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IBM Storage Insights

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Consider SFP specification (LW, ELW, SW) port speed as attribute for alerting creation

SI allow to create alerting related to SFP spec like power or DB, these spec my differ depending of the type of SPF in use Alerting creation should allow to to specify the type of SFP when creating an alerting some spec are as well related to the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

SI Reports filters not flexible

The reporting utility in SI is very good, but additional flexibility in the filter section is desirable.
about 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Future consideration

Enabling the NVMe over TCP/IP with 5G network connectivity

1- Adding Advanced functionalities with easy programming for storage operations. 2- Enabling Fast, Standard, Reliable and Remote Storage Area Networking.
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 4 Future consideration

SI should flag/alert when firmware or microcode level is End Of Support

I would like to see (Maybe in Insights Advisor) if the Storage Firmware or Software is End Of Support. On IBM SVC family for example.. SVC hardware node may not be end of support, but it’s running a firmware code stream that IS end of support. Thi...
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Export performance or support data capability for a group of devices

A SI user should be able to collect support data for a group of devices that are configured under a group.
over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Consider fiber channel port speed as attribute for alerting creation

Consider fiber channel actual and capable port speed as port attribute for alerting creation
almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Allow creation of multi condition rules with selection of different (connected) devices

Currently when we create an alert all the criteria available in the Alert Definition are related to the specific selected device, As now we have SAN Switch supported by SI ( but this is valid as well for Server) , this would be very beneficial to ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

SI needs to include the SRC for any DS8k event it receives

SI needs to include the SRC for any DS8k event it receives.
about 6 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Require key auth SSH only for Storage Insights, SpectrumScale

System: IBM Spectrum Control Storage InsightsActor: Organisation needing new auth-method enabled to be able to consume platform UQ has evolved data governance, capacity management and growth metrics as a key import factor in project planning and f...
over 6 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Add navigation arrows to timeframes in Spectrum Control - Storage Insights

Add navigation arrows to timeframes in Spectrum Control - Storage Insights.
over 6 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Future consideration