This section focuses on what is new and/or different from previous versions of AIX.
  • AIXTools

    News, Announcements, and HOWTO documents on TOOLS for AIX packaged in installp (aka BFF) format. Not to be confused with the IBM AIX ToolBox - that are packaged using RPM.

    More information is also available via the AIXTOOLS wiki and downloads available at AIXTOOLS Downloads.

  • AIX: What's New
    Starting with my personal expericiences with the AIX Beta release this section introduces the new and different features of AIX.
  • AIX: Security
    AIX brings lots of new features to Security including, but not limited to, Secuity Expert, RBAC, Trusted AIX and Trusted Execution.

Software Downloads

AIX Web Packs  PerfPMR 
AIXTOOLS  Perzl Toolbox 
IBM Trial/Free Software  Updates for IBM C and C++ 

IBM Documentation

AIX 5.3  HMC Manuals 
AIX 6.1  POWER7 
AIX 7.1  POWER8 

Product Support

Clustering (CSM)
GPFS Support Portal
PowerHA Cluster Manager (HACMP)
TivoliŽ Documentation Central
IBM Training