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IBM DS8000

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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

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

Alter SGC volume threshold percentage via DSCLI

Currently 85% is the default set in IBM DS8k for SGC volumes threshold. To modify this percentage and to get alerting much earlier, this can be done only by IBM DS8K support team by modifying structure csSfgContNotifThreshold. If the option is ava...
over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Transparently change the secret key stored on the DS8000 during creation of the cloud construct for TCT.

Transparently change the secret key stored on the DS8000 during creation of the cloud construct for TCT.
over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

DSCLI does not have any PPRC validation

While trying to initialize disks with ICKDSF, all defined address failed in Extended Long Busy state after a DSCLI configuration change on MGM defined sessions.The change was done on SSID definition and it did not follow correct definition rules s...
almost 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration