You must meet the following prerequisite requirements to use the iSeries™ Access
for Linux® 5250
emulator.
- iSeries Access:
The 5250 Emulator is designed to be Linux distribution independent. The dependencies
on the Linux distribution
are glibc 2.2 and openmotif 2.*. The distribution must also support installing
an rpm created with rpm 3.0.
- For version 1.10, monospaced fixed width 75 dpi fonts are required and
should be included by default when you install X. To get more font choices,
install 100 dpi fonts. For prior versions, 75 and 100 dpi fonts are required
to be installed and configured for scalability.
- Using the 5250 emulator in iSeries Access for Linux requires
the iSeries Access
Family (5722- XW1) license on the iSeries server. One 5722-XW1 user license
is used for each unique client or userid that is connecting to the iSeries server.
One userid may start multiple emulator sessions to the same iSeries server
and only one 5722-XW1 license will be used on the server.
You can use
either the command line option or a global preference (setup5250)
to configure the userid and password on a connection. The configuration values,
from the one that you choose, are used to obtain the 5722-XW1 license. If
both global values and connection command line values are configured, command
line values take precedence.