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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Storage
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 25, 2018

PowerHA IP storage support for IBM i

Add support for IP storage in PowerHA


Use Case:

With a proposed migration from FC to IP based storage PowerHA requires support of IP storage technologies.


Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    Oct 28, 2020

    Closing this since the storage details were not provided.

  • Guest
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    Jul 8, 2020

    Can you please update the RFE with what types of external storage would be required?

  • Guest
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    Apr 10, 2020

    .Please provide the storage box requested, the protocol (iscsi or something else?), and attachment method (native or VIOS)

  • Guest
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    Aug 16, 2018

    IBM i currently doesn't attach any network based storage. Please provide more details on the Ethernet storage protocol requested and the storage controller type.

  • Guest
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    Aug 16, 2018

    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 - IBM i
    Component - Storage
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Client

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - PowerHA
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Client

  • Guest
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    Jun 6, 2018

    The PowerHA team needs more information to further assess your Request for Enhancement.

    Currently IBM i does not support the attachment of an IP based storage device. Perhaps we are misunderstanding the request. Can you give more details on what type of device you are wanting support for?

  • Guest
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    Jan 29, 2018

    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 - IBM i
    Component - PowerHA
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Client

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - PowerHA
    Component - PowerHA for i
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Client