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Carla Sadtler

WebSphere Application Server V6.1: Technical Overview
WebSphere® Application Server is the implementation by IBM® of the Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) platform. It conforms to the J2EE 1.4 specification. WebSphere Application Server is available in unique packages that are designed to meet a wide range of customer requirements. At the heart of each packageis a WebSphere Application Server that provides the runtime environment for enterprise applications. This discussion centers on the runtime server component of WebSphere Application Server.

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WebSphere Application Server packaging
WebSphere Application Server comes in several packaging options. In addition to theapplication server component, each package contains an appropriate combination of complementary products (for example, IBM HTTP Server, Application Server Toolkit, and Edge components).

Distributed platforms
WebSphere Application Server V6.1 has the following packaging options for distributed platforms, including IBM AIX®, HP-UX, Linux®, Solaris™, and Microsoft® Windows®: IBM WebSphere ApplicationServer - Express V6.1, referred to as Express (target availability: fourth quarter 2006) IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1, referred to as Base IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1, referred to as

Network Deployment
Packaging information for Base and Network Deployment can be found at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/topic/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/info/ae/ae/rtop_overview.html The home page for WebSphere Application Server on distributed platforms can be found at: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/index.html

System z
For WebSphere Application Server on System z™, the following edition is available: IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS® V6.1, a full-function version of the Network Deployment product Packaginginformation for WebSphere on System z can be found at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/topic/com.ibm.web sphere.zseries.doc/info/zseries/ae/rtop_overview.html The home page for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS can be found at: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/zos_os390/

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System i
WebSphereApplication Server on System i™ has the following packaging options: WebSphere Application Server V6.1 for i5/OS® WebSphere Application Server for Developers V6.1 for i5/OS WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V6.1 for i5/OS WebSphere Application Server – Express V6.1 for i5/OS The home page for WebSphere Application Server on System i can be found at:http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/software/websphere/wsapps erver/

Application support
WebSphere Application Server V6.1 can run the following types of applications: J2EE applications Portlet applications Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) applications

J2EE applications
The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition specification is the standard for developing, deploying, and running enterprise applications. WebSphereApplication Server V6.1 provides full support for the J2EE 1.4 specification. The J2EE programming model has four types of application components: Enterprise beans Servlets and JavaServer™ Pages™ files Application clients The primary development tool for WebSphere Application Server J2EE 1.4 applications is Rational® Application Developer. The Application Server Toolkit, shipped with WebSphereApplication Server, also contains the tools needed to create, test, and deploy J2EE 1.4 applications and, in addition, includes full support for the new features of J2SE™ 5.0. Applications are packaged as enterprise application archives (EAR files). For information about the J2EE specification, see http://java.sun.com.

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