Adapter for iSeries environment

Before installing, configuring, and using the adapter, you must understand its environmental requirements:

Broker compatibility

The adapter framework that an adapter uses must be compatible with the version of the integration broker (or brokers) with which the adapter is communicating. Version 2.0 of the adapter for iSeries is supported on the following versions of the adapter framework and with the following integration brokers:

Adapter framework: WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework, versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.x, 2.4, and 2.5.

Integration brokers:

See the Release Notes for any exceptions.

Note:
For instructions on installing the integration broker and its prerequisites, see the following documentation. For WebSphere InterChange Server (ICS), see the System Installation Guide for UNIX or for Windows.

For message brokers (WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker, WebSphere MQ Integrator, and WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker), see Implementing Adapters with WebSphere Message Brokers, and the installation documentation for the message broker. Some of this can be found at the following Web site: http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/mqfamily/library/manualsa/.

For WebSphere Application Server, see Implementing Adapters with WebSphere Application Server and the documentation at: http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/library.html.

Adapter platforms

The adapter runs on the following platforms:

Prerequisites

To use the connector, your environment must have the following:

  1. Java and jar files:
  2. The iSeries adapter is designed to connect to an AS/400 with one of the following OS/400 versions:
  3. The Host Servers option of OS/400 must be installed and running.
    Note:
    The OS/400 data queue server requires PTFs to correctly perform peek functions. You must have the appropriate PTF from the following link:
    http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/toolbox/
    hostservicepackdetail.htm
    
  4. You must be running RPG III or IV.

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