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SAML Intergration with CMC

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is a standard for logging users into applications based on their identity in another context. This single sign-on (SSO) login standard has significant advantages over logging in using a username/password: ...
10 months ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Add lpar status to IBM Safe Guarded Copy screen

IBM Safe Guarded Copy (SGC) See attached WRKSGCPY screen Before we try to recover to a SGC, or before we try to end recovery, we need to know that the recovery lpar is powered off. Add some function to the WRKSGCPY screen to see that.
11 months ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

PDU cables shorter than 4.3M for in-rack connections

The PDU cable (ex. #6654) is currently only length of 4.3M, although PDU are connected any components in a rack in most cases.The PDU cable is too long and become a big cable roll under the rack. And these big cable rolls are as many as PDUs.Pleas...
11 months ago in Power Systems Design 1 Submitted

Provide capability to run ssh service when in restricted state

ssh is required to support automation of the system via Ansible. If the system is ended to a restricted state to perform certain operations (e.g. system save) automation cannot be used to control or manage the operation. Similarly, if the system i...
11 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

Bring the Rust programming language to IBM i PASE

More and more open source packages depend on Rust so we would like to see the Rust language available on IBM i.
11 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Submitted

Filter or column for when a processor is deconfigured.

The CMC indicates when a processor is deconfigured in the Capasity Montoring. (Total Inactive Cores) Unfortunately, this information is "only" visible in the overview. However, if you have many systems in the CMC, you cannot see which system is af...
11 months ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Command to fetch VPD

Recently, after server firmware update, when the server was power cycled, it didn't came back up and the support team asked to upload the dumps from HMC. It was a production server and the timeline was very tight. So, now the client wants to get t...
12 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Get Elastic Capacity on Demand CoD code via an api call.

This is the only missing step to a larger automation idea to automatically allocate Elastic Capacity on Demand to a LPAR with a shell script. I have solved adding a CoD code to a frame and activating the resource and adding it to a LPAR through th...
12 months ago in Power Systems Design 0 Submitted

Prisma security SW agents on Power

Riyad Bank (and others) requesting Prisma to be installed on Power. Agents to be installed on AIX , VIOS and Linux on Power.
12 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

CMC Complex Environment Capabilities

I have a partner asking some questions about the capabilities of the Cloud Management Console in a MSP environment for one of their clients. Is there an expert I can put him in contract with? See his descriptions of the environment and capabilitie...
about 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

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