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# Configure SMI-S Provider

# Configure SMI-S Provider for storage Discovery {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Use this procedure for configuring a standalone storage device with the required
SMI-S Provider for Discovery.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1. On the storage device, if the SMI-S Provider is not present, install the SMI-S Provider software.  
   The SMI-S Provider software is often part of the device management software. For more information, download the SMI-S Provider instructions from the storage provider manufacture.
2. For NetApp storage devices, [install the SMI-S agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=r_CIMCredentialsForm&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-security&ft:locale=en-US) on the storage device host.  
   Note:  
   Discovery can also perform native discovery of NetApp servers without accessing the SMI-S server. See [NetApp Server and Cluster discovery](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/lH0lztamBDucoNcXb5xjnA "Discovery and Service Mapping find NetApp servers and clusters using patterns. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.") for more information.
3. Start the SMI-S Provider service.
4. In the SMI-S Provider or agent, configure the Discovery Interval with a synchronization rate that allows the wbem probe to receives the most current information during discovery.  
   For example, for EMC storage, set the Discovery Interval.  
   Figure 1. EMC provider example
5. On the ServiceNow instance, set up [CIM
   credentials](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=r_CIMCredentialsForm&version=yokohama&pubname=yokohama-platform-security&ft:locale=en-US).
6. Create a Discovery Schedule with the IP addresses of each SMI-S Provider.
7. **Optional:** Create a [Discovery behavior](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/aa~GVD6Ga6IiFNS8fQpOjA "Discovery behaviors determine the probes that Shazzam launches, and from which MID Servers these probes are launched.") that uses a functionality definition with a wbem port probe to make the initial port-scanning phase (Shazzam) more efficient.
8. Run a basic IP address Discovery.