IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime) V6.5.1 provides instant, anytime access to people and information
IBM United States Software Announcement 204-049March 30, 2004
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IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime) V6.5.1 is now available! It provides instant, anytime access to people and information.
New in V6.5.1:
Enhanced capability
- Potential bandwidth savings via throttling Presenter's screen color depth
- Integrated Notes® System Diagnostics (NSD) collection
- Tivoli® WebSeal Reverse Proxy integration capability
- Enhanced Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) performance
- Audio adaptor add-on
- Client filtering capability
Integration
- IBM Lotus Notes® V6.5.1
- IBM Lotus Team Workplace (QuickPlace™) V6.5.1
Server support
- IBM Lotus Domino™ V6.5.1
- Microsoft Windows 2003
- Solaris V9
- AIX V5.2
Client support
- Mozilla Web browser
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at
800-IBM-CALL
(Reference: YE001).
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| Overview |
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IBM Lotus® Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime®) V6.5.1 aims to help organizations improve access, bring together team members, increase productivity, improve customer responsiveness, and enable faster decision-making. Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing combines the real-time capabilities of conversation, presence awareness, and object-sharing in a single environment with security features.
Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing, designed to reduce the complexity of computing, allows
users to spontaneously gain instant access to the right people and information, seamlessly bring
together geographically and organizationally dispersed team members, potentially increase personal
and team productivity, help improve general responsiveness, and facilitate faster collective
decision-making.
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| Key prerequisites |
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Server operating systems:
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IBM
pSeries® (AIX®), V5.1
and V5.2
- Sun Solaris operating environment, V8 and V9
- Microsoft™ Windows™ 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, or Windows Advanced Server with Service Pack 3
- IBM OS/400®, 5722SS1, V5.1, or later
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| Planned availability dates |
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- March 30, 2004: Electronic software delivery
- April 16, 2004: English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, and Spanish (Media and documentation)
- May 7, 2004: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Thai (Media and documentation)
- May 19, 2004: Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, and Polish (Media and documentation)
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| Description |
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IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime) V6.5.1 is IBM's worldwide market leading real-time collaboration offering. Over 10 million people use it every day to gain access and share information, virtually bring together geographically dispersed team members, enabling them to make faster decisions. Built from its very beginning to be a tool for e-business, Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing is an extremely robust and manageable offering with security features.
IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing is based on three simple, yet powerful, concepts:
- Presence awareness. Seeing, in advance, whether a person, or application, is available.
- Conversation. The exchange of text-based information (generally known as "instant messaging") as well as audio/video.
- Object sharing. Desktop and application sharing and whiteboarding, generally known as "Web conferencing."
Key features:
- Authentication and access control. Authenticate users when they log on. Protect Web conferences with a password and limit access to only the individuals who receive invitations.
- Instant messaging gateway. Support Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE) for the Lotus Instant Messaging Gateway. Permit the secure exchange of real-time information with users based on their e-mail addresses, increasing reach to the extended value chain.
- Scalability. Enable hundreds of people to view the same presentation or Web application or to engage in a whiteboard session. Link multiple servers to increase scalability and reduce traffic across WANs. As an option, optimize Web conference load balancing and fail-over with Lotus EMS software.
- Security, privacy, and chat logging. Take advantage of security features. Set instant messaging preferences to prevent or discourage interruptions. Encrypt Web conference content and data to restrict meeting content to authorized viewers only. Save instant messaging conversations to a text file to view at a later time. And, with APIs, build server-based chat logging solutions that may be useful in responding to certain regulatory requirements.
- Directory support. Use existing directories like IBM Lotus Domino or any Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory to control exactly who can access the environment. Create and manage each directory on the fly.
- Proxy support and firewalls. From the network's demilitarized zone (DMZ), let external users access the server without compromising network security. HTTP tunneling on port 80 enables clients with restrictive firewalls, operating in corporate networks, to connect to a server over the Internet. Client-side support for proxies includes HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5.
- Server management. Use the browser-based interface to set up new users, administer security and access privileges, monitor activity levels, and analyze usage trends. Easily broadcast messages with security in or across your entire network.
Potential business benefits:
- Improve access to people and information
- Virtually bring together geographically dispersed team members
- Help increase individual and team productivity
- Help improve customer responsiveness
- Enable faster, more informed decision-making
- Reduce the need for discretionary business travel
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| Education support |
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The following educational offerings are available as listed below.
IBM Global Services, IT Education Services, provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM Learning Services Web site
Refer to the IBM IT Education Services Web site for information on course locations and availability dates.
Call IBM IT Education Services at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs,
schedules, and enrollments.
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| Offering information |
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Product information will be available through the Offering Information Web site at
And, through the Passport Advantage® Web site at
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| Publications |
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No publications are shipped with this product.
The IBM Publications Center
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
Operating system: IBM
pSeries® (AIX®), V5.1 and V5.2
- Processor: Dual 475 MHz, or higher, IBM PowerPC® processor recommended; Dual 375 MHz PowerPC processor minimum
- RAM: 1 GB recommended; 512 MB minimum
- Disk space: 1 GB free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings; 500 MB minimum
- Disk swap space: 1 GB RAM recommended; 512 MB minimum
Operating system: Sun Solaris operating environment, V8 and V9
- Processor: UltraSPARC III 1 GHz processor, or higher, recommended; UltraSPARC III 550 MHz processor minimum
- RAM: 1 GB recommended; 512 MB minimum
- Disk space: 1 GB free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings; 500 MB minimum
- Disk swap space: 1 GB recommended; 512 MB minimum
Operating system: Microsoft™ Windows™ 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, or Windows Advanced Server with Service Pack 3
- Processor: Intel™ Pentium™ II 400 MHz, or higher, recommended
- RAM: 1 GB recommended; 512 MB minimum
- Disk space: 1 GB free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings; 500 MB minimum
- Disk swap space: 1 GB recommended; 512 MB minimum
Operating system: IBM OS/400®, 5722SS1, V5.1, or later
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Processor: All processor features are supported for IBM iSeries™ Models 730, 740, and 8xx.
- RAM: 1 GB recommended; 512 MB minimum.
- Disk space: 1 GB free disk space recommended to allow space for meetings; 500 MB minimum.
- Disk drives: minimum of 4 drives.
Video requirements:
- The server machine must have a video card installed.
- The video display color setting must be higher than 256 colors.
- A 16-bit color setting is recommended.
Software requirements
Server operating systems:
- IBM pSeries (AIX), V5.1 and V5.2
- Sun Solaris operating environment, V8 and V9
- IBM iSeries (OS/400), 5722-SS1, V5.1, or later
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, or Windows Advanced Server with Service Pack 3
Client operating systems:
- IBM pSeries (AIX), V5.1 and V5.2
- Red Hat Linux 7.2
- Sun Solaris operating environment, V8 and V9
- IBM iSeries (OS/400), 5722-SS1, V5.1, or later
- Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 3 and Windows XP Professional
- Citrix Metaframe XP
Browsers:
- Windows: Internet Explorer 6.0 with Microsoft Java™ Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.1 or Sun JVM 1.4.1, 1.4.2; Netscape Communicator 7.02 with Sun JVM 1.4.1, 1.4.2
- UNIX®: IBM AIX — Netscape Communicator 7.02 with IBM JVM 1.4.1, 1.4.2; Sun Solaris — Netscape Communicator 7.02 with Sun JVM 1.4.1, 1.4.2
- Red Hat Linux — Netscape Communicator 7.02 with Sun JVM 1.4.1, 1.4.2
- Mozilla
IBM Lotus® Domino™:
- Lotus Domino V6.5.1
LDAP:
- LDAP v3
- IBM Lotus Domino LDAP
- Netscape iPlanet
- Microsoft Active Directory
- IBM SecureWay® directory server
Planning information
Direct customer support: Direct customer support is provided by IBM Operational Support Services — Support Line. This fee service enhances customers' productivity by providing voice and electronic access into the IBM support organization. IBM Operational Support Services — Support Line will help answer questions pertaining to usage and suspected software defects for eligible products.
Installation and technical support is provided by Global Services. For more information, call 800-IBM-4YOU (426-4968).
Software Maintenance, previously referred to as Subscription and Technical Support, is now included in the Passport Advantage Agreement. Installation and technical support for the products announced in this letter is provided by the Software Maintenance offering of the IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement. This fee service enhances customer productivity by providing voice and/or electronic access into the IBM support organizations.
Packaging: IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing V6.5.1 will be distributed via a media package and electronic software distribution (ESD). It is distributed in one package with the following:
- IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing V6.5.1 product CDs
- Prerequisite software CDs
- Softcopy product documentation including README files are included on the product CDs
The License Information (LI) form number is L-PMIR-5SJ28T.
Security, auditability, and control
The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features,
administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication
facilities.
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Product information
Licensed Product Product function title group category Sametime(R) Sametime Sametime
IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing V6.5.1 is priced on a per-user (for intranet and/or extranet) and per-processor basis (for extranet only).
Passport Advantage program licenses
Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing
Part
Part description number
Sametime
IBM Lotus Sametime Extranet Processors D51I6LL
License & SW Maintenance 12 Months
IBM Lotus Sametime Extranet Processors E00GSLL
SW Maintenance Annual Renewal
IBM Lotus Sametime Extranet Processors D51I8LL
SW Maintenance Reinstatement
12 Months
Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing
Part
Part description number
Sametime
IBM Lotus Sametime Users License D5CT2LL
& SW Maintenance 12 Months
IBM Lotus Sametime Users SW E1CT5LL
Maintenance Annual Renewal
IBM Lotus Sametime Users SW D5CT6LL
Maintenance Reinstatement 12 Months
Passport Advantage supply
Part
Program name/description number
IM and WC User V6.5.1
Media Pack English U.S. Windows 2000, AD0E9NA
Sun Solaris/SPARC, Windows Server
2003, OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x CD-ROM
Digital Disk -- ISO 9660 Standard V6.5.1
Media Pack Multilingual (Danish, Swedish, AD0EBML
English U.S., Norwegian Nynorsk, Dutch,
Finnish) Windows 2000, Sun
Solaris/SPARC, Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x CD-ROM Digital
Disk -- ISO 9660 Standard V6.5.1
Media Pack Multilingual (French, Spanish, AD0EAML
Brazilian Portuguese, German, English
U.S., Italian) Windows 2000, Sun
Solaris/SPARC, Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x CD-ROM Digital
Disk -- ISO 9660 Standard V6.5.1
Media Pack Multilingual (Russian, AD0ECML
English U.S., Polish) Windows 2000, Sun
Solaris/SPARC, Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x CD-ROM Digital
Disk -- ISO 9660 Standard V6.5.1
Media Pack Multilingual (Thai, Korean, AD0EDML
Chinese -- Simplified, Japanese,
Chinese -- Traditional, English U.S.)
Windows 2000, Sun Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003, OS/400 V5.x, AIX
V5.x CD-ROM Digital Disk -- ISO 9660
Standard V6.5.1
Passport Advantage customer: Media pack entitlement details
Customers with active Maintenance or Subscription for the products listed below are entitled to receive the corresponding media pack.
IM and WC User V6.5.1
Entitled
maintenance
offerings Media packs Part
description description number
samtmcli IM and WC User English AD0E9NA
U.S. Windows 2000,
Sun Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
samtmcli IM and WC User AD0EBML
Multilingual (Danish,
Swedish, English
U.S., Norwegian
Nynorsk, Dutch,
Finnish) Windows 2000,
Sun Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
Entitled
maintenance
offerings Media packs Part
description description number
samtmcli IM and WC User AD0EAML
Multilingual (French,
Spanish, Brazilian
Portuguese, German,
English U.S.,
Italian) Windows 2000,
Sun Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
samtmcli IM and WC User AD0ECML
Multilingual
(Russian, English
U.S., Polish) Windows
2000, Sun
Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
samtmcli IM and WC User AD0EDML
Multilingual (Thai,
Korean, Chinese --
Simplified, Japanese,
Chinese --
Traditional, English
U.S.) Windows 2000,
Sun Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
IBM Lotus IM and WC User English AD0E9NA
Sametime U.S. Windows 2000,
Proc Sun Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
IBM Lotus IM and WC User AD0EBML
Sametime Multilingual (Danish,
Proc Swedish, English
U.S., Norwegian
Nynorsk, Dutch,
Finnish) Windows
2000, Sun
Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
IBM Lotus IM and WC User AD0EAML
Sametime Multilingual (French,
Proc Spanish, Brazilian
Portuguese, German,
English U.S.,
Italian) Windows
2000, Sun
Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
Entitled
maintenance
offerings Media packs Part
description description number
IBM Lotus IM and WC User AD0ECML
Sametime Multilingual
Proc (Russian, English
U.S., Polish) Windows
2000, Sun
Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
IBM Lotus IM and WC User AD0EDML
Sametime Multilingual (Thai,
Proc Korean, Chinese --
Simplified, Japanese,
Chinese --
Traditional, English
U.S.) Windows 2000,
Sun Solaris/SPARC,
Windows Server 2003,
OS/400 V5.x, AIX V5.x
CD-ROM Digital Disk
-- ISO 9660 Standard
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This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is not available as shrinkwrap.
Licensing: IBM International Program License Agreement. Proofs of Entitlement (PoE) are required for all authorized use.
Part number products only, offered outside of Passport Advantage, where applicable, are license only and do not include Software Maintenance.
License Information form numbers
Program
Program name number Form number
Instant Messaging and 5724-H77 L-PMIR-5SJ28T
Web Conferencing
Limited warranty applies: Yes
Warranty: This program has warranty for a minimum of one year from acquisition from IBM or authorized Business Partner. The warranty provided to the customer, for at least one year from acquisition, is access to databases (read Web sites) for program information, FAQs, including any known fixes to defects, which the customer can download or obtain otherwise and install at their leisure.
Money-back guarantee: If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program, return it within 30 days from the invoice date, to the party (either IBM or its reseller) from whom you acquired it, for a refund. This applies only to your first acquisition of the program.
Copy and use on home/portable computer
Copy and use on
home/portable
Product name computer?
Instant Messaging and No
Web Conferencing
Volume orders (IVO): No
Passport Advantage applies
Yes, and through the Passport Advantage Web site at
Software Maintenance applies: Yes
Software Maintenance, previously referred to as Subscription and Technical Support, is now included in the Passport Advantage Agreement. Installation and technical support for the products announced in this letter is provided by the Software Maintenance offering of the IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement. This fee service enhances customer productivity by providing voice and/or electronic access into the IBM support organizations.
IBM includes one year of Software Maintenance with the initial license acquisition of each program acquired. The initial period of Software Maintenance can be extended by the purchase of a renewal option that is available.
While your Software Maintenance is in effect: IBM provides you assistance for your (1) routine, short duration installation and usage (how-to) questions; and (2) code-related questions. IBM provides assistance via telephone and, if available, electronic access, only to your information systems (IS) technical support personnel during the normal business hours (published prime shift hours) of your IBM support center. (This assistance is not available to your end users.) IBM provides Severity 1 assistance 24 hours a day, every day of the year. For additional details, consult your IBM Software Support Guide at
Software Maintenance does not include assistance for (1) the design and development of applications, (2) your use of programs in other than their specified operating environment or (3) failures caused by products for which IBM is not responsible under this agreement.
For more information about the Passport Advantage Agreement, refer to the IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement Software announcement 201-202 , dated July 10, 2001, or visit the Passport Advantage Web site at
IBM Operational Support Services — Support Line: No
iSeries Software Subscription applies: No
Educational allowance available:
Not applicable.
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