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Hardware Management Console

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    verify upgrade or downgrade for Firmware levels?

    maybe ticket, maybe function?When you use update, change LIC to a newer release and retrieve from IBM service web site, the selector shows only old LIC versions. Is this meant to allow a downgrade, is this an error, or just a weird method of telli...
    almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Planned for future release

    HMC: IBM i IP address

    In the current HMC ui only for an IBM i LPAR the IP address is not shown.
    about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Future consideration

    Trigger NPIV disk config validation for LPM from HMC GUI

    Validation of NPIV disk level configuration for LPM is described here -- (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Power%20Systems/page/NPIV%20storage%20validation%20options%20for%20Live%20Partition%20Mobility) Curren...
    over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    Option to enable HMC Call Home Paging to Phone Number

    "Option to enable HMC Call Home Paging to Phone Number along with emails..Need the phone number feature to be added."This would help us to stay alert for any production server h/w failure.. Currently email is configured but we missed to take actio...
    over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

    set the firmware bootlist by hmc cli command

    When a (AIX) partion is created (mksyscfg) and the partition is started, the boot has a 'default' boot list. We would like to be able to set it by a HLC command, so to avoid cd usb rmt and have just hard disk as entry. Rationale: avoid any othe...
    over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Under review

    HMC V10R2 - Serviceable events icon panel shows past closed events as open

    Hi, We are currently running V10R2M1040. Like very much the new UI after upgrading from V9. Have noticed a few 'quirks' though, one being the following: When clicking on the spanner icon in the top right of the header, it opens the Serviceable eve...
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Is a defect

    IBM development took away the ability to dynamically add a vSCSI to a VIOS. We need that feature put back!

    IBM development took away the ability to dynamically add a vSCSI to a VIOS. We need that feature put back!
    over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Not under consideration

    Add ability to create 4k certificates for HMC

    When creating a new certificate request for a certificate to be signed by a certificate authority on a 7042 HMC, there is no option to select the key size. The generated certificate request has a key size of 2048. Add ability to specify a key size...
    about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Future consideration

    Create specific and restricted permissions to run run lsmemopt/ optmem commands on all frames

    Create specific and restricted permissions to run lsmemopt/ optmem commands on all frames. Actually, user shall have activate partition to run these commands. We would like separate activate partition from running lsmemopt/ optmem commands on all ...
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

    system readyness check for BMC-based systems on HMC

    there is no „ readyness check „ for BMC-based systems in HMC-GUI. system readiness : updlic -o k -command did not give valid result.The command-result : " HSCF0281E BMC based systems must be powered off before performing a firmware update " is ful...
    about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

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