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3.4 SNIA FC Storage Controller API
API, or Application Programming Interface, is a set of commands used by an application directing the operating
system to perform certain tasks.
ATTO storage controllers use API Version 1.0 as
defined by the Storage Network Industry Association
(SNIA) Fibre Channel Work Group.
The Common storage controller API Version 1.0,
released in October 2000, is a vendor-neutral format
for reporting information about storage controllers to
upper level software applications. It is commonly used
in applications which provide the following:
• query information about adapter properties and
port information
• query information about attached storage
resource
• event notification
ATTO storage controllers support the API on Windows
Server 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000; 8, 7, Vista and XP
operating systems, as well as Linux operating
systems.
The API has two major parts: the ATTO library and the
registry key.
The registry entry is made in
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SNIA and
points to the location of the ATTO library.
The ATTO vendor library is installed in the same
location as the driver. A related component, the
common library, is provided by the SAN-aware
application provider.