https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/SMI-S-providers-for-E-Series-OEM-Storage/m-p/115885#M240 <P>Hi</P><P>The provider does not push data to the storage. It just periodically monitors.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The provider does support some configuration activities on the storage array (for example, create a volume) but this would have to be initiated by the user via an SMI-enabled client.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 07:38:21 GMT Sahana 2016-02-17T07:38:21Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/SMI-S-providers-for-E-Series-OEM-Storage/m-p/115665#M239 <P>Hi All,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I just want to confirm if the SMI-S provider pushes data to the storage that is added to it. I want to ensure it will not cause the storage to be slow after it installed.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks</P> <P>Francene</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:05:00 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/SMI-S-providers-for-E-Series-OEM-Storage/m-p/115665#M239 Francene 2025-06-04T22:05:00Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/SMI-S-providers-for-E-Series-OEM-Storage/m-p/115885#M240 <P>Hi</P><P>The provider does not push data to the storage. It just periodically monitors.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The provider does support some configuration activities on the storage array (for example, create a volume) but this would have to be initiated by the user via an SMI-enabled client.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 07:38:21 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/SMI-S-providers-for-E-Series-OEM-Storage/m-p/115885#M240 Sahana 2016-02-17T07:38:21Z