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IBM DS8000

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DS8000 WUI LDAP enhancements

We would like to see anonymous binding capability for LDAP with Microsoft Active Directory (MSAD). Today MSAD LDAP requires a bind ID and Password, which need to be rotated frequently - doing so on 100+ HMCs is not practical and it would also requ...
over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

Adding Compute Express Link CXL 3.0 or CXL 4.0 to the IBM DS8000

The future of DS8000 for IBM Z and LinuxONE will need to add Compute Express Link CXL 3.0 or CXL 4.0 interface to the DS8000 to satisfy the needs of the AI Data centers. Please, refer to the other complementary idea "Adding Compute Express Link CX...
over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

Ability to require dual control for destructive functions

Our auditors and risk team have identified the risk that support personnel can destroy significant portions of our business with the ability to reconfigure our storage devices. As it currently exists a single employee could perform this destructiv...
over 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

Usage of DS8000 Client certificate to eliminate stored password within MCDS.

Usage of DS8000 Client certificate to eliminate stored password within MCDS. We basically looking to eliminate the need to store any Passwords even though it may be encrypted.
over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

DS8000 IP Replication Option

The Home Depot is moving to an IP over Ethernet only WAN. Their network team's direction is to eliminate FC-IP routers which will require storage arrays to be able to replicate natively over IP. This capability will be taken into consideration for...
over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

DS8K HMCs should recommend regular power recycles

DS8K should recommend regular maintenance procedures for HMC power cycles to prevent hangs. This could be yearly, bi-yearly, etc., as long as it was a time period sufficient to prevent hangs due to unforeseen circumstances. This would prevent HMCs...
almost 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

Errors for RSYSLOG should show more detail.

We enabled RSYSLOG pointing to a test syslog server. The action appeared to work properly but very soon after the status of the server was shown as being offline. However, when I queried the syslog server data was being sent so it wasn't truly off...
almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

CIM agent on DS8900F for Spectrum Protect Snapshot

CIM Agent not available on DS8900. CIM is the only option to connect Spectrum protect snapshot to generate DB2 & SAP integrated Flashcopies https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6353361#req_stg ***note:NON ZOS RELATED BUT RFE WEBPAGE ONLY ALL...
almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

Certificate used on port 1751

DS8950F -> Port 1751 have Certificate lifespan is longer than 5 years root CA=/C=US/postalCode=85744/ST=Arizona/L=Tucson/O=International Business Machines/OU=Storage Systems/CN=ESSNI_NIST Issuer: C=US/postalCode=85744, ST=Arizona, L=Tucson, O=I...
about 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

FlashDrive - Allowing RCL to continue, rather than halt to perform repair (fail drive/replacement) before continuing.

This would benefit tremendously as a failure then requires coordination and scheduling to complete, which usually puts us outside our scheduled maintenance window with the potential of not getting another window at that time.
about 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

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