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    LPM for LPARs with vNIC causes false call home

    When LPM moving LPARs whith vNIC adapters to a different power server during the removal stage we see errlog entries in the hosting VIO server like: Jun 19 08:50:29 ent16 T LNC2ENT_EEH_EXIT EEH recovery exitJun 19 08:50:28 sysplanar0 T PCI_RECOVER...
    over 5 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Future consideration

    extend AIX ARTEX catalog for rdma capable SR-IOV Logical ports and vNIC backing device (adapter/ofedroce)

    SRIOV VF RDMA is NOT supported on most LP. nevertheless the default value of rdma is desired and increase VIOS memory footprint in large environments.
    over 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    add SEA Sharing mode support for adding/removing vETH adapters

    I also opened the case TS011984472. Adding or removing vETH adapters to a SEA Sharing mode will create a downtime as design limitation.Could you please re-design the SEA Sharing mode?
    over 2 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Allow for profile changes during LPM to save downtime on systems

    An lpar with min 1G, desired 10G and max 16G memory profile, requires a reboot and profile change to move the min or max numbers to anything else. Since during an LPM it first creates a new profile on the target frame, sure would be nice if say th...
    11 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 2 Not under consideration

    VIOSUPGRADE / UPDATEIOS -- Add "Date" and "Time" prefixes to screen output

    Whilst running the update / upgrade (VIOS) commands one cannot easily see "when" a specific piece of screen output was written, was it a second ago or two hours? Having the extra detail displayed on the screen helps with understanding, improves cl...
    2 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

    Request Network cards SFP stats used for VIOS servers

    VIO servers have fcstat that displays stats for the transceiver (SFP), so far I have not found a complement for network cards SFPs. I have found that ethtool for Linux does display a lot of info for the SFP's, and need this info for network SFPs, ...
    about 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Node exporter for VIOS

    We (PowerVS) request a Prometheus exporter for the VIOS that can send system and partition utilization data to the Prometheus time-series database. This would greatly assist in consolidating performance data in a single location alongside other in...
    over 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Under review

    Linear Tape File System (LTFS) support on IBM i

    LTFS is a common LTO tape format for offline archive across multiple platforms. It would be valuable for system adminstrators/operators if IBM i platform could also supports LTFS formatted LTO tape cartridge.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Hardware 2 Not under consideration

    Fields for system name and system description should be filled for lldp requrests on SR-IOV adapter

    This feature will prevent failure in handling and configuration and enhance failure determination. When requesting lldp information of Power systems from the switch port the network department can confirm that they are working the the correct syst...
    about 3 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Power10 IBM i S1014 4-core SW group P05, is currently limited to 64 GB, should be expanded to at least 256 GB.

    It's really very necessary this change because all application need more resources specially memory; before 64 GB they were enough, now not anymore.
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 3 Not under consideration

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