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Add option to save expanded column width on All Systems.

It would be nice to be able to expand the All Systems column to fit the space required to see the full name of the frame and save it. This is also important for various size monitors. Apparently the save user preferences does not save this setting.
about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Adding Compute Express Link CXL Interconnection, CXL 3.0 based on PCIe6 and CXL 4.0 based on PCIe7

CXL 3.0 is built upon the IBM OpenCAPI, but CXL3 and CXL 4 have more speeds and will achieve the following: 1- Enabling the Interconnection between IBM LinuxONE and Exa scale AI Data Centers based on Nvidia DGX H100 based on Nvidia H100 GPUs and I...
over 1 year ago in Power Systems Design 1 Future consideration

Alerting by email when threshold is exceeded

Hello, In the Capacity Monitoring settings, we can set thresholds But when a threshold il exceeded, it appears in red in the interface but no alert is sent by email. We would like to be able to receive this alert by email Cordialy François Maliverney
over 1 year ago in Cloud Management Console 2 Needs more information

ACS - hotspot function and 3D-buttons

We are using the hotspot function on every ACS client.We also use the function "show as 3D-buttons". Currently you can only activate the 3D-buttons for every function you selected (PFnn, FPnn, Fnn, nn), but we would like to have the choice which f...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Allow default setting of 'home' and 'shell' user attributes

Some customers will have their system's users defined remotely through LDAP or a similar module; these users might be defined on Windows AD, for example. Although typically there should be the ability to set a user's home directory and shell on th...
over 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Access Client Solutions - Log on using Windows userId and password

In Client Access we had the possibility to tell it that it should use Windows userId and passwordto log on the as/400. This is not possible in Access Client Solutions (ACS). The first time you start ACS you are prompted for both userId and passwor...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Disk Image Export Contains Only Actual Disk Space In Use

Today the export process includes un-used/allocated disk space in the disk image. This results in very large exports. Other platforms (e.g. VMware) have an option to only include used disk space in the export. This can considerably reduce the size...
about 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Automate add ldap user id in /etc/security/user if id not in default krb5 auth_domain when user first logs in.

See Case number TS005500656.Ldap login fails anytime a ldap user in krb5 domain other than default domain attempts first time login. We have to manually add entry in /etc/security/user – for example:joesmith:auth_domain = “KRB.DOMN2.COM”Please aut...
over 3 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

include MAN pages for SAMBA PTF

since SAMBA support is installed using the open source toolset, it would be most helpful for the MAN pages to be included. Use Case: since manpages are supported with opensource installed, having the man pages will help if configuration help is ne...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Not under consideration

AIX IPsec SHA2_512 Hash support

Since the IKE Hash functions actually produce a value half the length of the bit strength, AIX_VPN>IKEProtection>IKETransform>IKE_Hash="SHA2_256" does not meet our corporate security policy. Please see here (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zo...
almost 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

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