Prerequisites for using the System i Access for Linux product

Identify the System i® and the Linux requirements for using the System i Access for Linux product.

These are the System i requirements:

  • System i connections running i5/OS V5R3, V5R4 or V6R1, are supported. Unexpected results are produced when using the product with earlier releases.
  • The QUSER user profile must be enabled. From a System i command line type the following:
    DSPUSRPRF USRPRF(QUSER) 
Press ENTER to display the status for QUSER. 
Use the CHGUSRPRF command to change the profile if necessary.
  • The host servers must be started. Type STRHOSTSVR and press ENTER to start the i5/OS host servers.
  • TCP/IP must be started. To start TCP/IP, you must have the TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities (i5/OS licensed program 5761-TC1) installed on the system. For more information on host server options and TCP/IP, see the TCP/IP topic in the i5/OS Information Center.

These are the Linux requirements:

  • GNU C Library (GLibc 2.2)
  • Red Hat package manager (RPM 3.0)
  • Runtime environment (OpenMotif 2.0 or later for the 5250 emulator)
  • unixODBC driver manager version 2.0.11 or later must be installed on the client. See the unixODBC Project web site for more information on the driver manager and to download the latest level of the driver manager.
Note: If you recompile the unixODBC driver manager, the ./configure --prefix default is /usr/local. If you use this default, update your shared library (/etc/ld.so.conf) and executable paths to include it.

Recommended Linux Distributions are listed below.

  • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 and later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and later
Parent topic: IBM i Access for Linux