---
title: "System Management Control API"
description: "SMC API Introduction"
url: https://developer.disguise.one/smc/introduction/
---

# System Management Controller (SMC) API

SMC enables remote management of Disguise media servers in real-time across your management network.

Accessing SMC is straightforward. On your host machine, access the API via `172.31.250.9/api`. To check if your machine has an SMC, and how to access it across a management network, refer to the [User Guide](https://help.disguise.one/hardware/smc/smc-overview.html).

In order to make any requests you will have to authenticate, which requires a Disguise server to provide an authentication code. See the [User Account Control](https://help.disguise.one/hardware/smc/smc-overview#user-account-control) section in the User Guide.

Support for SMC can be found by contacting [support@disguise.one](mailto:support@disguise.one) for general Disguise support.

## Access via the main Disguise API

The main Disguise API server can also forward requests to the SMC API server, to allow access at the same address as the other APIs.

Requests to the main API server intended for the SMC API should sent to the server using the `api/smc` route which will forward them to the SMC API server on the `api` route - for example, to query the LED strip status (`api/ledstrip` if querying the SMC API directly) you should query `api/smc/ledstrip`.