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My ideas: IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Use cache for compressed adapter

Hello developers,I have only some exp with gen2 storwize. I know that gen2 have 64GB of cache on one node. But 32GB of ram is used for compressed volume. It will be nice and usefull when we can use this cache also for normal cache when I don't use...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Please increase the number of iSCSI connection nodes of v7000 to 512.

The customer GMO Cloud corporation is planning to install of V7000. GMO would like to connect a maximum of 512 connection nodes by ISCSI. Under the present circumstances, V7000 is to a maximum of 256. Please increase to 512.
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Account Security Features added to Storwize SVC - System Use Notification

Our IBM GBS team have been required on multiple Public Sector projects, specifically CMS HIGLAS, that are required to meet all the organization security requirement, (DoD, etc.) with the storage and SAN hardware. Being unable to comply with a secu...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Account Security Features added to Storwize SVC - Inactivity Logout

Our IBM GBS team have been required on multiple Public Sector projects, specifically CMS HIGLAS, that are required to meet all the organization security requirement, (DoD, etc.) with the storage and SAN hardware. Being unable to comply with a secu...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Account Security Features added to Storwize V7000- System Use Notification

Our IBM GBS team have been required on multiple Public Sector projects, specifically CMS HIGLAS, that are required to meet all the organization security requirement, (DoD, etc.) with the storage and SAN hardware. Being unable to comply with a secu...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

cli commands restricted to superuser account

certain cli commands require specific userid to execute. For example, to execute the svcconfig backup command you need to login as superuser from a support team perspective, the whole team supporting an SVC / V7000 would have to have access to the...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Account Security Features added to Storwize SVC and V7000

System: IBM SVC/V7000, Flashsystem, ProtectTIER, SAN768B-2 Actor: DoD compliant features added to Storage/SAN Hardware Description: Our team IBM GBS team have been required on multiple Public Sector projects, like CMS HIGLAS, that are required to ...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Home Depot has asked IBM to add a column for volume size under the "Mapped Volumes"

Customer is Home Depot who purchased 7 different SVC + IBM Flash systems in December 2013 and January 2014. They have asked that we modify the SVC 17.1.0.5 GUI to add a volume size column under the Mapped Volumes tab of the Host Details?
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

SVC Legal Disclaimer

A customizable legal disclaimer should be configurable at logon
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

SVC Disable Factory Account

It is a requirement to disable the default factory account
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered