DMTF Forums pursue work of interest to a subset of DMTF members. Participating in Forums allows member companies to benefit by uniting with other members to share the costs of joint initiatives and together succeed at their stated mission. Membership in Forums are granted at the company level, allow an unlimited number of representatives from a member company to participate in Forum activities, and result in a number of valuable privileges not available to DMTF members at large.

Membership in the DMTF does not automatically grant membership in a Forum, however, a member of a Forum must also be a member of the DMTF. Non-members should first start with the main membership Join Us section of our site.

Common Diagnostics Model (CDM) Forum:
The CDM Forum is dedicated to uniting the computer industry on a single interoperable interface to all system diagnostics. Join the CDM Forum and take advantage of this unique opportunity to influence the future of system diagnostics. 

System Management Forum (SMF):
The purpose of the SMF is to ensure that consumers receive interoperable management technology for multi-vendor systems by developing programs for verifying compliance of software and hardware that implement DMTF's DASH/SMASH standards.

Virtualization Management Forum (VMF):
The VMF develops procedures and software to test the interoperability of and conformance to the system virtualization management profiles, virtual system management profiles, and the open virtualization format specifications.

Pay Forum Dues

Prospective Forum members may begin the membership process by self-invoicing themselves for their Forum dues here. For more information on Forum memberships, please contact DMTF Administration.