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Getting started with Unified Manager for DM Series

Unified Manager for DM Series (formerly ThinkSystem Intelligent Monitoring Unified Manager) provides a set of APIs to manage your storage resources on the supported storage systems through a RESTful web service interface for any third-party integration.

The Unified Manager API Developer's Guide provides you with information about APIs and sample codes. The information provided in the guide enables you to create RESTful clients of Lenovo Manageability software solutions for managing Lenovo systems. The APIs are based on the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style.

Unified Manager provides API offerings for storage management in your Lenovo environment. All the four REST operations Create, Read, Update, and Delete (also known as CRUD) are supported.

  • Audience for this guide
    This guide is intended for developers creating applications that interface with the Unified Manager for DM Series software through REST APIs.
  • Unified Manager for DM Series API access and categories
    The Unified Manager for DM Series APIs enable you to manage and provision storage objects in your environment. You can also access the Unified Manager web UI to perform some of these functions.
  • REST services offered in Unified Manager for DM Series
    You should be aware of the REST services and operations offered, before you start using the Unified Manager for DM Series APIs.
  • API version in Unified Manager for DM Series
    The REST API URIs in Unified Manager for DM Series specifies a version number. For example, /v2/datacenter/svm/svms. The version number v2 in /v2/datacenter/svm/svms indicates the API version used in a specific release. The version number minimizes the impact of API changes on the client software by sending back a response that the client can process.
  • Storage resources in ONTAP
    The storage resources in ONTAP can be broadly classified into physical storage resources and logical storage resources. To effectively manage your ONTAP systems using the APIs provided in Unified Manager for DM Series, you must understand the storage resource model and the relationship between various storage resources.