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Hardware Management Console

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    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

    Need design change for cpsysplan command to support secure ftp or scp.

    The command cpsysplan only supports ftp, but for security reasons we are requested to turn ftp off. We need a security copy method to copy our sysplans to a remote server from the HMC command line.
    almost 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    HMC Scanning Tool

    HMC Scanning Tool - HMC is a black box with no IBM or third party tool we are aware of. IBM should develop a scanning software which can scan HMC and report the vulnerabilities found.
    over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 7 Future consideration

    Run multiple Managed System Firmware Updates Concurrently

    To update the Firmware on multiple Managed Systems under the same HMC running the updlic is currently not allowed. Last night I had to update 5 Managed Systems and it took ~1hr per frame. It stated at 9:30pm and ended at 3:43am the next day. If th...
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Future consideration

    Disable/Deprecate ssh-rsa OpenSSH Host Keys on HMC

    ssh-rsa SSH Host Keys were deprecated with OpenSSH 8.2 back in 2020. Can these host keys be disabled by default or a new option be added in the limited shell to be able to manipulate ssh host keys.
    8 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    pUpdate utility for AIX or Linux on x86

    With respect to Power HMC ( 7063-CR1 ) we do get pUpdate utility along with firmware. They pUpdate utility runs only in Linux on Power.. Normally easily available systems are Linux on x86 or AIX systems.. My request is to provide this utility comp...
    over 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    LPM Validation to check for available CPUs based on OS.

    Hi team; we've seen that when you have IFL (Linux and VIOS cpus only) configured on your servers, LPM validation does not check for available AIX cpu resources on the target based on the os running lpar that you are moving. The validations takes i...
    over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Request to add error code in subject line for HMC events

    We would like to see "error code number" in the subject line for HMC events/alerts notification mails. This will help us focus on important alerts.
    about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Please add relational view in new carbon GUI

    It adds convenience and time saving/productivity to view and work with all partitions, Client and VIOS partitions, for each system all in one view
    about 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    give hscroot authorization to execute "pedbg -r"

    give hscroot authorization to execute "pedbg -r" command.
    about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 6 Future consideration

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