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Hardware Management Console

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IT department : Jose Carlos Alves

we need to change the MTU from 1500 to 1450 in our DR HMC ( external network) and also this HMC is connect internally and locally to a p770 p7+ (FSP2) in DR site and also to a 2x E870 production servers in production site (FSP2 ports), my be we ne...
over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Resource role permissions should be transfered to new system during LPM

Current situation: When permission to a specific LPAR is defined in a given resource role, permission is automatically given to the hosting server. If the LPAR is migrated to another hosting server, permission to this new server is not given autom...
3 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Separate user attribute to enable only REST API access

To enable REST API access for an HMC user, I must enable whole WebUI access: chhmcusr -i "name=username,remote_webui_access=1" Technical users don't need WebUI access and shouldn't be able to login interactively. Please create a separate attribute...
about 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

HMC V10R2 - Configuration of the initial screen

HMC V10R2M1040 came with the beautiful dashboard as the initial screen. Unfortunately not everyone likes to see the dashboard. Some of colleagues would like to see the list of the managed systems as the initial screen in HMC - same as with V10R2M1...
almost 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

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...
5 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

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...
about 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

Test button for LDAP

please create a test button to test the LDAP configuration for ASMI and BMC. LDAP shouldn’t be as difficult to get working as it is for IBM applications. LDAP config is easy in Cisco, VMWare and Dell implementations, and they have a test button to...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

FIDO2 U2F Support as additional MFA options (without PowerSC)

Easys to use. HMC UI /CLI login based on multi-factor and passwordless authentication without the overpowering PowerSC.
over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Under review

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...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

updlic align I/O capability of UI to CLI

A.updlic extend with meaningful functionsi.e. for explicit FW download against pci card like UI already have implemented.updlic -m MS -o a -t io -l latest -p Partition-ID -s SLOT-l latest -r diskB.updlic extend with meaningful message for pending ...
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

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