OpManager Communication Protocols for Storage Devices
OpManager supports a wide variety of storage devices and monitors the devices for performance, availability and capacity utilization. ManageEngine OpManager follows different protocols to communicate with the devices and fetch the required details.
SMI-S
Storage Management Initiative Specification is a storage network management interface developed by SNIA (Storage Network Industry Association) to support storage network management for a multi-vendor storage system. It offers a common set of monitors applicable to a wide variety of storage devices in the network, making storage monitoring easier.
SMI-S uses port 5989 as the default HTTPS port and port 5988 as the default HTTP port.
NetApp API
NetApp is a type of storage device used by enterprise organizations to handle large data in physical and cloud environments. NetApp API is the protocol used by OpManager to communicate with these devices. (To understand NetApp API, refer to the RESTful API section below.)
StorageAPI
The StorageAPI is the protocol used to communicate with storage devices. (Refer to the RESTful API section below.)
RESTful API
An API (Application Programming Interface) is a language used to establish communication between applications. A RESTful API is a type of API used to fetch or manipulate data. It uses HTTP requests to access data, and communication occurs between a client and a server. This protocol uses the GET, POST, PUT, or DELETE commands to fetch, create, add, or delete data respectively.
Note: OpManager uses only the GET and POST API methods to handle data.
Other Protocols
OpManager also supports SNMP and CLI for storage device communication.