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IBM Further Extends the Mqseries Version 5 Product Family Software Announcement October 3, 2000 IBM Further Extends the MQSeries Version 5 Product Family Overview A new Capacity Unit table applies to (Refer to the Planning Information all MQSeries Version 5.2 platforms section.) Companies need to implement and also to all new orders for other e-business integration rapidly. base MQSeries products priced by MQSeries messaging is a simple Capacity Units. (Refer to the way to couple systems and Planning Information section.) applications together. This allows Internet users, and other Key Prerequisites applications, controlled access to existing data, such as account • MQSeries for AIX, V5.2: transactions. RS/6000 running AIX 4.3.2 or 4.3.3 Business integration across many applications is a common element of • MQSeries for AS/400, V5.2: successful implementation. Other AS/400 running OS/400 V4R4 or MQSeries family members, such as V4R5 MQSeries Integrator and MQSeries • MQSeries for HP-UX, V5.2: HP Workflow, give you the tools to add machines or Stratus Continuum, value outside the basic message all running HP-UX V10.20 or V11.x queuing paradigm. • MQSeries for Sun Solaris, V5.2: MQSeries, Version 5.2 brings new SunSPARC or Sun UltraSPARC — enhanced performance levels and desktop or server running Sun extends the set of supported Solaris 2.6, 7, or 8 platforms. Now MQSeries supports many offerings of Linux, including • MQSeries for Linux, V5.2: Intel Caldera OpenLinux, Red Hat, SuSE, 32-bit or compatible systems and TurboLinux, as well as support capable of running Linux for Microsoft Windows 2000. (Kernel 2.2) Operation is also added on a new • MQSeries for Windows NT and release of Sun Solaris and for Windows 2000, V5.2: Intel or existing releases of AIX , HP-UX, compatible systems capable of AS/400 , and Windows NT . running Windows NT, V4.0, or Windows 2000 Applications can operate as publish/subscribe brokers on all Planned Availability Date these platforms (except AS/400 and Linux), using a product extension December 15, 2000 (available from the MQSeries Web pages), and as publishers or MQSeries for AIX is available as dual subscribers on any of the platforms. pipe SPO fulfilment/delivery. A new Linux client and a Java Availability of SPO at new MQSeries client for S/390 are introduced as Version 5.2 will match the first SPO product extensions, with availability delivery following the in the same timeframe. MQSeries December 15, 2000, availability classes for Java Message Service date. (JMS) are packaged with the products. For MQSeries for AS/400, this new version will replace Version 5.1 Messaging performance is currently available through the enhanced, with improvements in AS/400 ordering system within one throughput of up to 10 times in some month of the GA date. Service to scenarios. Other important new Version 4.2.1 will also be extended. features, such as enhanced Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) A new capacity unit table applies to support, are added to the products. all MQSeries Version 5.2 platforms. This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 200-343 At a Glance MQSeries Version 5.2 offers more platforms and more performance: • Linux support • Performance improvements of up to 10 times • AS/400 scalability and security enhancements • More support for SNA protocol • Tivoli ready • Windows 2000 support • Synergy with WebSphere For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001 200-343 -2- SNA support is extended on AIX and Sun Solaris Description platforms. MQSeries Family Platform Support • Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT are fully e-business is accelerating the pace of change. Speed to supported. market and quality of service are critical for success so companies need to be agile to survive. The MQSeries • Linux support is added to provide further platform family provides a versatile platform for e-business. choices for MQSeries. • MQSeries — is the core of the MQSeries family — the • On AS/400, a more scalable, single-threaded listener base messaging servers and clients provide once, and is available, and enhanced security based on the once only, message and queuing capability on more AS/400 security model is added. AS/400 support is than 35 platforms. also available concurrently with other platforms. • MQSeries Adapter Offering — provides a framework MQSeries Product Extensions: MQSeries V5.2 has been and tools that build and customize MQSeries adapters tested with the following Product Extensions: for existing and new, prepackaged or custom-developed applications. • MA0C: Publish/Subscribe1 • MQSeries Everyplace — extends the capabilities of • MA0F/G: Application Messaging Interface (AMI)2 MQSeries base messaging to mobile workers using • MC74: Microsoft Cluster Server Support (Windows NT laptops, PDAs, and telephones. It brings all the only) benefits of MQSeries messaging, including rock-solid security, to a failure-prone environment. • MS81: MQSeries Internet pass-thru (Windows NT and Sun Solaris only) • MQSeries Integrator — combines a one-to-many connectivity model, plus transformation, intelligent 1 Not available for Linux or AS/400. routing, and information flow modeling. It facilitates 2 Not available on Linux, AS/400 planned availability the development of new application services that December 2000. comprise the functions of multiple, disparate existing business systems. Tivoli Ready for the MQSeries: Management of MQSeries using the Tivoli Ready component provides the automatic • MQSeries Workflow — a business process discovery of queue managers. Knowing what resources management system that facilitates the rapid are being used in a complex, distributed environment is development and management of the business an important component of managing MQSeries. With the processes that integrate the IT and organizational auto-discovery feature, queue managers are detected and infrastructure of a company. their current operational status is reported by instrumentation to the Tivoli Event Console (TEC) Server. MQSeries, Version 5.2 It forwards the status to the Tivoli Global Enterprise Manager (GEM) console where they are incorporated into MQSeries, Version 5.2 brings new performance levels, a topology map of the enterprise environment. extended platform support, and important new features to the successful MQSeries messaging family. MQSeries The TEC supports the automation of responses to events now supports many offerings of Linux with the V2.2 Kernel and alerts such as the restarting of a failed queue as well as offering full support for Microsoft manager. In addition, because events from other system Windows 2000. resources such as operating systems, databases, and other middleware products are also processed by the Performance Improvements TEC, MQSeries events can be correlated with events from its supporting infrastructure and surrounding • For non-persistent messages, processing times have environment. This provides administrators with the been optimized to give up to a 50% increase in complete view and control of the MQSeries application throughput. environments required to maximize its availability. This function is available on the Windows NT, Windows 2000, • For persistent messages, code improvements have AIX, HP-UX, and Sun Solaris platforms. allowed more parallel operation, resulting in throughput improvements of up to 10 times. An additional Tivoli product, Tivoli Manager for MQSeries, • provides enhanced MQSeries management capabilities MQSession establishment and destruction is improved which include: by enhancing the MQConnect and MQOpen so that sessions dealing with a small number of messages • MQSeries component distribution have reduced elapsed time by a factor of 10. • Additional performance and availability monitoring • Topology maps • A new option for the listener on AS/400 allows up to • User-friendly command interfaces for MQSeries six times the number of clients to be attached compared with the previous version. ClusterProven: IBM intends to attain ClusterProven validation for the MQSeries for Netfinity servers running Further New Features: WebSphere support is extended the Windows NT and Windows 2000, V5.2 product on the in the use of POSIX Draft 10 threads on AIX and as an XA Windows NT platform in conjunction with the Microsoft coordinator on UNIX platforms. Cluster Server Support Product Extension (MC74) Dynamic Workload distribution now has full DHCP available now. Support, which also enables simpler configuration on It also intends to attain ClusterProven status for DHCP machines. MQSeries for AIX, V5.2 running on RS/6000 by product Microsoft Transaction Server support is now integrated enhancements in the near future. into the MQSeries for Windows NT and Windows 2000 product. -3- 200-343 Specific platform information: The LotusScript The MQSeries family allows companies to maximize Extension support in MQSeries for Windows NT, V5.1 is e-business opportunities by: not included in the V5.2 release. • Leveraging existing resources OS/2 support is not upgraded to Version 5.2, but • Improving speed-to-market continues to be supported at MQSeries Version 5.1. • Anticipating IT changes as their business changes For AS/400, Version 5.2 will replace Version 5.1 currently IBM Business Integration consists
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