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zVM dynamic reconfiguration capability for devices in Subchannel set 1

Dynamic reconfiguration capability for 3390D and 3390A devices in subchannel set1.
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

Systemz HMC Needs a Default order for Temp COD Upgrades

Hello - When going to the HMC/Support Element to perform Model Conversion, temporary upgrades - if you select manage orders and multiple orders such as OOCUoD and CBU exist - you should be able to select an order as the default order.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

z/VM Support for Transactional Execution Facility (TX)

Transactional Execution facility is a hardware feature first made available on the EC12 mainframe released in 2012 and has been supported on zOS 2.1 since 2013.The feature enables a more efficient and simpler way of updating core resident data in ...
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

Increase Timezone zoneid from 3 to 5 characters

The timezone field in SYSTEM CONFIG statements TIMEZONE_DEFINITION and TIMEZONE_BOUNDARY and the CP QUERY TIME command allow 3 characters. Official timezones abbreviations use 1, 3, 4 & 5 characters
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

need for <50 milliseconds accuracy of STP vs. external time reference

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a new clock synchronization standard of 50 milliseconds applicable to computer clocks that are used to record certain events in NMS securities or OTC equity securities. Firms have six months fr...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Server Time Protocol (STP) 4 Delivered

JPMC MFA requirment

JPMC has decided to make a couple adjustments to the originally communicated plan for MFA on IBM HMCs: Instead of using HTTPS Proxies to control all inbound traffic presented to the zSeries HMCs; JPMC will instead have several network “segments” ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

HMC access to time adjustment messages on the Support Element

Provide functionality for the HMC to extract the Audit log from any attached zSeries processor
about 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

RoCE for zLINUX roadmap

Roadmap required for zLINUX RoCE support - SBSA. Is there a possibility that this could be delayed?
about 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 4 Delivered

Provide pre- and post-zEDC byte counts in SMF Type 23 records

<p>Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSMVSE14006: Voting Priority=2.4.</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Installations would l...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 2 Delivered

'Take Over' support for SE from the zHMC (JPMC request)

After hearing about the HMC Integrated 3270 Console 'Take Over' capability, the JP Morgan Chase team requested that we provide a similar 'Take Over' support for the HMC Single Object Operations to a SE to force the SOO user offline so that another...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

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