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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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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    "Power Pi" - a low-cost Power-based single-board computer

    The popularity of Linux was and still is fused by its easy and cheap availability. Every student or hobbyist can setup his/her own server using a "Raspberry Pi" for under 100$. A similar offering on the basis of low-cost Power hardware could do th...
    2 months ago in Power Systems Design 1 Submitted

    IBM i - Build an hypervisor linked to a physical device (dongle) to run "IBM i Dev-Edition" in a Apple Mac with Silicon processor.

    To improve IBM i adoption with new generations we need to provide them with an inexpensive and "cool" experience. IBM i runs in its own "hardware abstraction layer", so porting to a new hardware is supposed to be less complex than other OSs. Most ...
    2 months ago in Power Systems Design 4 Submitted

    Support of OAUTH in SMTP

    We currently use the SMTP server to relay email from the iSeries to Office365 and outlook. We have this setup with the Microsoft connector. It is working fine. Microsoft has announced that they will be requiring OAUTH2.0 by March of 2026. Can SMTP...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Submitted

    Need a way to track rejected relays in SMTP relay server on IBM i

    We just converted our SMTP server from *SDD directory type to *SMTP. The LPAR is being used as an SMTP relay for other IBM i LPARs and related hardware. Previously, I could query the QZMF journal and look for "REJECTED RELAY" and see if a server t...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Future consideration

    Have a P05 tier level system in every new initial Power system rollout.

    I understand wanting to get high end systems as they might be the first people to need the new horsepower of a new Power system. However these same people may not be allowed to go to a new Power System until that model has been certified by their ...
    5 months ago in Power Systems Design 0 Submitted

    New Customer Portal for Increased Support Experience

    I would like to propose a new main support portal for clients. In the portal you would be able to have a interface in which you could input your customer ID number or numbers depending on if you manage multiple IBM Power systems across different o...
    6 months ago in Power Systems Design 2 Submitted

    Support sctp on IBM i. I have used IBM system exclusively for 50 years. I have to use a Linux partition to access sctp now.

    Most other platforms support stcp "Stream Transmission Control Protocol" I don't understand why you haven't already. Diameter/internet gateway communitcations from the QOS Gx servers require stcp.
    6 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Not under consideration

    Oauth authentification for email

    Hello, In September 2025, Microsoft will deprecate SMTP with login/password and will only allow SMTP with OAuth. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online I...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    Add 5250 and VTxxx web console to FSP

    Please, add a web-console or telnet/ssh console to the FSP for single-LPAR systems.
    8 months ago in Power Systems Design 2 Under review

    Add IMPORTANCE parameter to SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail

    On the old e-mail command SNDDST there was an option to change the content importance of the e-mail. It will add "Importance" to the mail header. Please add this parameter to the command SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail.
    8 months ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Future consideration

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