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PowerVC

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support web portal interface on separate vlan (network) interface

Current situation with HMC and LKU is the following: we have two networks 1. administrative (admin) LAN (non-routed LAN and is used to communicate with HMCs, LPARs and NIM environment). So every LPAR, HMC and NIM server is connected to this LAN. T...
2 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

PowerVC event and audit logging to SIEM (e.g. QRadar)

We have a security requirement to centrally gather logs from various network devices, including PowerVC, in a SIEM (QRadar in our case).Currently PowerVC does not provide such option.
almost 5 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

Support for untagged vNICs in PowerVC

PowerVC only supports tagged VLANs when using vNICs. If a VM has Port VLAN ID 0, which means untagged, the VM can't be managed by PowerVC. PowerVC should also be able to manage and deploy VMs with untagged vNICs.
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 0 Future consideration

Option to set mirror sync rate in PowerVC

For mirrored LUNs created through PowerVC in SVC, we are unable to automatically set the "Mirror Sync Rate".The default value of 2MiB/s is not fast enough. We would like to see an option in PowerVC to set the mirror sync rate for mirrored LUNs in ...
4 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Need of merge of information from PowerVC to another PowerVC

We have two "old" PowerVC and want to move them into one new PowerVC. Currently we can only backup and restore one PowerVC to another but second cannot be integrated. We need to be able to move Hosts or a complete PowerVC into another PowerVC with...
almost 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

PowerVC Support With NetApp Storage

Banking customer has deployed NetApp (FAS8080) storage with AFF & FAS controllers. Currently CBS is deployed on AFF. And they are evaluating IBM Power8 E880 Systems for Core banking Software (Finacle 10.x).
about 7 years ago in PowerVC 5 Future consideration

When enabling MFA for user in powervc we would like to have the QR code printed on the screen not by email

Powervc users we use have no email address configured (for security reasons) We would like to have the QR code or a passkey presented on the powervc CLI not by email to the specific user.
7 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

PowerVC Server support on AIX

Many AIX and IBMi Power customers would like to use PowerVC to manage their environment. But they do not have strong Linux Skills. Porting the PowerVC server to AIX would allow these customers to purchase and use PowerVC
over 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

PowerVC group roles are inherited in projects

In our PowerVC environement we have a different project for each customer/application. We utilise groups to assign roles to users, with the current way that group-role assignments work in PowerVC this requires us to configure the role for each gro...
over 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Add Filter on "Networks" tab on new VM Deployment window

When deploying new VM ; it would be great to have Search filter on Networks Tab. Currently we have +150 Networks defined on our PowerVC, so it is not very convenient to sort & scroll when trying to find the correct network :)
about 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

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