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    Novalink appliance

    Novalink has a dependency on Linux on POWER.Our firm does not use Linux on POWER and therefore introduction of a new OS platform will be a barrier to adoption of Novalink. Novalink as an appliance would remove this barrier.
    almost 8 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

    Active NTP log to have ALWSAV *NO

    Active NTP log to have ALWSAV *NO We have backup issues while trying to save the contents of directory :/QIBM/UserData/OS400/TCPIP/NTPThis is the Netwok Time direcotory and contains two objects which are routinely locked during the backup window:/...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Not under consideration

    Please add nslookup, host, dig as part of the base os and not part of option 31, dns

    I need to use nslookup (could maybe settle for dig or host) from IBM i. However only my lpars with option 31, dns, loaded have that command. I feel that option 31 dns is a 'host' feature while nslookup, etc are client features. I do not want to lo...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Not under consideration

    SNDSMTPEMM RCP keyword reformats valid email address

    We're in the process of replacing use of SNDDST with SNDSMTPEMM. Some of our group email addresses contain an embedded dash '-'. When an email address with a dash is passed to SNDSMTPEMM, the command processor reformats the address with a space ' ...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Is a defect

    ibmveth

    followup 131910:modinfo ibmveth filename: /lib/modules/4.12.14-95.24-default/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.koversion: 1.06license: GPLdescription: IBM Power Virtual Ethernet Driverauthor: Santiago Leon <santil@linux.vnet.ibm.com>++...
    over 6 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

    Capture MAC address in QAUDJRN with QAUDLVL *NETSCK

    The *NETSCK audit level already provide information about socket connections made to the IBM i server, which includes from-and-to-IP-addresses. However, it does not capture the MAC address from where the socket request comes from. The reason why t...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 1 Not under consideration

    Add the possibility for routing encrypted QZDASSINIT Jobs in 7.4

    Hello, the Cordes & Graefe KG asks for the possibility for routing encrypted QZDASSINIT Jobs in 7.4. As of now this feature is only announced / possible in 7.5, and we are only able to upgrade to 7.4 in the near future but would like to encr...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 1 Not under consideration

    New Firmware Update Access Key (UAK) need to be order and are issued with a duration of 180 days

    N1022509 - A7004761 Order and Apply Firmware Update Access Key (UAK) IBMi OS Managed or HMC Managed POWER8 or POWER9 Systemshttps://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1022509It told -- Therefore, new Update Access Key(s) need to be order ...
    almost 7 years ago in PowerVM 0 Not under consideration

    VLAN / Vswitch info from CLI on Linux on Power

    I would like to have a command on Linux on Power similar to AIX enstat command; to find out Vswitch & VLAN information from OS CLI: AIX entstat example:root@capadir01:/home/root # entstat -d ent1 |egrep "MYVLAN|Port VLAN ID"Port VLAN ID: 4000S...
    over 7 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

    Need to prevent port hijacking

    TCP/IP Ports Required for Access for Windows and Related Functions as specified in IBM technical document N1019667 should be reserved for those functions and never assigned to other functions by any IBM program. I do not consider this to be an enh...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Not under consideration

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