Getting started with IBM i Access Client Solutions

Before you begin using IBM® i Access Client Solutions you must deploy the product.

You can acquire IBM i Access Client Solutions by downloading it from the Entitled Software Support (ESS) website.

You can acquire media by ordering a refresh feature. The physical media for IBM i Access Client Solutions does not contain the optional Windows and Linux® Application Packages. Those packages are only available from the Entitled Software Support (ESS) website.

  1. Download the zip archive file for IBM i Access Client Solutions. The IBM i Access Client Solutions web site gives details of how to obtain the IBM i Access Client Solutions archive file.
  2. Extract the contents of the archive file.

More details can be found in the QuickStartGuide and GettingStarted documents that are included in the product's Documentation directory.

Prerequisites

IBM i Access Client Solutions runs on most operating systems that support Java™ 8.0 or higher including various versions of Linux, Mac, and Windows.