Support for POWER System Servers

IBM OS400 / i505 / i Server Support

  Operating System Release

Hardware

V5R2 V5R3 V5R4 V6R1 V7R1
POWER7 PS blades, 7XX

      X X
POWER6+ JS blades, 520, 550, 560

      X X
POWER6 520, 550, 570, 595

    X X X
POWER5+ 515, 525

    X X X
POWER5/5+ 520, 550, 570, 595

  X X X X
800, 810, 825, 870, 890

X X X X  
270, 820, 830, 840

X X X    
170, 720, 730, 740

X X      
End of support

May-07 May-09 May-12 May-14 May-16
Operating System upgrade paths

V5R4 V5R4, V6R1 V6R1, V7R1 V7R1 N/A