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Status Delivered
Categories I/O and Networking
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 6, 2017

TLS Version selection in OSA ICC configuration

OSA EXPRESS5/6S with z13GA2 resp. z14 does support TLS V.1.x for ICC communication.
Required is an optional choice of supported CipherSpecs on the OSA EXPRESS Firmware level.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Jun 14, 2021

    Selection of TLS version was announced as part of the z14 GA2 announcement that occurred on October 2, 2018. Availability was announced for December 3rd. If there is still also a desire for cipher suite selection please submit a separate RFE with additional details. Thank you.

  • Guest
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    Oct 14, 2020

    Requirement for TLS version selection was delivered. The requirement for cipher suite selection is understood and under consideration for the future.

  • Guest
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    Aug 24, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Hardware
    Product - z Systems Hardware
    Component - I/O and Networking

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Hardware
    Product - z Systems Hardware
    Component - LAN (OSA Express, Hipersockets, RoCE)

  • Guest
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    Oct 7, 2018

    This function was announced as part of the z14 GA2 announcement that occurred on October 2, 2018. Availability was announced for December 3rd.

  • Guest
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    Jun 15, 2018

    Requirement is understood and planned for future release

  • Guest
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    Mar 15, 2018

    As of June 2018 there will be no acceptence by PCI for TLS lower 1.2 anymore!
    Is an mitigation plan availible from IBM?
    Thank you.

  • Guest
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    Aug 1, 2017

    Requirement is understood and we are working to get this into our plan in a future release