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Minimum System i Development Requirements

The minimum requirements for the System i development environment include the following:

• PLEX700 library containing the remote configuration and run-time objects
• TCP/IP
• i5/OS V5R3 or later. For more information, see the Supported Operating Environments section.
• RPG/400 compiler or ILE RPG/400 compiler

  Functions defined with the RPG400 (or SQLRPG400) system value are generated with RPG III syntax and require the RPG/400 compiler.

  Functions defined with the RPGIV (or SQLRPGIV) system value are generated with RPG IV syntax and require the ILE RPG/400 compiler.

  • DDS compiler.
  • UIM compiler (for System i 5250 generator only).
  • QSYS2 library for System i CPIC communications in the system portion of your library list.
  • 4 MB of disk space for the CA Plex product (for application development and run-time execution).
  • Sufficient space for generated and compiled System i objects.
  • A PC that meets the requirements of the PC Development Environment (System i client/server applications only).