| At the heart of your IBM® System i™ platform,
i5/OS® lets you respond with flexibility and speed to changing
business conditions. Integrated, reliable, and driven by your
business needs, i5/OS helps you deploy new applications faster and
utilize the system more fully.
Highlights
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Extends the reliability and simplicity
for which the IBM System i family is known, allowing you to
focus on achieving your core business goals |
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Linux®, WebSphere®, Java™, Workplace™ and
Domino® support-all integrated into the system-give you the
flexibility to choose the applications that work best for
your business while providing the reliability and security
you need |
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Key functions such as database,
networking, online help, and enhanced web capabilities are
integrated into the system along with improved security and
virus protection, so you can simplify and consolidate system
management tasks |
i5/OS — integrated and reliable
When you rely on your IT infrastructure to
support business-critical operations, you want to know that
your systems are going to be available every time you need
them. With confidence-inspiring availability and secure,
scalable architecture, running i5/OS® on your System i
installation can help you do more and worry less. Many key
functions have been built into the system, adding greater
capability, yet simplifying operation. You can quickly and
easily deploy applications while seamlessly combining new
and existing data. And with robust security and networking
options, i5/OS enables secure, reliable connectivity to
suppliers, partners, customers and employees.
i5/OS is fully integrated right out of the
box so you have everything you need to run your business.
The operating system comes with built in relational
database, security, communication and networking
capabilities, online help, Web enablement technologies, easy
enterprise management, and much more. IBM fully tests all
components working together, so you don't have to. Even
better, you can control all of the components of i5/OS using
a single command language or a simple unified graphical user
interface (GUI).
i5/OS helps to further simplify your IT
environment by supporting the option to run Linux, Windows®
Server™1 and AIX 5L™ applications
within a single, easy-to-manage system-so you can use the
applications that work best for you instead of sacrificing
capability for compatibility. i5/OS features superior
application workload management and logical partitioning (LPAR),
so you can quickly deploy and manage the next generation of
applications while maintaining your current business
applications-all in a single, partitioned system.
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Features Benefits
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Graphical user interface (GUI) that provides visualization,
wizards, and integration for simplicity of advanced
operations |
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Accessible from PCs and pervasive or mobile devices-eases
remote management |
DB2 Universal Database
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Integrated into the system for robust reliability |
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Included with system purchase so you don't have to worry
about additional license costs |
Object-based Architecture
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Technology changes can be made in the environment without
affecting application programs. |
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Delivers a high level of system integrity and security |
Logical partitioning
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Supported across multiple i5/OS and OS/400® releases, Linux,
and AIX 5L™ |
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Makes it easy to manage multiple applications and multiple
environments in a single system |
Clustering and high availability
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Switch applications, data, and resources between multiple
iSeries systems for performance and availability. |
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High-speed link (HSL) OptiConnect offers a faster and lower
cost connection than previous technologies. |
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broad selection of high-function high availability software
designed to provide continuous or near-continuous
availability is available from iSeries ISVs. |
Built-in networking
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TCP/IP capabilities offer security, reliability and
near-universal connectivity. |
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Wireless capabilities - enabled by XML - allow pervasive
connectivity to core business applications on the System i
platform. |
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Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) provides Web-enabled
worldwide print support. |
Linux, AIX and Windows support for System i
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Enables a wide variety of applications to complement the
core business strengths of i5/OS applications |
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Inherits important security and reliability features of the
System i architecture |
IBM Java for System i
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Enables fast interpretation and execution of Java code on
System i |
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Provides improved scalability over other Java platforms and
synergy with the System i object-based architecture |
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i5/OS V5R4 includes new JVM for improved Java performance. |
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