What's new for IBM® i 7.6

Read about new or changed information for the Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software topic collection.

IBM i 7.6 supports POWER10 and later hardware
For more information on models and releases supported, see Releases supported and system model information for IBM i upgrades.

What's new for IBM i 7.6 installs and upgrades

Security changes related to Service Tool IDs
Signing on to Dedicated Service Tools (DST) is required when IBM i is started in manual mode or when accessing service tool functions. Before you can start an installation, you must sign on with an enabled service tool user ID. During Licensed Internal Code installation using D-Mode IPL, service tool user IDs are restored from installation media.
  • If saved system media is used, any service tool ID that was valid at save time can be used.
  • If using IBM i 7.5 or newer installation media, service tool ID QSECOFR is created with default password QSECOFR.
Service tool IDs 11111111 (eight ones) and 22222222 (eight twos) were removed in IBM i 7.5.

How to see what's new or changed

To help you see where technical changes have been made, the IBM documentation uses:
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  • The End of change image to mark where new or changed information ends.

In PDF files, you might see revision bars (|) in the margin of new and changed information.

To find other information about what's new or changed this release, see the Memo to users.