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My votes: Hardware Management Console

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    Remove "Provide Feedback" popup from HMC login

    Please remove the random "Provide Feedback" popup when logging into the HMC, or at least provide an option to disable it permanently (not just "Not Now"). This is not an appropriate time or place to collect feedback / perform marketing functions.
    over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

    HMC enhancement function

    memory move timeouts should not be an error but placed as info or warning witha message stating you should check your server memory levels to see if the operation completed as the HMC gives a confusing message
    about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

    ASMI Password Reset Lockout Restrictions

    Remove requirement to know prior password for the ASMI admin account when changing the password from an account with the following RBAC privileges:ChangeUserPasswords,frame:ChangeFramePassword,cec:ChangeCECPassword.
    almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Planned for future release

    HMC V9 GUI Physical IO adapters firmware level display field

    Currently with HMC V9 GUI, there is no way to display Physical IO adapters firmware levels, This can be added as an additional filed view under the server Physical IO adapters View.
    over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Future consideration

    Allow the HMC / vHMC to connect to PowerVS so we can use the 5250 or VT console terminal instead of the Web Console options

    When using web-console for AIX or IBM i we miss some standard features on HMC or LAN Console. Allow the HMC to connect to the Novalink/PowerVC backend on PowerVS so we can have a full console experience: cut&paste, Fn keys support, special key...
    almost 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Email notification to "authorized to create orders" users in Customer Initiated Upgrade whenever an ooCoD engine is activated/deactivated

    Activating processors via ooCoD starts the billing process. Many customers stage an ooCoD record to be available "in a pinch" when the need for capacity may be time sensitive. Anyone with access to the SE could turn on engines and start billing wi...
    8 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Allow comments in lan firewall network info in HMC.

    Depending on our data center, we have one or more HMCs installed at a location. On each HMC we have to allow many different subnets access in the various rules in the HMC lan firewall config. It's nice that we can input entire subnets in the lan f...
    8 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Same behavior for chsyscfg as for chhwres

    It should be possible to set parameters individually with the command "chsyscfg" for the vnic adapters.In the GUI also only the parameters I modify are adjusted.The "default" values should only be used when creating a new profile.
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Dynamically change VLAN ID of a partition

    Would like to be able to change the VLAN ID of a partition from the HMC in a single step.
    about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

    Update chhwres to include logical_port_id parameter when creating vNC backing devices

    When using the chhwres command to create an SR-IOV logical port on an ethernet adapter in shared mode the logical_port_id parameter can be specified. However, when using chhwres to add a vNIC backing device this option is not available. This cause...
    over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

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