DMTF Releases Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Data Model as a Work in Progress and Seeks Industry Feedback

DMTF’s Platform Management Communications Infrastructure (PMCI) Working Group recently published an overview presentation, which shares its goals and approach to a common and extensible format for the Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Data Model Schema. This presentation, now available for download, is a Work in Progress (WIP) that lists a set of planned features while describing the benefits this new data model will provide.

DMTF Announces New Chair of the Board

DMTF has appointed Mike Raineri to the role of DMTF Chair of the Board. Mike is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Dell Technologies, where he is a technical leader for enclosure management solutions for storage appliances within the Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group.

SDC 2022 – Don’t miss out on early bird registration and DMTF discount

DMTF alliance partner, SNIA, will once again host its Storage Developer Conference  (SDC 2022), which will be held at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley in Fremont, CA, September 12-15. 

Farewell and Best Wishes to Jon Hass

After 19 years of service, it is time to say our goodbyes to Jon Hass. Jon retired from Dell Technologies last month after a distinguished career of more than 35 years in the technology industry. He served nearly two decades in a variety of leadership roles within the organization, including Chair of the Board.
 

DMTF Welcomes New VP of Finance

Richelle Ahlvers of Intel Corporation has been appointed to serve as the new DMTF Vice President of Finance. Richelle will play an important role in the organization as it continues its commitment to its members.

DMTF Launches a Security Response Task Force

DMTF recently launched a Security Response Task Force (SRTF) within the organization’s Technical Committee (TC). The Task Force, under the direction of the TC, will be responsible for the coordination and management of reported security issues or vulnerabilities related to DMTF standards or DMTF open-source sample implementations. 

As adoption and implementation increases, security researchers or attackers may find vulnerabilities. DMTF has developed a security issue reporting system that will evaluate and address the reported concerns.

DMTF Releases SMBIOS 3.6

DMTF has released Version 3.6 of the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification, the premier standard for delivering management information via system firmware. Since its first release in 1995, the widely implemented SMBIOS standard has simplified the management of more than two billion client and server systems. 

Did you miss the Redfish 2022.1 webinar? Now available on-demand!

DMTF’s Redfish Forum held a live webinar on Friday, June 17th. Presented by the chairs of the Redfish Forum and hosted on Zoom, this webinar covered the contents of the 2022.1 release.
 
Key highlights of the Redfish 2022.1 release are the addition of SSH key related properties, addition of properties in Chassis to represent containment of power and thermal relationships, and a method to register an existing system as a resource block.
 

DMTF Releases DASH Conformance Test Suite Update

Recently, DMTF continued its ongoing dedication to management interoperability with the release of new versions of the Conformance Test Suite (CTS) for its Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) standard. DASH CTS 2022.1 (Java versions 8 and 9) is available, and the DMTF Certification Registry is accepting submissions.

Make Plans Now to Attend DMTF’s 2022 Alliance Partner Technical Symposium

We’re less than two months away from DMTF’s annual summer event – 2022 Alliance Partner Technical Symposium (APTS). Make your plans now to join us for the fifteenth annual gathering, being held as a hybrid event, with options to attend in person in Portland, Oregon or to attend virtually.  The event is being held July 25-29, 2022.  Hotel reservations are open. The deadline to book your hotel using our room rate is June 24, 2022.  Be sure to book your hotel room soon while rooms are still available!