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My votes: Hardware Management Console

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    HMC mail sender

    The function "Event Notification" allows you to let the HMC send out an email in the case of issues. The sender of this mails is derived from the name you have given the HMC. The syntax of the mail address:<Console name>@<Console name>...
    almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 6 Future consideration

    Add check in diagcloudconn command for any new opening needed

    Since HMC is locked down and not even allow for nc command (for checking of firewall port openings) one has to rely on the diagcloudconn command. This command does not check the new demand for EP2.0 functionality, 59ee3f51-cc76-4da4-9390-fac27d6a6...
    almost 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    Sharing of VIOS Upgrade/Update ISO files between HMCs

    Dear Sirs, we used the HMC to download and update the VIOS partitons on our Test-Site. Although we locally stored the ISO (on the HMC at the Test-Site), we were not able to transfer it to the HMC at the Production-Site. As we want to be sure to us...
    8 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

    Add Preview option on HMC Update before committing to the update

    The current HMC V10R3.1060.3 does NOT allow for a Preview/confirmation when starting an HMC Update task. The user enters the HMC iso file location/user credentials and then offers only the "Next" command to begin the upgrade without confirmation o...
    about 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    Need to see RPM for Fans for each Power Server

    We have had massive Datacenter problems due to wrong running Fan Speed on several E1080 so i want to see at the HMC GUI and also getting via RestAPI and/or CLI Fan Speed in RPM for each Fan per Power Server and an average
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Better support for RMC and Novalink

    Currently, firmware updates rely on an RMC connection between the HMC and the individual AIX/Linux partitions. Also, Cloud Management Console relies on an RMC connection to the individual partitions to obtain some of its data. We would like Novali...
    over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    HMC GUI, LPM, Validate/Migrate, drop-down box to select frame

    HMC GUI, LPM, Validate/Migrate, drop-down box to select frame This drop-down box has never been sorted. I have many frames so I'm always searching my frames in the list. Could you please sort this list ? This option is part of your development too...
    over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    /extra filesystem is created only with 20GB of storage - to less for storing mulitple vios-images

    When attempting to upload a second VIOS installation image to the HMC, an error occurs: cpviosimg -h xxx.xx.xx.xx -l /src_nim/iso_images -f Virtual_IO_Server_Base_Install_3.1.4.30_DVD_1_of_2_112023_LCD8250111.iso,Virtual_IO_Server_Base_Install_3.1...
    over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

    Managed System Uptime or reboot time - from CLI

    I would like a way to use a command line command from the HMC to get into the ASMI and get the last Current Operating State for all managed systems we own. This will be used to know when all of our managed systems have been last rebooted, thus upg...
    about 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    HMC API Json support

    It's important that HMC API support Json format.We would like use HMC API and integrate them on our API systems.
    about 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

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