IBM I 7.1 Additional Enhancements, ƒ IBM i Access Family Enhancements, ƒ Networking Enhancements

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Additional Enhancements

ƒIBM i Access Family Enhancements

–IBM i Access for Windows 7.1 offers:

•Enhancements to the .NET, ODBC, and OLE DB providers including support for XML data type

•Enhancements to Data Transfer

•Updated PC5250 Display and Printer Emulation based on IBM Personal Communications 6.0

•Help files converted to html help format

•Enhancements to Install, including install-time support for secondary languages

–IBM i Access for Web 7.1 includes:

•Additional option for viewing spooled files as PDF documents

ƒNetworking Enhancements

–IBM i DHCP server is now based on the ISC (Internet Systems Consortium) DHCP server which contains support for IPv6 and DHCP failover

–IPv6 support for the DHCP Client, PPP (Point-to-point protocol), L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol), and RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service)

–Support for the IKEv2 (Internet Key Exchange version 2) tunneling protocol in the IBM i VPN support

–Telnet Client support on IBM i is now SSL enabled (also PTF to IBM i 6.1 & 5.4)

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