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Health Package

The Health Package is referenced by a SNIA Profile to allow a Client to retrieve information about the status of the device managed by the Profile. A Client can also retrieve information about the state of the device components.

For example, the Array Profile references the Health Package. Doing so allows a Client to retrieve information about the status (e.g., “OK”, “Degraded”, “Stopped”, etc.) of the disk array. A Client can also retrieve information about the state of a disk array component such as a disk drive.

The Health Package is required by the following Profiles:

• Array Profile - allows a Client to manage external RAID arrays and disk storage systems
• NAS Head Profile - allows a Client to manage File Systems and File Shares on a NAS system that does not include local storage
• Self-Contained NAS System Profile - allows a Client to manage File Systems and File Shares on a NAS system that does include local storage
• Volume Management Profile - allows a Client to manage storage as virtual resources using a software storage management subsystem running on a host system