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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Option to expand past 24 Flash Core Modules with NVMe expansion enclosure

In GTS we have set a All Flash strategy and need the option to expand past the 24 Flash Core Modules to provide high performance Flash with FCM HW compression to give a larger capacity when using the smaller 4.8TB and 9.6 TB FCM.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Backport lsportstats to 8.3.1.x code stream

In the SVC 8.4 code SFP statistics have been made visible via the CLI lsportstats command. We would like to see this backported to the SVC 8.3.1.x code stream which is the current advised code stream by IBM.
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Ethernet port failure not generating events within a specific time frame

jeffos (IBM)Oct 04, 2022, 13:43 Hello team, I have discussed this with our SME team and they do agree that since shared technician ports aren't used on the newer platforms, setting a shorter timeout seems sensible. They suggest to submit a Request...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Management IP issues in a Stretched SVC cluster

If the system is in a Enhanced Stretched Cluster or a HyperSwap configuration, an option to have all inbound and outboud Ethernet traffic (management, call home, etc) flow from Ethernet Port 2 should the control node be on site 2. This would allow...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Excluded port issue for EMC VNX storage behind SVC

The customer has 8 SVC clusters with 8 nodes on their environment. They have many different type of storages produced by different vendors. They have faced with a problem only between SVC and EMC VNX midrange storage. When a drive streams soft med...
about 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Raising iSER sessions to 1024 per node

PayPal/GoPay purchased some 9200s for a large VMware environment with iSER connectivity, and we hit the 256 session limitation per controller. We desperately need to increase the iSer sessions from 256 to 1024 per controller. The iSER cards are co...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC-Allocated Core (CPU) per volume

Hi, Our customer need to have the following feature (available at competition): To monitor Core (CPU) usage by Volume and info on percentage used.
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Add CIFS/NFS to spectrum Virtualize

Hello,A lot of customers are disappointed with the lack of files protocols on midrange storage.With the end of sales of V7K unified we are facing a major issue. All competitors are providing equivalent solution, and I think that building a solutio...
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

User set replication bandwidth allocation per IO group

Today SVC allocate a equal share of the partnership bandwidth to all IOGRP in a cluster.This RFE is to allow a user to set a different share (percent) of the overall bandwidth to different IOGRP
almost 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Allow DRAID6 to be configured with 2 rebuild areas when using FCMs

A customer is requesting that we allow them to create a DRAID 6 array with 2 rebuild areas when using FCMs . Or allow him the option to have a "hot spare"disk that could jump into the array.
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration