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WebSphere Application Server for
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Updated: September 29, 2008

  
 
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The following table provides a product comparison of the features and functions among the various WebSphere Application Server products for IBM i. It compares:


  • WebSphere Application Server – Express V7.0 for IBM i
  • WebSphere Application Server V7.0 for IBM i
  • WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0 for IBM i

Features / Functions WebSphere Application Server – Express V7.0 for IBM i WebSphere Application Server V7.0 for IBM i WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0 for IBM i
Java EE 5 Programming Model Specifications Java EE 5 compliance x x x
Java SE 6 x x x
JDBC Version 4.0, 3.0, and 2.1. x x x
Servlet Version 2.5 x x x
JavaServer Pages (JSP) Version 2.1, and 2.0 x x x
Java Transaction API (JTA) Version 1.1 x x x
JavaMail Version 1.4 x x x
JavaBeans Activation Framework Version 1.1 x x x
Java API for XML Parsing (JAXP) Version 1.2 x x x
Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) 5.0 x x x
Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) Version 2.0 x x x
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) Version 3.0, 2.1, and 2.0 x x x
Java Management Extensions (JMX 1.2) x x x
Java EE Deployment (JSR 88) Version 1.2 x x x
Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA 1.5) x x x
Java Message Service (JMS) Version 1.1 x x x
Portlets 2.0 (JSR286) x x x
Client Applications Web Services client x x x
Web-based client (HTML, JSP, and servlet) x x x
Java EE application client x x x
Applet application client x x x
ActiveX application client x x x
Pluggable application client x x x
Applications Provided Samples Gallery x x x
Administration Browser-based WebSphere Application Server Administration Console x x x
IBM Web Administration for IBM i x 1 x 1 x 1
Administrative scripting (wsadmin) x x x
Command line (Qshell scripts) x x x
Java Management Extension Interface x x x
Shared libraries x x x
Multiple application server instances per system. x x x
Multiple application server processes per WebSphere application server instance. x x x
Log Analyzer tool x x x
Admin Task for wsadmin x x x
Web server definitions x x x
Multi-node administration     x
DB2 UDB for iSeries IBM Toolbox for Java JDBC Driver x x x
IBM Developer Kit for Java JDBC Driver x x x
Messaging Embedded JMS provider x x x
Security Java 2 Security x x x
Authentication LTPA x x x
Authorization Java EE role permission based x x x
Registries - LDAP, local operating system (OS/400), custom x x x
Tivoli Access Manager 6.0 and 6.1 Integration x x x
Performance Tivoli Performance Viewer x x x
Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) x x x
WebSphere Edge Server and components 5     x
Dynamic cache service x x x
Web Services Web Services (SOAP 1.1 and 1.2, WSDL, UDDI 3.0, JAX-RPC 1.1) x x x
DB2 Web Services x x x
UDDI Registry x x x
Web Services Gateway     x
Web Services Invocation Framework (WSIF) x x x
Advanced Topologies Firewalls and DMZ 4 x x x
Data replication services     x
Distributed administration: multi-node management     x
Application server clustering: load balancing & failover     x
Edge Server components: networking & caching 5     x
High availability Apache Web server     x
Development Tools Rational Application Developer Trial Version 2   x x
IBM i System Debugger 3 x x x
Application Assembly Tool x x x
Application Client Resource Configuration Tool x x x
Deploy Tool (for EJBs) x x x
Apache Ant x x x
JDK 6 supported x x x
Remote HTTP servers (Web server plug-in) x x x
Migration (documentation and tools) x x x
Bean Scripting Framework x x x
XML parsing and XSL processor x x x
Web application session recovery x x x
Service Data Objects x x x
Programming Model Extensions x x x

1 IBM Web Administration for iSeries is an easy-to-use console for basic administration tasks within WebSphere Application Server. For full function administration, use the WebSphere Application Server Administration Console.
2 You may also use other development environments with all three application server products.
3 Function is available with OS/400 or i5/OS.
4 Product does not include the firewall function; this is a topology statement only.
5 This function is not supported on i5/OS. It must be installed on a non-iSeries platform.