Statement Of Direction; Planning Information - IBM i series Handbook

iSeries Direction

Statement of Direction

Statements of direction identify the commitment of IBM to direct the iSeries servers toward a
given design or technology. Understanding them can provide insight into IBM's design and
technology plans.
As part of the iSeries announcements made in April 2001, IBM announced a commitment to
the following direction:
Database File support in independent auxiliary storage pool/switchable disk
In a future release, IBM intends to enhance OS/400 support for switching the ownership
of objects between Primary and Secondary Servers through the use of Independent
Auxiliary Storage Pool (IASP) and switchable disk technologies by extending the list of
possible switched objects beyond Integrated File System (IFS) files. Additions would
include objects associated with the DB2 Universal Database for iSeries and other OS/400
library based objects.

Planning Information

Business grows, the information systems needs of a business change, and technology
changes to allow more efficient and cost effective methods to solve business problems. As
the iSeries and OS/400 are enhanced, new technology is introduced. Other technology
reaches a point where no further enhancements, functions, or maintenance is planned. This
section helps our customers plan for these changes and to protect their investment as their
business needs change.
• AS/400 Models 4xx and 5xx : OS/400 V5R1 is the final release to be supported on
AS/400 Models 400, 436, 40S, 500, 510, 530, 50S, and 53S.
• Client Access Family : IBM intends to remove support of the Windows 95 operating
system for the Client Access Express for Windows client. Client Access Express for
Windows 95 will not be supported beyond V5R1.
This removal of Windows 95 support applies to all of the functions shipped with Client
Access Express, including EZ-Setup, Operations Navigator, Management Central, and
Operations Console. Client Access Express for Windows will continue to be supported on
the Windows 98, NT 4.0, ME, and 2000 Operating systems.
• AS/400 support for Windows Network Neighborhood : IBM intends to remove the
support of the Windows 95 operating system from AS/400 NetServer. Windows 95 will
continue to be supported from AS/400 NetServer in V5R1, but not in subsequent
releases. AS/400 NetServer will continue to support the Windows 98, NT 4.0, ME, and
2000 Operating systems.
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