The CXL Consortium secured a joint presentation with SNIA for the SNIA Developer Conference (SDC) to present a unified approach to fabric management by integrating CXL Fabric Manager (FM) APIs with SNIA Swordfish®.
- Presentation Title: Unified Fabric Management & Orchestration: Bridging CXL Fabric Manager APIs
- Presentation Abstract: As composable infrastructure scales, operational complexity is becoming a critical barrier for hyperscalers. This session presents a unified approach to fabric management by integrating CXL Fabric Manager (FM) APIs with SNIA Swordfish®, creating a seamless northbound interface for orchestration.
This session will introduce the CXL-to-Swordfish Mapping Specification, which allows Redfish-native orchestration tools to discover, configure, and monitor memory pools as first-class storage/memory resources. In this scenario, CXL defines fabric operations, resource pooling, and multi-level switching, while SNIA Swordfish leverages a Redfish-based model for storage management, including persistent memory. Attendees will gain insight into how this integration reduces operational complexity, enhances interoperability, and accelerates adoption of composable architectures across modern data centers.
- Date and time: Wednesday, September 30 at 3:35 pm PT
- CXL Speaker: John Groves, CXL Consortium Software and Systems Working Group Co-Chair and Technical Director at Micron
- SNIA Speaker: Richelle Ahlvers, Vice Chair, Board of Directors of SNIA and Ecosystem Enabling Director, Datacenter – AI Business at Intel