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There is a strong focus in storage industry towards web-based management and the ability for applications to be able to manage various storage elements generically. The Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is an industry-standard API that defines methods for management of a heterogeneous storage environment. Dell Unity storage includes on-array SMI-S 1.6 compliant API that can be leveraged by any application that supports SMI-S. Microsoft has made SMI-S the primary storage management interface for Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), as shown in Figure 38. See the SMI-S Programmers Guide for Unity on Dell Support for more information.