5 The DB2 Data Provider The DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET DB2 data provider (the DB2 data provider) supports the following DB2 servers: ■ DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using DRDA ■ DB2 V9.1, V9.5, and V9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using DRDA ■ DB2 V8.x for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using DRDA ■ DB2 UDB V7.x for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using DRDA ■ DB2 V10.1 for z/OS using DRDA ■ DB2 V9.1 for z/OS using DRDA ■ DB2 UDB V8.1 for z/OS using DRDA ■ DB2 UDB V7R1 for iSeries ■ DB2 UDB V6R1 for iSeries using DRDA ■ DB2 UDB V5R1, V5R2, V5R3, and V5R4 for iSeries using DRDA NOTE: This documentation uses the following terms to describe the different DB2 versions: ■ "DB2 for Linux/UNIX/Windows" refers to all versions of DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. ■ "DB2 for z/OS" refers to all versions of DB2 for z/OS. ■ "DB2 for iSeries" refers to all versions of DB2 for iSeries. See the README text file shipped with your DataDirect product for the file name of the data provider. NOTE: If you are using the ADO.NET Entity Framework, you must use the DB2 Entity Framework Data Provider. See Chapter 6 “The DB2 Entity Framework Data Provider” for more information.