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Status Planned for future release
Workspace IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware
Categories I/O and Networking
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 21, 2020

RELATED IDEAS

Long Reach Required for OSA-Express7S 25GbE and 25GbE RoCE

Support for Long Reach fiber (Single Mode) is required on z15 25GbE RoCE and OSA Express7S.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 18, 2021

    This is planned for inclusion in a future hardware release.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 17, 2020

    Thank you, The requirement for 25G LR optics is understood and we are working to determine on which system family we will be able to provide such support.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     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
    Reply
    |     Aug 24, 2020

    The requirement for 25G LR optics is understood and we are working to determine on which system family we will be able to provide such support.

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