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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. 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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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

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Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

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  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


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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.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

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I/O and Networking

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NPIV support in HCD and IOCP

The NPIV setting of an FCP channel would be better driven from IOCP. In this way, a customer would eliminate a step in configuring FCP channels if NPIV were desired. Hard to imagine that a customer would have two different settings for an FCP chan...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 5 Not under consideration

Greater than 256 LCUs per channel

We are currently using exactly 256 LCUs on some of our channels, which is the limit according to HCD when building IODFs and also according to those at IBM we've spoken to on the subject. Our ongoing adoption of MzGMM with a Flashcopy has added mo...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 7 Not under consideration

PLAC0213-1578 Reduce power consumption for System z I/O configuration

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC0213-1578 Reduce power consumption for System z I/O configurationHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Statu...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 4 Not under consideration

PLAC1010-1371 Increase distance between z196 and zBX

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC1010-1371 Increase distance between z196 and zBXHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed Status:...
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 3 Not under consideration

OSA/SF JAVA GUI INSTALL ISSUES

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0524043937User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0524043937Title: OSA/SF JAVA GUI INSTALL ISSUESSubmitted By: Shawn Meyer/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: z/OS software serviceFPOC: Brian Keuling/Poughkeepsie/IB...
over 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 5 Not under consideration