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IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware

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    Formatting Method PKOAEP2 in callable service CSNDPKE

    Implement the PKOAEP2 formatting method (RSA DSI PKCS #1 v2.1 RSAES-OAEP) in the callable service CSNDPKE (PKA Encrypt). Currently PKOAEP2 is available in the callable services CSNDSYX and CSNDSYI2.
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 2 Planned for future release

    Enable the exchange of MDK keys to Visa using TR-31 Key Block Version B, mode of use=N

    We are unable to send MDK keys to Visa using TR-31 Key Block Version B as they use Thales payShield HSMs which only support Mode of Use=N whereas IBM only supports Mode of Use=X.
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Planned for future release

    Enhance information sent by SNMP trap by Case number

    Hello, we have enabled SNMP trap in HMC to allow IBM Netview to collect messages and automatically create incident ticket in IPC tool to have it in sync with IBM Case ticket. In current situation IBM Case number is visible in HMC but SNMP trap pro...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware 3 Planned for future release

    HMC - add IODF description field

    To add a column on the Hardware Management Console GUI display to display the IODF Description. This will allow freeform text (in a limited field size) to describe what the LPAR represents.
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Planned for future release

    Enhancement on CCA/ICSF to support RSA Public Key size 8192 UKDS6 and UKDS7

    Enhancement on ICSF/CCA to support RSA Public key size of 8192 on UKDS6 as well as UKDS7.
    about 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 7 Planned for future release

    DPM support of Internal Shared Memory / SMC-D

    DPM should allow for configuration of Internal Shared Memory (ISM) for SMC-D
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / DPM 1 Planned for future release

    HMC Security requires pattern matching to support our DevOps model

    We need to give appropriate permission to our Linux LPARs to our DevOps community, we have dozens of different use cases with their own DevOps team. Separation of duty is critical, and elevated authority (such as PoR, STP/CTN etc) must be able to ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Planned for future release

    Missing syslog messages for important configuration changes on the HMC

    There are currently no logs for when the syslog forwarding configuration is changed, nor when changes are made to the SSL/TLS certificates used by the HMC for connections to other servers, such as remote syslog server. We need this feature to effe...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 2 Planned for future release

    HMC asks for user and pasword verification due to weight or capping LPAR change

    Whenever necessary to change Mainframe LPAR weight or capping attributes, let HMC asks for password confirmation as double check and as a way to keep track of changes
    about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 5 Planned for future release

    HMC Support for Secure SMTP and SMTP Authentication

    We have setup e-mail alerts within the HMC that are critical to the operation of our systems. We have a requirement internally to remove insecure SMTP and use Secure SMTP with Authentication. Currently, the HMC does not support Secure SMTP (TLS) o...
    about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 12 Planned for future release

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