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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Flashsystem should use multiple CPU cores to process I/O per Volume instead of just one core per Volume

Layer 3 Communications (Customer) was experiencing low performance/high latency issues on their FlashSystem 5030 on a large Volume. IBM Support was engaged and the SME told them that this is because the FlashSystem is designed to utilize only one ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Spectrum Virtualize FlashCopy bitmap with Spectrum Copy Data Management

When using Spectrum Virtualize in conjunction with IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management, if the flashcopy bitmap capacity fills, the Spectrum Virtualize instance will warmstart a node without warning. Spectrum Copy Data Management orchestrates the sc...
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Flexibility to connect SVC for Public CLoud to any Cloud Provider

In the SVC User Group, we had a conversation with Michelle. In working for the Federal Government, we have franchise customers who have a desire to decide their own Cloud provider, but then utilize us to provision and configure storage for them. W...
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Flashsystem 7200 expansion enclosure NVME

The expansion enclosures of the flashsystem 7200 do not support NVME. All government agency procurement processes are requesting and we are taking a beating from Dell, Purestorage and Huawey. We need to fix this or we will no longer sell to govern...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Add / create a CLI command in order to remove permanent "inactive" entries from lsfabric

With situations in which client changes zoning, this also includes when they are implementing NPIV from just physical ports (transitional), it is common to have bad manipulation from the multipath driver over the host paths which causes previous p...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Be able to configure the proxy server with IP ADDRESS and not only with FQDN

Some customers use the proxy server with IP instead of FQDN due to internal rules
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Storage System Support for Port-Channel on FC Connections

Need ALL storage devices to support Port-Channeling of Storage ports with Cisco Switches
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Ingress Rate Limiting for Storage Devices on Fibre Channel

Need ALL storage devices to support ingress rate limiting with FC connections.
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

FlashSystem rails incompatible with 3rd party racks

Client / reseller reports issues with installation of current generation of IBM FlashSystem rack-mount rails within non-IBM racks. Previous generation Storwize rails (V3700 was mentioned) fit into the same racks without issue.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 5 Not under consideration

Name string for rc relationships

When creating a rc relationship, we are limited with the parameter -name thath can't exceed 15 caracters.That's a problem.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration