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 Enhancements/support by release
Description of Service or Feature Releases no longer supported Supported releases
Clients V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
Windows for Workgroups          
Windows 95        
Windows 98      
Windows Me              
Windows NT 3.51          
Windows NT 4.0    
Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition   1 1
Windows 2000 Professional   1 1
Windows XP Professional          
Windows Server 2003           2
Windows Vista              
Linux Samba 2.0.7 and later         1
Print serving V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
User ASCII, AFP, SCS
Automatic sensing of the print stream for spooled file type    
Stand-alone AFP and SCS printer drivers
Printer file support    
Printer share publishing to Active Directory        
File serving V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
Access mode (read-only/read-write)
Limit to maximum number of simultaneous users
Large file support        
Text converting on the fly    
Complex data conversions        
Opportunistic locks              
Starting/Jobs V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
Started with QSERVER subsystem
Started as a TCP/IP server - automatic    
Multiple subsystems for client work          
Threading support              
Security V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
Integration with iSeries user profile
Hide i5/OS NetServer from Network Neighborhood
Hide print and file shares from Network Neighborhood with '$'
NTLMv2 authentication capability        
Supports QPWDLVL (disable LANMAN passwords option)        
Kerberos ticket support for Win2000/XP          
Kerberos and encrypted password co-existence           1
Message authentication/signing support              
NLS V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
Multiple network client code page support    
SMB NT Dialect (CIFS extensions) support    
UTF-8 support          
Logon V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
Provides domain logon services        
Domain Master Browser support        
Supports IBM Networks Primary Logon Client v4.4        
Supports IBM Networks Primary Logon Client v4.5          
Other V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
Network Neighborhood browsing
Guest access
WINS Client/Proxy
Access allowed using iSeries system name    
Direct TCP/IP hosting on port 445        
Long username truncation/mapping        
GO NETS command menu tool          
Informational messaging (WinPopups)          
IPv6 Support                
Operations Navigator V4R2 V4R3 V4R4 V4R5 V5R1 V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1
Configuration and control window
File Systems->File Shares context menu shortcut    
Properties General/Advanced/WINS Tabs    
Subsystem configuration tab          
Sessions and their properties
Session shared object status  
Shared objects and their properties
Shared object session status  
i5/OS NetServer status  
Timed refresh for i5/OS NetServer status    
Server jobs    
Disable WINS Proxy support      
Configuration Wizard        
Disabled users administration dialog        
Session identifiers        
IFS directory permissions from file share    

1 PTFs required for the support
2 Support announced after release general availability.

iSeries Operations Navigator support maps to the following release:

  • V4R2 OS/400 - V3R1M3 Operations Navigator
  • V4R3 OS/400 - V3R2M0 Operations Navigator
  • V4R4 OS/400 - V4R4M0 Operations Navigator
  • V4R5 OS/400 - V4R5M0 Operations Navigator
  • V5R1 OS/400 - V5R1M0 Operations Navigator
  • V5R2 OS/400 - V5R2M0 iSeries Navigator
  • V5R3 OS/400 - V5R3M0 iSeries Navigator
  • V5R4 i5/OS - V5R4M0 iSeries Navigator
  • V6R1 System i - V6R1M0 System i Navigator