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Hardware Management Console

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    Email Notification for Critical Console Backups

    The ability to configure email notification for a "Scheduled Operation".
    almost 9 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

    visual display on HMC for server health

    HMC displays on an image the health of the server, for at lest:-fans-Electric Power
    almost 10 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

    Authenticate HMC access against membership in LDAP group

    Currently authenticating against LDAP requires each allowed user to be defined on each HMC and requires manual maintenance. Allowing access to be granted based on membership in an authorized LDAP group would allow security to be managed automatica...
    over 10 years ago in Hardware Management Console 5 Delivered

    Allow to import a certificate into the ESA trust store

    As described by IBM support in CASE TS015898308, a HMC can not Call Home when using a Proxy, which is replacing certificates in the SSL encryption. The customer wants this feature to work in further releases.
    almost 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

    password rest for BMC console inband account

    BMC console inband id on 7063-CR2 HMCs requires a password reset to comply with our security policies. As of today, BMC console inband account password can be reset from HMC when it is expired ( chhmc man page states so and based on IBM case TS014...
    over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

    Provide the option to schedule the repeated monthly job from HMC GUI

    I would like to schedule the monthly job(first day of each month) from HMC GUI. But it seems to me that there is no option to set it up. I can specify the number of weeks between running repeated job. But "first of the month" is not offered as an ...
    about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

    HMC REST API add network related fields

    Using lshmc -n it is possible to query the HMC network setting but in the REST API is only limited information is available. Please add some extra network related fields to the HMC REST API like in the CLI. Missing fields in REST API:domaindescrip...
    about 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

    sortable columns in Power Enterprise Pool Management windows

    When working in the Power Enterprise Pools Management window, it would be nice to be able to sort by columns the output in the Processor Resources and Memory Resources windows.
    almost 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Delivered

    set slot number for DLPAR adapters

    using DLPAR to create new Virtual adapters we need to be able to set the Adapter ID on the LPAR and the VIOS server
    over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 3 Delivered

    HMC: Passwords appear as clear text in bash history

    When using commandmkhmcusr –name=<USERNAME> -passwd=cleartextpassword this password appears as cleartext in bash history for current user. Bad enough, the bash history is collected in pedbg logfiles (please look at additional rfe regarding t...
    over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

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