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IBM i NetServer

Support by release

 Enhancements/support by release
Description of service or feature No longer supported Supported releases
Clients V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
Windows for Workgroups          
Windows 95          
Windows 98 yes        
Windows Me yes        
Windows NT 3.51          
Windows NT 4.0 yes yes      
Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition yes yes yes yes  
Windows 2000 Professional yes yes yes yes  
Windows XP Professional yes yes yes yes yes
Windows Server 2003 yes1 yes yes yes yes
Windows Vista     yes yes yes
Windows 7     yes1 yes1 yes
Windows Server 2008     yes1 yes1 yes
Linux Samba 2.0.7 and later yes yes yes yes yes
Print serving V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
User ASCII, AFP, SCS yes yes yes yes yes
Automatic sensing of the print stream for spooled file type yes yes yes yes yes
Stand-alone AFP and SCS printer drivers yes yes yes yes yes
Printer file support yes yes yes yes yes
Printer share publishing to Active Directory yes yes yes yes yes
File serving V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
Access mode (read-only/read-write) yes yes yes yes yes
Limit to maximum number of simultaneous users yes yes yes yes yes
Large file support yes yes yes yes yes
Text converting on the fly yes yes yes yes yes
Complex data conversions yes yes yes yes yes
Opportunistic locks     yes yes yes
Starting/Jobs V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
Started with QSERVER subsystem yes yes yes yes yes
Started as a TCP/IP server - automatic yes yes yes yes yes
Multiple subsystems for client work yes yes yes yes yes
Threading support     yes yes yes
Security V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
Integration with iSeries user profile yes yes yes yes yes
Hide IBM i NetServer from Network Neighborhood yes yes yes yes yes
Hide print and file shares from Network Neighborhood with '$' yes yes yes yes yes
NTLMv2 authentication capability yes yes yes yes yes
Supports QPWDLVL (disable LANMAN passwords option) yes yes yes yes yes
Kerberos ticket support for Win2000/XP yes yes yes yes yes
Kerberos and encrypted password co-existence yes1 yes yes yes yes
Message authentication/signing support     yes yes yes
NLS V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
Multiple network client code page support yes yes yes yes yes
SMB NT Dialect (CIFS extensions) support yes yes yes yes yes
UTF-8 support yes yes yes yes yes
Logon V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
Provides domain logon services yes yes yes yes yes
Domain Master Browser support yes yes yes yes yes
Supports IBM Networks Primary Logon Client v4.4 yes yes yes yes  
Supports IBM Networks Primary Logon Client v4.5 yes yes yes yes  
Other V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
Network Neighborhood browsing yes yes yes yes yes
Guest access yes yes yes yes yes
WINS Client/Proxy yes yes yes yes yes
Access allowed using iSeries system name yes yes yes yes yes
Direct TCP/IP hosting on port 445 yes yes yes yes yes
Long username truncation/mapping yes yes yes yes yes
GO NETS command menu tool yes yes yes yes yes
Informational messaging (WinPopups) yes yes yes yes yes
IPv6 Support       yes yes
Operations Navigator V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
Configuration and control window yes yes yes yes yes
File Systems->File Shares context menu shortcut yes yes yes yes yes
Properties General/Advanced/WINS Tabs yes yes yes yes yes
Subsystem configuration tab yes yes yes yes yes
Sessions and their properties yes yes yes yes yes
Session shared object status yes yes yes yes yes
Shared objects and their properties yes yes yes yes yes
Shared object session status yes yes yes yes yes
IBM i NetServer status yes yes yes yes yes
Timed refresh for IBM i NetServer status yes yes yes yes yes
Server jobs yes yes yes yes yes
Disable WINS Proxy support yes yes yes yes yes
Configuration Wizard yes yes yes yes yes
Disabled users administration dialog yes yes yes yes yes
Session identifiers yes yes yes yes yes
IFS directory permissions from file share yes yes yes yes yes

1 Support announced after release general availability.

IBM i Navigator support maps to the following release: