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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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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.
almost 10 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

Cache limit

Hello developers,we have bank customer with security requirements for DMZ servers. During test of DOS attack from DMZ on storage via lun assigned to DMZ servers we found that cache is overcommited during the attack. Problem is in cache partitionin...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Control storwize via san

Hello Developers,we have some problems with customer which complaining that storage can't be handled/managed via san. It means that expect soemthing as Gatekeepers in EMC or HORM instance in Htachi, which all control own luns or Remote copy via sa...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Burst option for I/O throttling

Hello developers,we have some problems with implementation security standard in our bank customer. He requested in contract that we have to implement protection against hackers also on storage level. He found that he can do DOS attack agains Storw...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

ARP Request for SVC at Daimler

ARP Request for SVC at Daimler. With this new feature we will be able to ensure high-availability and product stability in Daimler's Storage environment.
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 5 Not under consideration

volume going offline

We feel that a lun going offline should be an error, so we can easily get paged on it. right now a space efficent volume going off line when full should be a error not a warn error codes 060001 to 060006
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

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