Workstation considerations

In a multilingual environment, different workstations support different languages on the same iSeries™ server.

Any data that is not tagged with CCSIDs should be stored in separate objects, unless the CCSID for each language is the same. Data that is tagged with CCSIDs (such as message files and database files) do not have to be stored in separate objects.

To correctly retrieve, process, and display data that is not tagged with CCSIDs, the application being used needs to be aware of the language differences, and how they relate to the following items:

• Programmable workstations through iSeries Access programs
• Nonprogrammable workstations
  Note: The 3486, 3487, 3488 model V, and 3489 displays support all languages (except Thai) listed in 3486, 3487, 3488 Model V, and 3489 Keyboard and Display Part Numbers by Language.
• Keyboards

  Keyboard layouts contains examples of the IBM-enhanced keyboard for the languages supported by i5/OS™.

• Telnet or pass-through implications

  The characters shown on your workstation depend on the keyboard type defined on your source system. If you pass through to the target system and use a virtual device with a different keyboard type, you might not see the same characters as if you were directly attached to the target system, because the target system uses another language.