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    Native IPv6 Support for VPC Virtual Server Instances (VSIs)

    1. Real-Life Scenario & Problem Statement: Our organization is currently deploying a globally distributed application that requires direct end-to-end connectivity for millions of edge devices. In our current IBM Cloud VPC setup, we are restric...
    1 day ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 0 Submitted

    AWS PrivateLink capability

    We would like to share a need for AWS Private Link in order to have possibility to switch from Data Link Classic into new Data Link. Currently we use Data Link Classic in order pull data from my organization AWS s3 bucket ( assume role), current s...
    29 days ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Virtual Private Network (VPN) 1 Under review

    NS1 Connect: For the Filter Chain option UP, include an additional option PING to ping the IP address designated in the ANSWER specifically.

    For example, if the ANSWER IP address is 190.190.1.1, no returned ping data from that IP will eliminate an answer, thus a failover to the next prioritized answer.
    about 1 month ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / DNS Services 1 Under review

    Enable Cloudflare API Shield functionality in IBM Internet Services

    Cloudflare has a suite of Enterprise options for API protection through their API Shield offering (https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/api-shield/). It would be good to have these options through IBM Internet Services as well.
    2 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Network 1 Under review

    Bulk update storage tiers for all volumes attached to a single VM

    Currently, we can change the storage tier for volumes in PowerVS via the IBM Cloud Web UI or CLI. However, this must be done individually for each volume. IBM i VMs typically have a large number of volumes to ensure optimal I/O performance. As a r...
    3 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud 0 Submitted

    Confirmation IPL Mode on Cloud COnsole

    We can confirm IPL mode on IBM i OS (System Value) and DST/SST. However it is unable to confirm it on IBM Cloud Console although we can change it. As we can not confirm it before IPL from shutdown status, It is useful if we can confirm it before I...
    3 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud 0 Submitted

    Replacement for F5 Big-IP offerings due to security breach

    On October 15, 2025, F5 disclosed that a "highly sophisticated" nation-state actor had breached its internal systems, stealing portions of its BIG-IP source code and information about undisclosed vulnerabilities.Since then, we as managed service p...
    4 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Load Balancer 0 Under review

    GRS to support Synchronous replication

    All of our PowerHA deployments support Cat A systems and asynchronous replication would not meet SLA and regulations. This means GRS solution between VPCs is not suitable and GLVM is the only solution, adding complexity and resilience concerns.Syn...
    5 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud / Client - Urgent 1 Not under consideration

    Add option to boot LPAR into SMS mode through portal

    Will assist with BAU and error investigation / maintenance etc
    5 months ago in PowerVS Private Cloud / Client Request 1 Needs more information

    Control the apply timing of new CIS WAF rules

    The release of new rules in the CIS WAF Managed Ruleset resulted in blocking data transmission for business operations. Since the WAF Managed Ruleset follows Cloudflare’s releases, if operators do not override the rules, they will automatically sw...
    5 months ago in * IBM Cloud Ideas / Content Delivery Network (CDN) 0 Under review

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