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IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM System Storage products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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Client request to add support for host Linux Kernel Ubuntu 24.04 (or later) OS using the NVMe/TCP (IP) IO protocol on FSx600 systems

For FSx600 systems configured with ALB7 100/40 GbE 2-port Adapter Cards for NVMe/TCP (IP) connectivity, ISSC offers RHEL, SUSe and Vsphere ESXi host support. Client is requesting support for Ubuntu 24.04 (or later) host Linux Kernel. Currently, th...
about 6 hours ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

official hypervisor support Vates / XCP-NG

Dear IBM Support, We are a Belgian CSP who uses IBM Flash System Storage & IBM SVC3. We have different models SVC and Flash Systems with host connection type fibre channel. Flash System FS5200 Flash System FS7300 Flash System FS7600 SVC-V3 SVC...
5 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Submitted

Enhanced Security and Usability for Trace Files

We would like to propose the following two enhancements for trace files generated by IBM Storage Protect. 1. Option to Exclude File Names from Trace Files The names of files being backed up may contain information from which confidential or privac...
7 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Submitted

Alberta’s new time system (ABT) timezone to be added in to GUI settings -> Date and Time

Alberta’s new time system (ABT) timezone to be added in to GUI settings -> Date and Time - new timezone to be added. Requested by client team via case : TS023233236 [ NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS ]
about 5 hours ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Enable LLDP on IBM FlashSystem Ethernet ports to advertise port details to connected network switches

Please add support for Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) on IBM FlashSystem Ethernet interfaces so connected network switches can automatically discover and identify storage ports. Requested functionality Advertise system name, system descripti...
4 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Allow Local Break-Glass and IBM Service Accounts to Coexist with LDAP Authentication on DS8000 HMC

Enhance DS8000 HMC LDAP authentication to allow customers to selectively retain designated local accounts when LDAP authentication is enabled. Currently, we can successfully configure and use LDAP for remote user authentication. However, we also r...
5 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

support separate storage network for FDF

support separate storage network for FDF
22 days ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

Client request for a homogenous. QLC based 5149-F48 SSS6000 architecture

Client request for and SSS6000 offering with competitive capacity density and performance. Key configuration is as follows: 5149-F48 SSS6000 controller chassis QTY 48 QLC drives (all available QLC drive offerings)
about 3 hours ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

IBM Storage Virtualize: Capacity Optimization During Distributed RAID Expansion

Problem Description IBM FlashSystem provides advanced enterprise storage technologies, including hardware compression, encryption, data protection, and performance optimization. However, I believe there is a significant architectural limitation in...
about 4 hours ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

FlashSystem Call-home to support input for multiple email-ids

Improve operations as important alerts can still be acted on if primary contact is away.
about 15 hours ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted