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AIX

    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...
    15 days ago in AIX 14 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 (WarnWeak...
    6 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Enhance the nvmesed tool to query and display the TryLimit value for each PIN

    Right now there is no possibility to know how many retries are left to enter successfully a certain PIN (either user, admin or SID PIN) to unlock a NVMe SED drive. However, this information is available on the drive itself and could get queried an...
    8 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Native needrestart command for IBM AIX

    IBM AIX would benefit from a native needrestart command similar to the functionality available on Linux systems. After installing updates, Interim Fix (iFix), Service Packs, or Technology Levels, administrators currently have no simple and standar...
    about 1 month ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    AIX 7.3 FC stack enhancement for SAN environments using Simplified, TDZ or Smart zoning.

    In modern SAN environments leveraging Simplified zoning, Target Driven Zoning or Smart Zoning, AIX or VIOS Fibre Channel ports may be exposed in fabric query responses alongside other targets.Under certain conditions this results in initiator‑to‑i...
    4 months ago in AIX 2 Under review

    Add ldap.cfg options to override home/shell mappings

    At 7.3tl4, the defaulthomedirectory and defaultloginshell options were added, so that defaults can be set when users do not have these defined in their LDAP attributes. In the case where a user does have a home/shell defined in their LDAP attrib...
    7 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Global option to prevent cron from sending mail to users

    If a command in someones crontab generates output to stdin or stderr and is not redirected a mail is geneareted to the user who ownes the crontab. While this might have been a good idea 30 years ago, it can cause serious troube in modern environme...
    4 months ago in AIX 2 Submitted

    Problem when we try delete directory from EVS HITACHI NFS

    Case number TS022926480 We are experiencing delays and blocking behavior when removing directories located on an NFS-mounted filesystem. To investigate the issue, we performed a controlled test on server nim71. A test file was created and kept ope...
    9 days ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    Add IPSEC tunnel features to support Ontap connection

    All AIX customers requiring IPSEC tunnels to modern nfs fileservers ONTAP currently supports three fixed IPsec cipher suites: SUITEB_GCM256: ike=aes256-sha384-ecp384! and esp=aes256gcm16-ecp384 (default)SUITEB_GMAC256: ike=aes256-sha384-ecp384! an...
    about 1 month ago in AIX 0 Submitted

    AIX NFS client configuration with TLS

    This secures the traditional NFS traffic (that normally runs over RPC).
    5 months ago in AIX 1 Under review

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