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Status Delivered
Workspace PowerVM
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 16, 2018

in SR-IOV we can define a comment field for FC adapter and vFC adapter in the LPAR in AIX and VIOS. This would be useful to t

in SR-IOV we can define a comment field for FC adapter and vFC adapter in the LPAR in AIX and VIOS. This would be useful to tag fabrics , usage etc.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    May 11, 2023
    The support for labeling Physical FC and SRIOV Physical ports is available with HMC level 10.1.1010.0 or later and requires VIOS 3.1.2.0 or later. If you have any additional labeling requirements, please create a new Aha! request.
  • Guest
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    Mar 3, 2021

    This enhancement is delivered in VIOS 3.1.2.
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/9009-42A/p9hb1/p9hb1_npiv_multi_queue_support.htm

  • Guest
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    Mar 7, 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 - PowerVM
    Component - PowerVM
    Operating system - Not Applicable
    Source - None

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