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IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware

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    Usage of certificate instead of userid/password for log data transfer

    To improve the user management process on the Mainframe HMC we want to implement regular automated reviews of the users that do have access to the HMC including the user settings.Instead of using the WebAPI we are planning to regularly send the re...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 2 Future consideration

    LDAP Server Definitions - Allow testing and validation

    With the current option is only possible to define the Primary and Backup hosts with a port and separate Bind DN. It would be great to offer the function to test the connection (with a ping for non-SSL and a handshake for SSL connections) and vali...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Coupling Facility - channel status

    Whenever there is an HCD IO activation to delete CF links from the CF LPARs, the channels are indeed deleted and no longer available for use, however somehow they remain on the CFCC and showing up on the zOS Display CF command outputs as follows :...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Parallel Sysplex 0 Future consideration

    Notification Of A New MCL Release (HMC/SE)

    Would it be possible to get a notification when a new MCL Bundle has been released for HMC and SE Code for zSeries Mainframes? This would save checking z15, z16, z17 and HMCs to see if there has been a new MCL Bundle released for anything. The not...
    6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Format Media - Add formatting options

    Primary Goal: We'd like to add the ext3 format option, for larger files to the Format Media option. This will also be required in the future as HMC back-ups grow larger in size. Secondary Goal: We'd like to add the exFAT option for large files tha...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Inclusion of CHPID/adapter status (and state) change in Monitor System Events

    It would be extremely useful if CHPID/adapter status and state change notifications could be sent through the Monitor System Events task on the HMC. For instance, notifications when a FICON CHPID status changes from Online to IFCC Threshold Exceed...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Please add ACME Client feature for automatic Certificate Generation

    Most if not all companies no longer allow Self-Signed Certs on their network. Most if not all organizations are requiring 90 day, 180 day or 365 Day certificate renewals. On the Z HMC this is a cumbersome task .. especially for 90 day cert renewal...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 2 Future consideration

    Configure OSA 5S outside of HMC

    OSA 5S cards can only be configured from the HMC, which is traditionally a CE roll. CEs generally are not familiar with having to code OSA card parameters such as loading the SNA microcode on an OSA card. Mainframe networking support team does not...
    about 12 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 7 Future consideration

    Include empty slot locations in channel reports from Machine Info/Resourcelink/Cloud Connect

    When reviewing machine info, we have to manually confirm empty slot locations for potential MES updates. There is no report that shows empty slots by location.
    4 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Provide more diagnostic data for Coupling Express Long Reach Adapter Ports

    When verifying connectivity of multiple Coupling Express ports,it's time consuming to obtain information such as Tx and Rx power levels to diagnose the health of connections and requires the user to click through various panels on each adapter to ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

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