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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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secldapclntd should respect LDAP_OPT_SECURITY_PROTOCOL and related settings

The IBM Directory Server idsldap libraries support the following environment variables: LDAP_OPT_SSL_CIPHER LDAP_OPT_SSL_CIPHER_EX LDAP_OPT_SECURITY_PROTOCOL However, secldapclntd does not. It would be helpful for secldapclntd to respect these o...
about 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Need Working mt Comand That Actually Gives Tapes Status Information

Like EVERY other UNIX/LINUX out there, we need a working 'mt' command that actually returns the status of the tape drive. 'mt status' should tell us that the tape drive is: 1) Loaded or Unloaded 2) Write protected or Not 3) Tape position (at begin...
over 4 years ago in AIX 1 Future consideration

Configure FTPS using port 990 and FTP with port 20

It is useful from security preceptive to use FTP secure. As our customer wants to configure this FTPS with port 990 to transfer that data from AS400 to AIX.
about 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Modify cache for system commands to prevent constant downloads of commands that prompt.

I often need to use ADDLIBLE and RMVLIBLE when supporting other developers. While working remotely it has become noticeable that the ADDLIBLE and RMVLIBLE commands are never cached locally and are always downloaded. I guess one could say 1o 15 sec...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

HPE 3PAR Storage Support

Our Storage is currently 3PAR and this is not supported with PowerVC.In order to use PowerVC we need 3PAR Storage Support. I've seen that there is a Openstack 3PART Block Driver. Or is that enough?There should also be support for 3par mpio on clie...
over 8 years ago in PowerVC 3 Future consideration

Bring back unused IP address list

PowerVC 1.4 removed the unused IP addresses from the IP Addresses page for a Network. Please make an option to include/exclude the unused addresses in the list.
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Enhance the QCMDEXC Scalar Function

Add a Third parameter to the function. There are two possibilities. Preview – Allows you to preview the command before executing it. Display – allows you to display the command but, the command executes. This would be use for anyone that needs to ...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

CyberArk integration or support

we use CyberArk for secure connection and as a password vault in our organization.Are there any plans to have support for this tool or have any interconnection to it?
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Add Ethernet adapter e4148a1614109304 to AIX ARTEX catalog (for use with VIOS rules)

See IBM Support Case Number TS003577743 Unable to add VIOS rules for adapterPCIe2 4-Port Adapter (10GbE SFP+) (e4148a1614109304) lsdev -F "name:class/subclass/type" -l ent0ent0:adapter/pciex/e41457162004000 $ rules -o add -t adapter/pciex/e4145716...
over 4 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration

PowerVC should use mobile ressources during ARR operations

Management of mobile ressources automaticaly done by PowerVC during ARR operations
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration