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    PowerVM VIOS, the Shared Ethernet Adapter device (SEA) needs support for IEEE802.3 Ethernet frame type

    The SEA device in all VIOS releases is only designed for handling the EthernetV2 frame type with TCP/IP checksum offloading and the largesend/large_receive features.If a VIO client LPAR (IBMi or AIX or Linux) is configured to use IP interfaces wit...
    almost 6 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

    Add the ability to support multiple domains in i NetServer, QNTC

    Many customers are utilizing additional domains as they move forward with implementing cloud solutions. In some implementations, the cloud domain will need to peacefully coexist with existing corporate domains and resources. With the current offer...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

    SEA over a 10Gb Ethernet Port in VIOS. Allow Virtual Ethernet Adapters in client partitions to run at 10Gb rather than a maximum of 1Gb.

    Current limitation of Virtual Ethernet Adapters to run at 1Gb. If a 10Gb Ethernet port is set up as an SEA in VIOS, then client partitions using the bridge of virtual to physical are limited by the Virtual Ethernet Adapter maximum of 1Gb bandwidth...
    over 3 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Needs more information

    CPYFRMSTMF needs SRCCHGDATE parameter as on CPYSRCF

    CPYFRMSTMF needs a new parameter SRCCHGDATE(*FROMMBR) that works just like the SRCCHGDATE parameter on the CPYSRCF command. SRCCHGDATE(*NEW) can allow for compatibility with the existing behavior of the CPYFRMSTMF command. Note that this proposed ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Not under consideration

    Make "Memory Region Size" on a server dynamic

    Recently, we encountered issues with Grub on Linux that it was not possible to use the standard 256MB memory region size on a server. We wish that the memory region size can be dynamic or defined per LPAR instead of a system wide setting, as chang...
    11 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

    VIOS - NPIV Adapters: Active WWPN Switch

    It would be awesome if there would be a possibility to switch the active WWPN online. Just a command which switches the active WWPN.
    almost 8 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Not under consideration

    Prevent the ability to share the root

    The root is a big reason why the IBM i can be compromised. Can we stop the sharing of the root and if someone must share the root then they need to use an override. if the root is shared already then remove that share and if someone needs to use i...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

    A more conventional filesystem than /QSYS.LIB

    Please create a new filesystem that allows access to QSYS objects using a more "conventional" layout (i.e., not reminiscent of the AS/400). e.g., Don't include object type in the name. Treat libraries and multi-member files as directories (no need...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

    vNIC failback check

    In normal running Aix, if the switch port is powered off or if loses power, and then powered on The Vnic first would fail to the backup port then after the switch port is powered on, the vnic will try to fail back to the VNIC with the higher prior...
    about 6 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Future consideration

    Windows Network Neighborhood access disabled for user - enabled automatically after some time.

    One of the most annoying things is when the Windows Network Neighborhood access is disabled because there is a difference in the credentials for the user on the as/400 and the windows server the user is trying to access. Often it is because they h...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 9 Not under consideration

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