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    Renew UAK in Warranty period

    Power8 and Power9 servers use UAK (Update Access Key) for firmware updates.There is warranty period and maintenance period. There is no possibility to generate UAK in warranty period (in last 30 days of warranty period) that extend expiration date...
    over 7 years ago in PowerVM 1 Not under consideration

    TFTP server, please allow modern TFTP options allowing more than 32MB files

    Please implement rolling to 0, allowing client interopatibility. Thus I think the options here basically are: IBM strives for full adherence to what it is prescribed by the RFC standard so refuses to interoperate with basically common TFTP clients...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 8 Not under consideration

    Change Auto start of FTP service from *YES to *NO for default IBM i installation

    By default the FTP service on IBM starts and accepts unencrypted connections. Best practice is to limit, encrypt or disable FTP access. So, starting at the next version of IBM i I would suggest we disable the FTP service by default. Users can then...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Not under consideration

    Add option to set IBM i Console Type in ASMI

    Allow the IBM i Console type to be viewed and updated in the Advanced Service Management Interface (ASMI) on a POWER server. If viewing or changing to the Ops Console type, allow the selection of the Ethernet Adapter (NIC) location from the candid...
    over 4 years ago in PowerVM 1 Future consideration

    Add SO_REUSEPORT socket option

    It would be great to have SO_REUSEPORT socket option on IBM i. This would allow to load balance traffic between multiple jobs that listen on the same socket, better failover in case of job termination etc.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    Proxy connections support (FTP, sFTP, etc.)

    We need an easy way to handle Proxy connections for essential functions today such as information transfers with suppliers and customers. The use of Proxy is complex and not supported, requiring the use of external utilities, imported from AIX, fo...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Not under consideration

    Add Support for SIZE Subcommand in IBM i FTP Server

    Third-Party software (https://sqlbackupandftp.com/) automates the backups of SQL Server Databases, and the remote storage site can be designated as an FTP server. When attempting to upload the file, the software validates the upload by using the S...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Networking 5 Not under consideration

    Add a WRKFCNUSG QIBM_QTMF_SERVER_REQ* option to restrict the system ftp subcommand.

    Any ftp client can log into the server and use the ftp subcommand system to determine the name of the OS and what level it is running. IBM does try to obfuscate the information provided by using the name of an OS long discontinued (OS/400) instead...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Not under consideration

    Enhancing Maximum storage for trace of TRCTCPAPP command

    This RFE is now created based on the feedback from case #TS005034124 where we are not able to run the trance commands due to insufficient storage to keep the trace output/logs. Running the Trace commands trctcpapp *smtpclt *on and trctcpapp *msf *...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 5 Not under consideration

    Cannot set security for NTP protocol on IBM i

    IBM i is connected to the network core switch as a client getting the time using NTP protocol. It is also a server for the rest of the application servers providing the time for them.An audit finding was found that NTP on the IBM i is not using an...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Not under consideration

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