Using System i with Windows Operating Systems
| Windows Operating System |
System i Access for Windows
(5761-XE1)
iSeries Access for Windows
(5722-XE1)
Which releases work with this
Windows operating system? |
| Windows 2008 Server |
V6R1M0 (5761 - XE1 System i Access for Windows) |
Windows Vista
Ultimate
Business
Enterprise
32-bit and 64-bit editions |
Vista Home Premium and Home Basic editions are not
supported. The other editions are supported with:
- V6R1M0 (5761-XE1 System i Access for Windows)
- V5R4M0 (5722-XE1 iSeries Access for Windows) with
service pack PTF SI25949 or later
PC5250 requires SI27741 or later
Click
here to get the latest V5R4 service pack
The restrictions are in Information APAR
II14239. |
Windows XP
Tablet PC Edition |
The Operations Console function is not supported on
any release of System i for Windows on the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
For all other components:
- V6R1M0 (5761-XE1 System i Access for Windows)
- V5R4M0 (5722-XE1 iSeries Access for Windows) with
service pack PTF
SI22257 or later
- V5R3M0 with service pack PTF
SI21917 or later
The Support Statement in
Information APAR II14175 states the requirements and restrictions
listed in this table entry. |
| Windows XP Professional x64 Edition |
- V6R1M0 (5761-XE1 System i Access for Windows)
- V5R4M0 (5722-XE1 iSeries Access for Windows)
- V5R3M0 with service pack PTF
SI17742 or later
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| Windows Server 2003 x64-based versions |
- V6R1M0 (5761-XE1 System i Access for Windows)
- V5R4M0 (5722-XE1 iSeries Access for Windows)
- V5R3M0 with service pack PTF
SI17742 or later
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| Windows Server 2003 |
- V6R1M0 (5761-XE1 System i Access for Windows)
- V5R4M0 (5722-XE1 iSeries Access for Windows)
- V5R3M0
- V5R2M0 with service pack
SI07675 or later
Refer to the Support Statement in
Information APAR II13465 for requirements and restrictions |
| Windows XP Professional |
- V6R1M0 (5761-XE1 System i Access for Windows)
- V5R4M0 (5722-XE1 iSeries Access for Windows)
- V5R3M0
- V5R2M0
- V5R1M0 with service pack
SI01907 or later
Starting with Windows XP SP2, Windows Firewall is enabled by default.
Refer to
Firewall Information for links to documents on this topic.
Attention Operations Console users: if you use Windows XP, V5R2M0 or
later System i for Windows is required. Refer to the
Operations Console home page.
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Windows 2000
Additional Information |
- V6R1M0 (5761-XE1 System i Access for Windows)
- V5R4M0 (5722-XE1 iSeries Access for Windows)
- V5R3M0
- V5R2M0
- V5R1M0
- V4R5M0
- V4R4M0 with service pack
SF60698 or later
Support Statement in
Information APAR II11853
Click
here to learn about a known problem with Operations Console and
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. |
| Windows NT 4.0 |
- V5R3M0
- V5R2M0
- V5R1M0
- V4R5M0
- V4R4M0
V5R3 is the last release we plan to support Windows NT 4.0. Refer to our
Planning web page, the section "System i for Windows plans for
Windows NT 4.0, July 2004" |
| Windows Me |
- V5R2M0
- V5R1M0
- V4R5M0 with service pack
SF62213 or later
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| Windows 98 |
- V5R2M0
- V5R1M0
- V4R5M0
- V4R4M0
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| Windows 95 |
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A service pack PTF is
required for usage of System i for Windows on some Windows operations
systems. Here are ways that you can acquire the latest service pack:
- Our System
i Service Packs web page. The table for System i for Windows has
the link to the latest service pack. Clicking on the service pack
PTF number takes you to the FTP site, where the self-extracting EXE
file contains a set of install image files used to install the
service pack on a PC.
- Use SNDPTFORD to order the service pack PTF for
product 5722-XE1 and install it on your iSeries; then install it on
your PC from the iSeries. (Since the service pack PTFs exceed the
size limit to be sent electronically, you can receive the PTF on
media by changing SNDPTFORD's "Delivery Method" (DELIVERY) parameter
to *ANY. The parameter defaults to *LINKONLY.)
- Use Internet PTF Delivery (iPTF). This PTF would
also install on your iSeries. To find out about this service and the
requirements, go to
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/i/ and select "Fixes"
underneath the "Popular Links" header.
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Starting with Windows XP
SP2, Windows Firewall is enabled by default. There are two Software
Knowledge Base documents with information on enabling System i for
Windows with firewall products:
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System i and Microsoft Windows Firewall: Making It
Work
This document provides one solution that will get System i for
Windows functions working through Windows Firewall. Specifically, it
show Administrators how to enable the three components that need to
accept incoming requests to work: Incoming Remote Command,
Operations Console, and Management Central.
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System i for Windows and PC Firewall Products
This document contains information that is useful for PCs running
Windows Firewall or other firewall programs. It provides more detail
for advanced users who may want to understand the different ways to
enable System i for Windows functions through firewall programs. The
document in "1" above only includes configuring application
exceptions through Windows Firewall, and deals only with firewall
products that block incoming connections. This document includes
configuring port exceptions as well. It also includes information
useful when running a firewall program that blocks outgoing
connections.
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| All releases of System i for
Windows (that is, V4R4M0 and later) were tested with all released
versions of Windows 2000. For Client Access Express V4R4M0,
service pack SF60698 or later is required. The releases of System i
for Windows that are currently being supported are V5R1M0, V5R2M0, and
V5R3M0. Refer to
System i End-of-service Dates regarding currently supported
releases. Information regarding System i on the
Windows 2000 operating system:
- Note that iSeries Operations Console supports
Windows 2000 Professional but not Windows 2000 Server Editions.
Information APAR II11853 "Client
Access and Windows 2000"
This info APAR contains...
- for System i for Windows: the support statement,
service pack requirements, known problems, links to fixes (e.g., the
AFP print driver fix), and migration notes.
- for Client Access for Windows 95/NT: the
statement that there are no plans to support this client on Windows
2000 workstations or servers.
Information APAR II12664 "Known Problems/Restrictions When
Using Windows 2000 and NTFS Write Restrictions on Client Access Express
Directories (V4R4M0 and V4R5M0)"
Information APAR II11791 "Client Access Express Support on
VPN Connectivity"
This info APAR contains requirements for VPN connections, which include
the Windows 2000 operating system. |
