Nimble Storage

Nimble Storage is an enterprise flash and adaptive-flash storage platform, acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2017 and now part of the HPE Nimble Storage / HPE Alletra 6000 product line. Its NimbleOS software exposes a REST API for programmatic management of arrays, storage pools, volumes, snapshots, initiator groups, and data-protection policies. The API is served per-array at https://:5392/v1/ using session-token (X-Auth-Token) authentication, and HPE publishes first-party Python, Go, and Ansible client libraries for it. Originally venture-backed by Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners, the company was added to the API Evangelist network and enriched from its public developer surface.

Nimble Storage publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Big Data, Storage, Data Storage, and Infrastructure.

Nimble Storage’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, engineering blog, authentication, and 12 more developer resources.

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20.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyBig DataStorageData StorageInfrastructureEnterpriseHPE

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 20.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

NimbleOS REST API

REST API served on each Nimble Storage array (NimbleOS 5.x) for managing arrays, pools, volumes, snapshots, volume/snapshot collections, protection templates, initiator groups, ...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

nimble-storage-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Nimble Storage Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Nimble Storage Domain Security

DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 DataModel
DataModel
 Conformance
Conformance
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nimble-storage
name: Nimble Storage
description: Nimble Storage is an enterprise flash and adaptive-flash storage platform, acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  in 2017 and now part of the HPE Nimble Storage / HPE Alletra 6000 product line. Its NimbleOS software exposes a REST API
  for programmatic management of arrays, storage pools, volumes, snapshots, initiator groups, and data-protection policies.
  The API is served per-array at https://<array>:5392/v1/ using session-token (X-Auth-Token) authentication, and HPE publishes
  first-party Python, Go, and Ansible client libraries for it. Originally venture-backed by Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners,
  the company was added to the API Evangelist network and enriched from its public developer surface.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9436637
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nimble-storage/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- accel
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Big Data
- Storage
- Data Storage
- Infrastructure
- Enterprise
- HPE
apis:
- name: NimbleOS REST API
  description: REST API served on each Nimble Storage array (NimbleOS 5.x) for managing arrays, pools, volumes, snapshots,
    volume/snapshot collections, protection templates, initiator groups, access control records, and performance policies.
    Object-set resources with standard GET/POST/PUT/DELETE operations over HTTPS, authenticated with a session token in the
    X-Auth-Token header.
  humanURL: https://infosight.hpe.com/InfoSight/media/cms/active/public/pubs_REST_API_Reference_NOS_51x.whz/jun1455055569904.html
  baseURL: https://array:5392/v1
  tags:
  - Storage
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/nimble-storage-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/nimble-storage-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/nimble-storage-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/nimble-storage-conformance.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: http://www.nimblestorage.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.hpe.com/platform/hpe-nimble-storage/home/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://infosight.hpe.com/InfoSight/media/cms/active/public/pubs_REST_API_Reference_NOS_51x.whz/jun1455055569904.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://infosight.hpe.com/InfoSight/media/cms/active/public/pubs_REST_API_Reference_NOS_51x.whz/omq1488160167637.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://developer.hpe.com/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/NimbleStorage
- type: Packages
  url: packages/nimble-storage-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/nimble-storage-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nimble-storage-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/nimble-storage-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/nimble-storage-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/nimble-storage-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/nimble-storage-lifecycle.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/nimble-storage-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/nimble-storage-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nimble-storage-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 10
  pass: local-v1