EIM installation prerequisites for iSeries

The following planning work sheet identifies the services that you should install prior to configuring EIM.

Table 1. EIM installation planning work sheet
EIM prerequisite planning work sheet Answers
Is your operating system V5R4 (5722-SS1)?  
Are the following options and licensed products installed on iSeries™?
  • i5/OS™ Host Servers (5722-SS1 Option 12)
  • iSeries™ Access for Windows® (5722-XE1)
  • Qshell Interpreter (5722-SS1 Option 30) Necessary if you intend to configure network authentication service as well as EIM.
  
Is iSeries Navigator installed on the administrator PC, including the following subcomponents?
  • Security Necessary if you intend to configure network authentication service as well as EIM.
  • Network
  
Have you installed the latest iSeries Access for Windows® service pack? For the latest service pack seeiSeries Access
Link outside Information Center
  
If a directory server, for example, the IBM® Directory Server for iSeries (LDAP, ) is currently configured and you want to use it as the EIM domain controller, do you know the LDAP administrator distinguished name (DN) and password?  
If a directoryserver is currently configured, can it be stopped temporarily? (This will be required to complete the EIM configuration process.)  
Do you have *SECADM, *ALLOBJ, and *IOSYSCFG special authorities?  
Have you applied the latest program temporary fixes (PTFs)?  
Parent topic: Plan Enterprise Identity Mapping for i5/OS