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Ubuntu 22.04 support for Novalink on Power10 scale-out servers

For Power9 Ubuntu was supported for Novalink. For Power10 it is not, and only RHEL is supported and it is not free. We need to have Ubuntu 22.04 support for Novalink on Power10 scale-out servers. Ubuntu 22.04 is a long term support so it is worth ...
about 3 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 6 Future consideration

Add support for hpt_ratios

Novalink supports PPT but not HPT (hardware page table), as such cannot tune memory for LPARs managed by novalink as you can on HMC managed. lshwres -r mem --level sys -F possible_hpt_ratios [PVME01040180-0024] Attribute possible_hpt_ratios is not...
6 months ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

Native UPS Monitoring & Automated Power Fail Handling in IBM Power Systems

In enterprise environments, maintaining uptime during power instability is critical. While IBM Power Systems are highly resilient, integration with UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) devices is still handled mostly at the external infrastructure l...

Need support of HMC CLI on Novalink

When moving from HMC to Novalink i have the problem that all my scripts i wrote over years for adding / changing and deleting LPARS are not working anymore because Novalink doenst nuderstand HMC CLI commands e.g. lssyscfg etc. There is a developme...
over 6 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

We should come up with reference architectures and solution blueprints to create IBM Power system appliances for IBM and Non-IBM Software stack e.g. IBM CloudPak, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, EDB, MongoDB etc.

Many customers (SMEs and mainly project teams in the Enterprises) want to deploy mission-critical applications, database, and middleware solutions with high availability, performance, and above all security, and to integrate IBM and open-source so...

Terraform support for ppc64le

Terraform is #1 Infrastructure-as-Code tool used for cloud deployments and is developed by HashiCorp. HashiCorp was acquired by IBM this year. Still there is no Terraform on HashiCorp's site compiled for ppc64le architecture - https://developer.ha...
about 1 year ago in Power Ecosystem Software / Cross (solution applicable to multiple industries) 0 Future consideration

Add installer option to select alternate adapter to slot 3

Clients would like to install novalink in greenfield environments and select the slot used.
8 months ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

novalink as a NIM server

IBM Cloud suggests it would be helpful if Novalink could be a NIM service for ALL client lpars on a host independent of PowerVC tenant ID
over 4 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

PyPowerVM should have a Remove License Key API

PyPowerVM does not have functionality to remove licenses via Novalink.
over 4 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration

novalink selection of IP interface

Add interface selection to Novalink to allow correct network solution
almost 8 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 2 Future consideration