent online tutorial
CIM in DMTF       CIM and MOF for students, written by students
Sun WBEM SDK Developer's Guide       The "bible": how to write a CIMOM application. (214 pages)
CIMOM Javadocs       The definitive reference.

QA Material

QA Team Web Page

Software

Software provided by Brocade
WBEM CIMOM files (via Brocade)
Suggestion: run the examples in wbemservices/examples (run_examples.bat) and note all the CIMOM programs used. The source code is all there.
Brocade Examples
This zip file contains a variety of material, including lots of working examples.
new CIMOM files (via Brocade)

README
Follow the directions to install the above zip files; it doesn't seem like much information but it's sufficient to get going.
CIM on waldorf
Follow the directions to compile and run CIMOM programs on waldorf; you must access the CIMOM on Rockspring.

Useful DOS Batch Files (java source is in wbemservices/examples/client)
Compile MOF
Delete Class

CIMOM examples
ValueMap.java
Example showing how to extract valuemaps from the CIMOM (commentless code)

Database
Database web site

mof2bean files
Zip file that contains compiled beans and example programs to enumerate classes and list value maps.
Telnet
TelnetRunner.java
A sample java program that accesses the Fabric via its telnet interface.

SNMP
An SNMP zip package and a README that describes the package.
The package contains the necessary .jar, mib files and sample programs to start your snmp coding.

MG-SOFT MIB Explorer (tool for examining MIB files)

Verification Info

HTTP verification page info

Tool Manuals

Brocade Web Tools Users Manual

CIM Workshop Manual (a chapter in the WBEM manual)

mof2bean instructions (use Namespace1.mof - it includes everything)

Last updated 4/8/03