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    End-to-end FC SFP Diagnostics via Read Diagnostic Parameters (RDP ELS)

    Background info Current-generation Fibre Channel adapters expose SFP transceiver diagnostics, which are readable from the OS.On IBM i, the fcioa -sfpinfo macro in SST/DST already surfaces this data.With the November 2025 GA of V7R5 TR7 and V7R6 TR...
    30 days ago in AIX 15 Submitted

    Enhance SNDPTFORD command: Increase PTF limit to 300, add RLS parameter

    Modernize the SNDPTFORD command to improve security remediation and simplify multi-version partition migration setups without drastically changing the core command architecture. With the increasing number of critical security vulnerabilities (CVEs...
    9 days ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

    Allow multiple IBMi users to reference the same OAuth2 alias in WRKSMTPUSR

    Sometimes there is a need for certain users to send on behalf of a department or shared mailbox. Currently, only 1 user can be configured with each SMTP alias.
    about 7 hours ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

    Improve SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFO and associated API

    Hello,Would it be possible to add informations from the publication bulletin in the SYSTOOLS.CVE_INFO and associated API https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/securityapp/api/search? ? The idea is to get the informations referenced in the IBM_SUPPORT_...
    about 12 hours ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

    Function similar to FLRTVC for AIX in IBM i

    I am aware of the new CVE SQL function but I think it can be improved.In AIX we use the FLRTVC script after each FP upgrade to make sure we have the latest HIPER & Security fixes. It gives us good information as it links to the advisory page, ...
    3 days ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

    We need a way to monitor the QPWFSERVER *AUTL and authority needed.

    We need a way to monitor the QPWFSERVER *AUTL and authority needed. The QPWFSERVER *AUTL can be used for preventing users to access the /QSYS.LIB filesystem with IBM i Access, IBM i NetServer, Java Toolbox, File Server etc. The shipping value for ...
    4 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

    OpenSSH 10.x for AIX 7.2 / 7.3 / VIOS

    Why this is a security requirement, not a version wish Post-quantum key exchange by default. OpenSSH 10.0 makes the hybrid ML-KEM key agreement the default and adds a warning when a connection falls back to a non-quantum-safe algorithm (WarnWeakCr...
    21 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    vHMC supports for hypervisors; KVM, Zen, ESX & PowerVM. Since we support vHMC as a KVM "appliance", and OpenShift Virtualization runs KVM guests, can we add OpenShift Virtualization as a supported platform for vHMC?

    Customers run vHMC under VMware today, and are supported by IBM.  As many of our customers are replacing VMware with OVE (OpenShift Virtualization), they'd very much value IBM supporting vHMC under OVE.  If they take our vHMC KVM image, ...
    9 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    Provide a way to query Db2 for IBM i members

    Currently, using OVRDBF to direct SQL statements to a specific database file member is functional, but it is not an ideal solution. It requires an external override that is disconnected from the SQL statement itself, making the code less self-cont...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 11 Future consideration

    There should be a placement policy like 'best fit' AND taking vCPU into account

    The current 'balanced CPU' puts a new partition onto the system with least percentage of CPU usage. With packing and striping "processing units" is one of the metrics (entitled capacity).In our situation it is often more useful to use the vCPU (Vi...
    3 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

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