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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Log events when there are high numbers of CRC errors recorded on FC ports, low SFP power.

Large amounts of crc errors or FC ports with low power will impact the ability to serve data to hosts. We had a very obscure issue recently that was caused by a san switch SFP that had low TX power. Deep in the logs of the storage, there were erro...
about 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Collapse all option desired for GUI Volumes dialog

In the FlashSystem / Storage Virtualize GUI, the Volumes option lists three lines for every primary volume in a HyperSwap configuration. Each primary volume has a 'twistie' to close the secondary line items, but all volumes are expanded on dialog ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Ability to set a management/service IP address with no default gateway

The customer I work for has his SVC cluster in an isolated network with no routing and thus no default gateway. When I try to configure the IP addressing, if I leave the "default gateway" field empty, the save button won't be available, forcing us...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Show warning for mismatching "local fc port mask" upon attempt to add nodes to an existing cluster

Attempt to add nodes to an existing system failed with the candidate nodes being stuck in "adding" forever. This was caused by the configured "local fc port mask", which restricted the inter-node I/O to certain FC port ids. There was no hint, erro...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

possibility to influence SVC quorum promotion

We would like to have the possibility to influence on which site the disc quorum will be promoted to active, once all IP quorum are not eligible quorum anymore.
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

FS900 attribute "-rebuildpriority hostmax" works out well for client = Can this attribute be implemented in FS7200 , as client was looking for this option in FS7200 ( A LUG requirement )

Pls consider this request as Urgent/High priority FS900 attribute "-rebuildpriority hostmax" works out well for client = Can this attribute be implemented in FS7200 , as client was looking for this option in FS7200 ( A LUG - Large User Group requi...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SRA - unmap source volumes from hosts during failover

source volumes are only unmapped from the hosts during SRM "reprotect" operation instead of during "failover" operation
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Allow user to adjust the number of "keep alive" requests that can be missed before a storage device sends 2020 error event

IBM needs to add a feature that would allow people who manage IBM storage devices to adjust the number of "keep alive" requests that can be missed before a storage device sends 2020 error event emails about Remote Copy links being down --- 99% of ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Energy Saving = « EasyTier » + « Start and Stop » : Automatically Turning off/on the cold data storage

The Idea for energy saving is to turning off the storage (Disk drive or SSD/FCM drive) where cold data is stored and just turning on this storage when data is requested. IBM EasyTier move cold data on slow drives and move hot data on fast drives. ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Populate user friendly naming convention & protocol on notification - GUI enhancements

Hello IBM Team, We came across the notification which shows the "Ethernet port failure" but in details sections the Event ID Text has "Fewer ethernet ports operational" but its not populating the right naming convention & right protocol type t...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration