Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is a Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) standard that enables interoperable management for storage networks and storage devices. HP SIM uses this standard to discover and manage the storage systems it supports.
You must have a storage system’s WBEM SMI-S provider installed and configured for HP SIM to discover it. This includes storage devices such as Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre Channel host bus adapters.)
Refer to the HP SIM SMI-S Provider webpage, http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers, to view the latest information regarding HP SIM support for a particular device. This webpage offers information on obtaining, installing, and configuring SMI-S providers.