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    Add ability to specify SSH port and REST API port (if REST API used for UserID/Password connection

    We have storage devices running that will not be upgraded to 8.6 for some time (or never), but are accessible only through NAT firewall gateways. The SSH daemon is accessible via ports that are not 22. Cisco and Brocades allow the REST API port nu...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

    Run all binaries in the installation folder to prevent security software blocking

    Security software like Bit9 block Insights binaries. Insights binaries are blocked even after whitelisted by security admins because Insights files are copied to a different folder than the installation folder while running. Binaries we have seen ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Not under consideration

    Add option to send added 'semi-preformated' text with an emailed alert.

    We want to send some alerts to our ticketing system. We've put in a separate idea for that integration. In the meantime, we'd like the ability to provide semi-preformated text to alerts. If we could do that, then we can send alerts to the ticketin...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Not under consideration

    Make synchronizing passwords easier on data collectors

    Change the way updating passwords for the data collectors works. Basically by adding a item under the block devices/connection tab to stop using the userid/password while you are resetting the data collector userid/password on your disk array. We ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Not under consideration

    Alert when Storwize devices are seeing slow internode traffic

    If the internode traffic is too high for an extended period of time, send out a warning. If it above a certain threshold, send out an error. I'm not sure what the warning/error thresholds should be ( I'll leave that to IBM ). In this situation rel...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Future consideration

    Alerting creation with OR condition

    Currently multi conditional condition rule are using AND condition, in some situation ( for example where the threshold is the same) it would be efficient to create one rule with a OR condition
    over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Planned for future release

    Insights NAME field to reflect HMC NAME field or add it into Insights

    It has come to our attention that the NAME field within Insights is actually a reference to the VOLSER from the HMC system. This i s normally not a problem, except on a multi-client box where we put the client name/code in the NAME Field. Without ...
    about 6 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    SI Pro and Hitachi VSP FICON Adapters

    For Hitachi VSP G1500, G1000, and 5500 storage, SI/SI Pro only reports on Fibre Channel adapters that are installed in the system. It does not properly reflect the FICON adapters / ports installed in the system. If you go to Properties -> Confi...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Is a defect

    Add Host Connections Column to Block Storage Systems

    Add the number of Host Connections as an available column in the Storage Systems table view. We already have Pools, Volumes, Drives, Remote Connections, etc, but we're missing the number of Hosts.
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

    Capability to trigger an event when alert trigger

    Capability to trigger an event when alert trigger. Today user can define alert in SI and can get notification via e-mail Then user need to use other external tool to automatically trigger a next action to alleviate the issue. This RFE is to have t...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

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