IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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    IPv6 - Provide default gateway configuration for SST LAN adapter interface

    It is not possible in the existing OS releases to configure the default gateway for IPv6 interface in SST LAN interface. The only way how to make IPv6 interface working for this interface is to configure a LAN switch with auto discovery setup whic...
    12 months ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    Oauth authentification for email

    Hello, In September 2025, Microsoft will deprecate SMTP with login/password and will only allow SMTP with OAuth. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online I...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Under review

    watsonx and Openshift.ai support on Power. Early Acces Program (Beta testing)

    We do have a potentially big oppy in Spain in INDRA. They work for Minitry of Defense and they are starting a project to deal with RADAR imaging where they want to use AI but, given the confidential characteristics of the data, they are promoting ...
    about 1 year ago in Power Ecosystem Software / Government (includes education) 3 Future consideration

    "Mail from" address in SMTP email design change to allow user and domain name in lower case.

    Currently the design has hard coded setting that forces Upper Case on user and domain name in SMTP on Mail From.
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Under review

    Need a way to track rejected relays in SMTP relay server on IBM i

    We just converted our SMTP server from *SDD directory type to *SMTP. The LPAR is being used as an SMTP relay for other IBM i LPARs and related hardware. Previously, I could query the QZMF journal and look for "REJECTED RELAY" and see if a server t...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Under review

    New IBM i Service for SMTP

    I would like an IBM i Service to view and manage the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) on IBM i. Ideally this service would not only allow a user to view and or modify the configuration of SMTP but also to view the Email History stored within t...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Networking 9 Not under consideration

    IBM-AWS Innovathon 2025 - Late payment of healthcare claims is a persistent challenge, leading to financial penalties for payors—especially in U.S. states with strict mandates and high interest rates for delayed payments.

    Proposed AI-Based Solution: Real-Time Claims Inventory Management for late Payment Reduction. Objective: Minimize late payment interest by proactively identifying and prioritizing claims at risk of breaching timely payment thresholds. Key Features...
    about 1 month ago in Power Ecosystem Software / Health Care 0 Submitted

    Support of OAUTH in SMTP

    We currently use the SMTP server to relay email from the iSeries to Office365 and outlook. We have this setup with the Microsoft connector. It is working fine. Microsoft has announced that they will be requiring OAUTH2.0 by March of 2026. Can SMTP...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Networking 2 Submitted

    Start and stop the Syslog server on the IBM i

    Add the ability to start and stop the Syslog server on IBM i to the STRTCPSVR and ENDTCPSVR commands.Similarly, in Navigator for IBM i
    8 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Under review

    Fix bug in CHGSMTPA

    When you run CHGSMTPA you can choose SBSD in which you can run smtp jobs. This parameter allows putting 10 chars for the *sbsd object and 10 chars for the library. When you use a 10-character library in the parameter, however, errors occur in both...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Networking 1 Is a defect

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