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IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware

View Option For "Customise Scheduled Operations" Task

It would be useful to be able to view the "Customise Scheduled Operations" panel to: See when the next scheduled operation is going to run See what scheduled operation(s) are setup What the scheduled operation is setup to do, eg does the backup ju...
4 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Submitted

Externalize integrity check for code application (MCL)

Audit is now requiring that we show any code application has NOT been altered from the source. We are aware that IBM has several internal checks in the firmware for this. We as a client can not show the auditor that the firmware has in-fact perfor...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Set https certificate for SSC lpar in HMC

At the moment when you start a SSC lpar in installer mode, the lpar starts with a self signed certificate and https isn't secure. Since connecting to the lpar via this connection is an admin connection, a direct connection between 'server' and 'us...
3 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

HMC-Last used profile

We are currentrly implementing the use of GDPS for shutdown/IPL production LPARs, but we have realized that currently in HMC, the "Last used profile" column, should not display the last activation profile when we IPL from GDPS, or more in general ...
2 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Crypto Express: Should show "Standby" status after setting OFFLINE within an LPAR to safely toggle crypto card

After MCL Update on a IBM Z CEC you may have to toggle the Crypto Express Cards to activate the new firmware code on these cards (Pendig conditions). A good description can be found in doc: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/best-practices-toggling...
3 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Visualization and Configuration Enhancement for CPU and storage placement

Currently PR/SM decides during Activation of LPARs where the CPUs and the storage should be allocated and which Drawer should be used (VH GCPs, VH zIIPs, VM GCPs, VM zIIPs.... starting at Drawer 1 from the "lower" end and e.g. IFLs at the "last Dr...
2 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous Not under consideration

An export&import functionality for HMC Information inside Activaiton Profiles

I would like to suggest creating a functionality to transfer all the HMC LPAR and CEC information inside the "Customize/Delete activate profile" to an XML, zOS datasets or any other kind of format, making it easier to see the history of changes on...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Functionality already exists

OSC Support for optical fiber 10G/25G

The only available speed for OSC on optical fiber is 1G, this is available on z17 with the OSA Express7S 1.2 GbE card. 1G optical fiber is not part of modern network infrastructure, therefore an option to run OSC on modern infrastructure with at l...
7 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking Planned for future release

Avoid Remote VL CP Penalties By Utilizing Local Resources When Drawer Fit Fails

On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...
12 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous Future consideration

Optimize DMR to Minimize Performance Impact During Drawer Swaps

On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...
12 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous Not under consideration

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