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IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware

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Adding Compute Express Link CXL3.0 based on PCIe6 and CXL4.0 based on PCIe7 to the IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE

CXL 3.0 is built upon the IBM OpenCAPI, but CXL3 and CXL 4 have more speeds and will achieve the following: 1- Enabling the Interconnection between IBM LinuxONE and Exa scale AI Data Centers based on Nvidia DGX H100 based on Nvidia H100 GPUs and I...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 6 Not under consideration

simplfy system z HW-logging

merge all logs of a system z server to one, to make it easier to identify issues
over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

HMC/SE indicator for FC0104 (Container Hosting Foundation) on z15 T02

There currently exists no easy way of displaying whether FC0104 (Container Hosting Foundation) is installed or not. With the z15 T02, the Image Details tab on the HMC currently displays whether System Recover Boost (SRB) is active or not. This wou...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

Add support to IBM Z and LinuxONE HMCs for installations via https

Today the "Load from Removable Media, or Server" task of an IBM Z or LinuxONE HMC supports installations via:- CD / DVD-ROM - USB flash memory drive and- FTP Source (I think USB installations got recently dropped, due to security concerns.) Today ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

Build a 3U blade server with z14+ processor

Suggest to build a 3U+ blade server with z14+ processor. Would have a connector in the middle, with a mother board Front and Rear, with one z14+ processor and Core memory slots. 2 board bays on each side for 3+ FCP/FICON, OSA, other boards over mo...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 2 Not under consideration

HMC Monitor System Events fails to deliver message if SMTP server is unavailable

When a system event monitor is configured and a message is expected to be sent via the HMC, if the configured SMTP server is unavailable at the time the monitor event is triggered, then the message is sent via the HMC is lost and never delivered. ...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 5 Not under consideration

z15 may I/O drawer requirement

Description:The Next Generation System will be released as a next banking system.Currently, we have two identical system environments, one of which is used and switched, so we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.These two environments exist in...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Not under consideration

PLAC1010-1368 STP Operational Improvements

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC1010-1368 STP Operational ImprovementsHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: RecognizedClosed Status:...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Server Time Protocol (STP) 6 Not under consideration

RSF

Depending on security requirements, the customer is not allowed to connect zSeries HMC to the Internet.For this reason, I request the addition of a function that connects the system of the destination of the RSF and the HMC in the customer data ce...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Not under consideration

Allow all vHMA IP addresses to be in the same network

Prior to the creation of VLANs, having multiple IP addresses in different networks was preferred for redundancy. With the advent of VLANs and the ability to have the same network segment presented in multiple physical network switches, there is no...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

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