iSeries direction 73Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004 5486Direction.fm DB2 and WebSphere Application Server for Linux on iSeries: IBM plansto make DB2 Universal Database (UDB) and WebSphere Application Serveravailable for Linux on iSeries.This Product Preview was fulfilled with the general availability of DB2 UDBV8.1 for Linux on iSeries in June 2003, and the general availability ofWebSphere Application Server 5.0.2 for Linux on iSeries in July 2003.Planning informationAs business grows, the information systems needs of a business change, andtechnology changes to allow more efficient and cost-effective methods to solvebusiness problems. As the iSeries and OS/400 are enhanced, new technology isintroduced. Other technology reaches a point where no further enhancements,functions, or maintenance is planned. This section helps customers to plan forthese changes and to protect their investment as their business needs change: OS/400 support of selected AS/400 and iSeries models: OS/400 V5R2 isthe final release to support AS/400e Models 150, 600, 620, 640, 650, S10,S20, S30, S40, and SB1. IBM plans for OS/400 V5R3 to be the final releaseto be supported on AS/400e Models 170, 250, 720, 730, and 740.The next release of OS/400 is planned to be supported on Models 270, 520,550, 570, 800, 810, 820, 825, 830, 840, 870, 890, SB2, and SB3 systems. Systems Product Division (SPD) I/O: IBM plans for OS/400 V5R3 to be thefinal release to support the attachment of SPD towers or SPD Migrationtowers. Customers must complete the migration or conversion of I/O attachedto their iSeries Model 820, 830, or 840 via SPD towers or migration towersbefore upgrading beyond V5R3 OS/400.Any SPD I/O cards in these towers or older I/O devices which can only beattached to SPD cards must be replaced by newer I/O. SPD-attached #5065or #5066 PCI I/O towers must be converted to the #5074 or #5079 PCIHSL-attached Expansion Towers or replaced with newer generation #5094 or#5294 PCI-X towers. The PCI-X towers offer a higher speed HSL connectionand the ability to support 15k rpm disk drives.The following functions provided by SPD cards do not have equivalentfunction PCI cards:– ASCII Adapter– V.25 Autocall cable– Select standby mode– X.21 switched WAN dial-up or shorthold mode WAN
