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5486LPOpS.fm Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004

584 IBM Eserver i5 and iSeries System Handbook

OS/400 Portable Application Solutions Environment (5722-SS1 Option

33)

OS/400 PASE is an integrated runtime that provides

simplified porting of selected solution provider UNIX

applications. OS/400 PASE complements and expands the

iSeries solution portfolio by focusing on rapidly porting

UNIX applications to the iSeries platform.

OS/400 PASE is a library of APIs and system services that

enable AIX programs to run in OS/400. It provides a

subset of AIX functionality to support running 32-bit and 64-bit UNIX applications

directly on iSeries hardware. OS/400 PASE includes full support for X-Windows.

OS/400 PASE applications are created on an AIX workstation and execute on

iSeries hardware. As of V5R2, OS/400 PASE applications written in C or C++

can be compiled within OS/400 PASE. The environment provides libraries

containing hundreds of basic system APIs that are compatible with:

򐂰 32-bit applications for AIX 4.2.1 or later

򐂰 64-bit application for AIX 5.1

OS/400 PASE exploits the iSeries processor’s ability to switch between OS/400

and AIX runtime modes within an OS/400 job. This allows applications deployed

using OS/400 PASE to run directly on iSeries hardware and take full advantage

of OS/400 services such as file systems, security, and DB2 UDB for iSeries.

OS/400 PASE is not an operating system. It does not provide support for

developing UNIX applications. Any changes or additions required to port UNIX

applications to OS/400 PASE are compiled and linked on an RS/6000®

workstation running a level of AIX supported by OS/400 PASE. Applications

deployed using OS/400 PASE run in a normal OS/400 job and are managed

using standard OS/400 operations. Serviceability, backup and restore, and other

administrative tasks are performed using standard OS/400 operations and

system management facilities.

OS/400 PASE contains the same command line interface (CLI) set of APIs for

DB2 UDB iSeries that is supported for Integrated Language Environment (ILE).

OS/400 PASE (5722-SS1 Option 33)

Included in base Header and export file extensions are packaged with OS/400 Option 33

Status No charge feature

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