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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Storage System Support for Port-Channel on FC Connections

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

Safegard Copy functionality running on FS5015/5035

There are many small/medium companies in Japan. If the Safegard Copy function works with FS5015/5035, I believe I can aggressively propose it to small and medium-sized companies.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Allow for import of Wildcard Certificate on FS5200 for securing WebUI

Currently on the FS5200, you have to create a certificate request and then upload the certificate generated from the request in order to secure the WebUI on the FS5200. We use Wildcard Certificates so that we don't have to order a new cert for eac...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

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 ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

SVC Role based authentication

Current users in SVC generally have root level access to all pools and LUNs. Would like to add additional roles such as monitor-level and roles restricted to certain disk pools.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC - Pool level Migration command

When introducing new storage arrays and creating a new pool, it would be nice to have a pool migration command to completely migrate 1 pool to another to more easily decommission older storage in a more timely manner.
about 7 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.
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 5 Not under consideration

parallel threads of volume / vdisk migation in SVC GUI

It is not possible to change the amount of threads for vdisk / volume migrations between mdiskgroups / pools inside the SVC GUI version 6.x
about 13 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

IBM Storage plug-in for VMware needs the ability to assign cache io group

When using the IBM Storage plugin for VMware to create RDM or when using the IBM VASA to create vVols we need to ability to assign the cache io group. when we create a new vdisk on storage pool io group1 we want the cache io group1 assign and not ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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