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These product previews are open at the time of the incremental V5R1 announcements made
on 12 February 2002:
• Support for WebSphere Application Server 4.0: IBM intends to support iSeries
Access for Web and WebSphere Host Publisher when used with WebSphere
Application Server 4.0 Advanced Edition for iSeries. This support will be available in
the next release.
• Power4 microprocessor technology for iSeries: IBM plans to bring the POWER4
microprocessor technology to the iSeries in second half of 2002. In addition, the
iSeries also plans to continue to strengthen its position as a leading e-business server
with enhancements that further extend the integration of Domino, Linux, and
WebSphere technologies.
• SPD I/O not supported on Power 4 iSeries: IBM does not intend for the planned
Power 4 iSeries servers to support non-PCI (SPD-based) I/O controllers and adapters.
• Growth options for Model 270 customers: Product offerings for small and medium
enterprise customers are important to iSeries' success and are part of our strategic
and tactical plans. IBM intends to provide technology upgrade options for the Model
270 customer in the second half of 2002. This capability will support our customer's
e-business and workload consolidation plans.

Product Previews: Closed

These product previews were closed at the time of the 28 August 2001 announcement:
• Dual Power LIne Cords on iSeries : IBM intends to provide dual power line cords as
another high availability option on iSeries Models 820, 830, and 840, as well as the
#5074 and #5079 Towers.
• Web Traffic Express : IBM has changed its plan to provide a Web Traffic Express
proxy server. Instead, a proxy server is included with the iSeries HTTP Server
(Powered by Apache). It is an industry accepted proxy server and is delivered as a no
charge feature of OS/400. The Apache-based HTTP proxy server provides
high-performance caching, reverse proxy, and content filtering by domain and IP
address.
These product previews were closed at the time of the V5R1 announcement (23 April 2001):
• Logical Partitioning (LPAR) Enhancements : IBM intends to significantly increase
the flexibility of LPAR by supporting dynamic resource movement between partitions
and providing support for multiple partitions assigned to a single processor.
• iSeries Linux Support : IBM plans to provide Linux for selected models of the iSeries
platform by providing native support of the Linux kernel running in a secondary logical
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