Used Ports for JDBC
Please see the following link for the default ports for JDBC to iSeries: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/software/toolbox/faqports.html
The ports listed are the defaults for the servers. These port assignments can be modified using the "WRKSRVTBLE" command.
You can also check with "NETSTAT" on the iSeries if the ports are open.
EBCDIC Encoding
One of our partners came across a special issue with an AS/400 (a.k.a. iSeries a.k.a IBM System i) returning data in EBCDIC encoding to Pentaho Data Integration.
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