AMI Unveils TUFMAN™ Testing Framework for DMTF Compliant Software Validation

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – American Megatrends, a leader in storage and computing innovations, is proud to introduce its new TUFMAN™ testing software for validation of management software, which complies with major industry standards such as CIM, WS-Management and SMASH/CLP.

MegaRAC(r) TUFMAN™, or Test Utility Framework for Management, is a rich web-based framework for testing newly developed management software compliant with the standards established by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the leading industry organization in the field of system management.
DMTF standards such as the Common Information Model (CIM), Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) and the new Web Services for Management, or WS-Management, aim to establish widespread interoperability in the administration of servers characterized by different operating environments and vendors.

The services offered by TUFMAN go well beyond the functionality provided by existing open source conformity testing tools. TUFMAN performs not only conformity testing but also validation of actual use cases, or specific OEM platform implementations, providing detailed feedback based on DMTF specifications.

“TUFMAN is a tremendous help to both developers and testers of CIM-compliant management software and middleware,” said Sanjoy Maity, AMI’s Vice-President for Remote Management. “One common tool is utilized to test all DMTF-compliant management software implementations for CIM profiles through both CLP and WSMAN interfaces. TUFMAN is exceptionally easy to use and dramatically reduces development and testing time with CIM schema validation and actual use case testing for WS-MAN and SMASH profiles.”

AMI’s TUFMAN is also extremely useful for debugging, featuring a specific debug tab with detailed debug messages. Automated Tools and Wizards enable testers to quickly create test cases and routines.

Based on an easy and intuitive web browser based interface, TUFMAN can be run across all platforms and can be upgraded to support upcoming and future standards. A plug-in wizard allows users or third parties to develop additional TUFMAN plug-ins.

At present three plug-ins are available from AMI:
-DMTF conformance of CIM Profiles with use cases
-WS-MAN with Custom Operations and Eventing testing
-SMASH for testing Command Line Protocol (CLP) commands through SSH.

TUFMAN is extremely easy to use. Thanks to graphical wizards, users can create basic test procedures or group them in test passes. Test passes can be performed in a number of iterations, defined by the user. TUFMAN has extensive scripting capability to run test passes in batch mode. Multiple validation procedures allow users to test their software based on keywords, regular expressions, rules or scripts. These scripts can be viewed or edited accordingly by the user for appropriate use cases of the product.

Test results are recorded through accurate test logs and statistics with graphical pie-chart representation capability. TUFMAN also contains integrated on-line help for detailed, accurate documentation that is easily accessible.

To learn more about the TUFMAN Test Utility Framework, or the complete line of MegaRAC IPMI, Service Processor, and Remote Management solutions, please visit http://www.ami.com/serviceprocessors.

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Founded in 1985, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), best known for AMIBIOS®, supplies state-of-the-art hardware, software, and utilities to today's high-tech manufacturers. AMI’s innovative Aptio™ solution for UEFI, modular AMIBIOS8, high quality StorTrends® IP Storage Area Networks (IP-SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), and Storage Management software solutions, along with MegaRAC® remote server management, KVM over IP, IPMI 2.0 firmware and high-density motherboards continue to garner industry acclaim and awards around the world. In line with the diversity of its technology and product line, AMI is a member of a number of industry associations and standards groups, such as the Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. Headquartered in Atlanta, AMI has locations in the U.S., China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan to better serve its customers.

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