IBM i Series

iSeries Direction 59
iSeries Direction
• OfficeVision/400: As previously announced, V4R5 is the final release to support
OfficeVision/400. End of program services for OV/400 is 31 May 2001.
OfficeVision/400 will be uninstalled upon upgrading to V5R1 or later releases.
• BEST/1: V5R1 is the final release to support the BEST/1 Capacity Planning tool.
BEST/1 is included in Performance Tools (5722-PT1). The BEST/1 function will be
discontinued after V5R1.
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Wireless Connection for AS/400 (5798-TBW): V4R5 is the final release to support
Wireless Connection for AS/400.
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IPX: V5R1 is the final release to support the IPX protocol. The Enhanced Integration
for NetWare (Option 25) configurations can be changed from IPX to IP connectivity.
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Lotus Domino Client subscription: IBM intends to provide a new offering for
customers to renew their software subscription entitlement for Lotus Domino clients,
which was previously purchased under Lotus Domino Enterprise Server for AS/400
(5769-LNT).
Under the new offering, customers can purchase client entitlement for one year of
subscription at a price similar to Lotus’ Passport Advantage. The terms of the current
offering for Lotus Domino client software subscription are extended until the new offering
is announced.
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¼-Inch Cartridge Tape: V5R1 is the final release to support the #6385/#6485 ¼-inch
Cartridge Tape Unit. Customers using these tape units can order a conversion to a 16
GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit (#4483/#4583/#6383/#6483), a 25 Gb ¼-inch
Cartridge Tape Unit (#4486/#4586/#6386/#6486), or a 50 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape
Unit (#4487/#4587). Customers who use their tape drive primarily for incremental fast
backups and need smaller (2.5 GB) capacity tape drive units should consider the
#4482/#6382 2 GB ¼-inch tape drive.
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OS/2 Warp Server for iSeries and Novell 4.11 on the iSeries Integrated Netfinity
Server
: Customers running this product are no longer supported as of 31 January
2001. These products will not be functionally enhanced. We recommend that
customers with Domino on the OS/2 based iSeries Integrated Netfinity Server migrate
to the native Domino for iSeries product, which provides enhanced scalability,
reliability, and integration. V4R3 is the last release of OS/400 to support Lotus Domino
running on the OS/2 based iSeries Integrated Netfinity Server.
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NetVista Thin Client: V5R1 is the final release to support NetVista Thin Client
Manager V2R1. The current Program Service End Date for Thin Client Manager V2R1
is 31 December 2001.
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Workstation Gateway: V5R1 is the final release to support 5722-SS1 Workstation
Gateway, which is part of the TCP/IP functions of OS/400. Migrate to IBM WebSphere
Host Publisher XML Legacy Gateway, a customizable Web-based 5250 interface
function, for equivalent.