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Workspace Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 11, 2017

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Spectrum Scale request to be able to lock down daemon listening on a specific IP

System: Latest Spectrum Scale versions

Actor: Spectrum Scale users/Security teams

Spectrum Scale is used by a wide variety of users in numerous industries. When specifically thinking of network and node security, port security is paramount in highly secure facilities.

Description: I am working with a customer that has a security requirement of locking down the number of open and/or listening IP:Port connections.

Currently there is no configuration parameter to limit the Network Interface/IPs that the Spectrum Scale daemon is listening/connected on.

We are requesting that the ability to lock down the Network Interface/IP on which mmfsd listens.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    |     Sep 30, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - IBM Spectrum Scale
    Product - Spectrum Scale (formerly known as GPFS) - Public RFEs
    Component - Product functionality

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - IBM Spectrum Scale
    Product - Spectrum Scale (formerly known as GPFS) - Public RFEs
    Component - V4 Product functionality

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