IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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    Static Route Configuration support on Power 10 (eBMC) Systems

    With Power 10 eBMC Systems it is no longer possible to configure "static net routes", like on Power 8 and Power 9 Systems (also with Power 10 E1080 with FSP) to attached satellite location to prim. and sec. HMC environment.That could happend with ...
    over 1 year ago in Power Systems Design 1 Delivered

    Power Systems to support replacement of WWPN's on HBA Cards

    On Power9 the EN1C/EN1D cards use hard soldered SFP's; when a SFP fails the HBA must replaced, which requires SAN Zoning Changes These cards have the capability to replace the WWPN/WWNN, and we require a method to update the replacement HBA's WWPN...
    almost 5 years ago in Power Systems Design 1 Delivered

    LAN console default settings ( 65+21 simplification LI)

    On new systems without an HMC it is very cumbersome to configure the LAN console through the 65+21 control panel functions. Use Case: If the default SLIC settings would go through supported PCI slots and configure the first one with a default IP, ...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 9 Delivered

    API to set Service Tools Lan Interface Configuration

    One of the cool features I use to rapidly deploy many partitions is a combination of flash copy on Storwize along with customized startup jobs that recognize the change of partition and/or system and perform customization of the partition on the f...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 5 Delivered

    Add Power Systems Hardware to the ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com

    The hardware side of Power Systems seems to be missing in this tool. I had to choose "Power Systems: Systems Design" as the closest category which is strange because this doesn't show up in the list of supported categories here: https://www.ibm.co...
    over 3 years ago in Power Systems Design 1 Delivered

    Process needed to port RDi licenses to IBM Cloud

    We need to provide clients a way to easily move to IBM Cloud and other clouds as well in order to retain and help transform their business. If clients have acquired RDi through eConfig, then the entitlement is tied to a serial number and cannot be...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 4 Delivered

    Enhancements to the pruv tool

    Enhancements to the pruv tool in the area of OS software and IBM i configuration settings. Use Case: The pruv tool is very useful as a final check that all critical elements for a successful OS upgrade have been done before starting the process. A...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 2 Delivered

    Need better and easier Licensing APIs or Method

    Using the existing IBM i 3rd-party software licensing APIs (QLZA*) has never been fun. Today we have customers moving to new systems and obtaining new serial numbers "everyday". This presents a major issue. Some customers while they have licensed ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 8 Delivered

    Inconsistent delete image catalog operation in IBM i

    I recently encountered a confusing usage of the "delete" operation of Image Catalog object in IBM i V7R2 and need to ask a question to seek a response. A few weeks ago, I had a chance to use IBM i Image Catalog object in my task delivery to a cust...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 3 Delivered

    Enhancement suggestion for LODIMGCLG OPTION(*UNLOAD)

    In IBM i v7.2 it is my understanding that only one image catalog can be mounted at any time to a virtual device. If this is incorrect then the rest of this RFE invalid and can be closed on that confirmation. But if my understanding is correct I'd ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 4 Delivered

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