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IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem

Abitlity to adjust MTU size on Ethernet ports that have an IP address

I’m working with a customer who is implementing NVMe/TCP on an FS9600 in their Lab. They are concerned that they have to remove the IP address from the Ethernet port to increase MTU to 9000. I explained this was as designed, to protect traffic tha...
about 1 hour ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Provide a standards-based Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) for IBM Flash Storage Systems

IBM should provide a standards-based Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) for its products as a standard product deliverable, preferably based on the CycloneDX CBOM specification. Customers increasingly require transparency into the cryptographi...
about 8 hours ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Support ACME Protocol for Automated Certificate Management on FlashSystem and Storage Virtualize (TPI Enabled)

Currently, when Two-Person Integrity (TPI) is enabled on IBM FlashSystem and Storage Virtualize systems, the automated rotation of security certificates via Ansible or other automation tools is restricted or blocked due to the mandatory dual-autho...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Future consideration

Property for direct connected servers

Problem Statement: Customers using IBM i systems are one example of environments where direct Fibre Channel (FC) connections are deployed. When such a server reboots, the FC connection is temporarily lost. In a SAN fabric environment, this is a no...
21 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Request native LUKS2/dm-cryptv encryption for persistent volumes in the IBM Block CSI Driver, along with guidance on SAN data-in-transit encryption, to help meet SecNumCloud requirements.

Add native support for encrypting persistent volumes at the worker-node level using LUKS2/dm-crypt, directly integrated into the IBM Block CSI Driver.This feature is required for OpenShift platforms targeting SecNumCloud compliance, where encrypti...
11 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Provide hardware information withing the initial setup assistant

In some environments you need to know configuration information before you set up a new system, for example WWPNs or MAC addresses of each port. Today this information is not available in the setup wizard, and thus it forces you to pause the wizar...
26 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Re-enable Service Access before finisching system setup with the Initial Setup Assistant.

Current Easy Setup flow prevents direct access to Service Assistant, requiring complex workarounds for code upgrades and hardware verification before cluster creation. However only in Service Assistant you can get information like WWPNs, MAC addre...
26 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Implement ECN Support for NVMe/RoCE Flow Control on FS7600

1. Current Limitation IBM FS7600 currently supports PFC (Priority Flow Control) but does not support ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) for NVMe/RoCE traffic. 2. Customer Impact and Technical Concerns In an RoCE network, ECN and PFC serve comp...
4 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Support QoS Priority Configuration via NVMe Connect Command instead of hardcoding it on storage and host

1. IBM Design Before PFC can work properly, clients must configure the QoS value on both the storage and host sides. However, IBM Storage only supports configuring a single QoS value at the storage level, which limits the flexibility to assign dif...
4 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Identify SVC/IBM Storage Virtualize volume when RTD is detected on backend FlashSystem

When Real-time Threat Detection/RTD detects suspicious activity on an IBM FlashSystem that is used as backend storage behind IBM SAN Volume Controller/IBM Storage Virtualize, the current event information identifies the affected backend FlashSyste...
5 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 9 Under review