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Hardware Management Console

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No warning for Callhome possible for vHMC products it self

vHMC version 8.8.4 and 8.8.5 Customer uses the callhome wizard in the vHMC (Virtual HMC) when installing this product.At the end of the wizard, he gets a possibility to run a test event. This event hangs for ever, as this vHMC is not allowed to do...
about 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Is a defect

HMC user profiles policy

Hello, I was trying to find a way to setup the user profiles on the HMC to automatically be disabled after x amount of tries with the wrong password. However, the way I understand it, the HMC's local password policy does not have this capability. ...
over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 4 Not under consideration

JSON Output format in HMC API fpr RestAPI

Want to have the Option to get all Output from RestAPI in JSON Format rather than XML
about 8 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Not under consideration

Partitions overview - identify the shared processor and memory pools assigned to the LPAR

Using multiple LPARS for testing ideas, then deactivating them, I am assigning LPARS to an "InactivePool" while they are powered off. I need to ensure that LPARs are all correctly assigned before activation to avoid license warnings and keep me le...
12 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

openssh 9.x with HMC 10

align to openssh 9.x available on AIX and Linux . i.e: legacy SCP protocol for file transfers instead of the SFTP protocol a.s.o.
17 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Is there any option to sort the managed systems on HMC

Changing managed systems sequence on HMC
about 1 month ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Keyboard using BMC -- KVM : additional languages

Hello IBM, when using the KVM within OpenBMC Gui, US keyboard is default and no way to change the setting. The idea is to support other keyboard settings too. It would be easiest if the settings of the HMC regarding language and keyboard are taken...
3 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

BMC inband local ID. User needs locked down

For 7063-CR2 HMCs, there requires a HMC-to-BMC Inband Communications Credentials to allow for periodic monitoring of hardware problem events and other management console functions .This is local user. By default, root account is used for this purp...
4 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

RFE to request bundling of Anti Virus into the hmc application or some other AV software, Preferably Crowdstrike AV

Adding an Antivirus engine would enhance protecting against vulnerabilities; real time monitoring, all would benefit in todays cyber attack environment
9 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Under review

Allow install of client CA certificates to the HMC to allow SSL proxy functionality.

Many organizations use proxy servers to control/manage external traffic. Some of these (Palo Alto Networks, for one) create a man-in-the-middle certificate so that SSL traffic can be proxied the same way as HTTP traffic. An example of this activit...
9 months ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

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