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Status Delivered
Workspace Hardware Management Console
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 1, 2015

RELATED IDEAS

PowerVM HMC installios Options

HMC installios command can fail due to network configuration issues. Adding an option to specify the number of attempts for the BOOTP and TFTP requests and setting the number of attempts higher than 5 (default) can increase the chances of a successful install.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 2, 2022
    Hi,

    This enhancement is delivered with HMC 10.1.1020.0

    Thanks.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 7, 2021

    Hi,

    This enhancement is planned as part of a future release.

    Thanks.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 10, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - Power Hardware Management Console
    Component - Product functionality
    Operating system - Other
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - PowerVM VIOS
    Component - Product functionality
    Operating system - IBM AIX
    Source - None

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 2, 2015

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #80992 in product PowerVM VIOS.

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