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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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MPIO driver for connected nodes

Add to SVC the ability for it to show the mode the mpio driver is in for its connected nodes. Nodes being the ones using SVC not SVC nodes in the cluster.
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Add SSD check function during the V7000 Software Code Upgrade time frame.

I am a Client IT Architect in IBM Japan. From April 24 4AM, the software code update tasks started in V7000 and V7000 unified, but the code update did not complete successfully. It seemed to be hang up. The node Canister #1 was running and became ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Allow cache enable/disable at mdisk group level

Presently, SVC caching of vdisks is (correctly) enabled by default in read/write mode, though it is possible to disable at the vdisk level. In some circumstances, for example when using all-flash arrays as backing storage, we find it beneficial to...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

When SVC upgrade stalls and you click abort upgrade a warning states that hosts will lose access but there is no CANCEL

When customer encounters a stalled upgrade, they have an option to Stop Upgrade. When that is selected another pop up window shows up that states "There are volumes that can only be accessed via one node. These volumes will become unavailable. Cli...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

FCM MODE SENSE(6) Page 0x1C Support

Customer have been bothered with unknown originated FCM (FlashCopyManager) Error since 2013. This time, we have confirmed that the trigger of error is not supported page,Mode Sense(6),0x1CCustomer dissatisfy long-term unsentimental situation , so ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Addition of product_id/flash_type and firmware_level into lsdrive command for FlashSystem and Storwize family Products

Please include the firmware_level and product_id (or flash_type in the case of FlashSystem 840) data field for integrated disk drives in the lsdrive command across all of the Storwize, SAN Volume Controller, FlashSystems, and other COMPASS-based S...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC increase host count and IO group

Customer is requesting increase of host and IO group count on SVC.
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Mdisk Mirroring

Provide the capability to mirror MDISKS similar to the existing ability to mirror vdisks.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Allow V7000 monitoring

Allow monitoring of performance data using read-only account.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Storwize SDS installation on SoftLayer hardware

To ensure that the Storwize SDS solution can be run and supported on the hardware options (or key subset) that is currently defined in the SoftLayer server catalog (https://store.softlayer.com/configure).
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration