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Machine rack door intrusion notification and machine rack door intrusion prevention.

Customers would be able to add another layer of notification and/or security to all their IBM machines that have doors. I propose a door sensor and/or door lock feature code that would let customers know if somebody has opened the door of their ma...
14 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

Dual Control for DS8900F

Given that the EOS for the DS8900F is not expected to be available until late 2030, many field installations of this generation will be around until then and beyond. And as the threat of cyberattacks is on the rise, it would be beneficial for IBM ...
24 days ago in IBM DS8000 Not under consideration

Enable Encrypted Email (SMTP over TLS) Relay Support on IBM TS7700

Add support for encrypted SMTP email relay (STARTTLS and/or SMTPS) for TS7700 system-generated email notifications, including alerts, events, and health status messages. Enterprise security policy requires all system and infrastructure email commu...
about 2 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

High‑Availability Enhancement for TS7700 Microcode Maintenance

Eliminating planned downtime would deliver a best‑in‑class user experience for TS7700 customers, comparable to the DS8000 series. Currently, downtime is required because the TS7700 architecture relies on a single controller, which must be taken of...
about 2 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

Is it possible to enable greater than 512 kNFS threads in CNFS? Ideally, the client would like to set the thread count to a max of 4096 (up from the 512 limit).

MLP has requested that IBM enable the ability to test with more than 512 kNFS threads in CNFS due to performance issues observed in their environment. Specifically, MLP wants to increase the thread count to 2048 or 4096. MLP is aware that CNFS is ...
2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Not under consideration

[Copy] The Tiny PC TSSC/IMC in the library and TS7700 should have a separate FRU for the HDD, instead of replacing the whole system.

When this was initially considered many years ago, HDD failure was very uncommon, but now it's extremely common.
3 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

The Tiny PC TSSC/IMC in the library and TS7700 should have a separate FRU for the HDD, instead of replacing the whole system.

When this was initially considered many years ago, HDD failure was very uncommon, but now it's extremely common.
3 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Not under consideration

Provide Official lin_tape Driver Support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 26.04 LTS

Current Behavior: Currently, the IBM Storage Protect (ISP) Server operates successfully and without issue on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and testing shows identical stability on the upcoming/current Ubuntu 26.04 LTS releases. However, official ISP support o...
3 months ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library Not under consideration

Link-Redundant Cloud connections via Network Isolation ports

Customers use dual ethernet switch infrastructure and want to be resilient from adapter/SFP/cable/switch failure or their maintenance activites
3 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

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4 months ago in Storage Fusion Not under consideration

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