•          Supports J2EE 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 specifications

–        Can upgrade runtime environment without upgrading applications

–          Supports mixed version nodes in a v6 ND Cell

–        Allow for migration in stages within a cell

–        Mixed v5 and v6 nodes must have v6 DMgr (can’t add new v5 node)

–        v6 ND introduces profiles

–        Each profile has its own user data including WebSphere configuration

–        All profiles share same WebSphere binaries

–        Less disk space required than separate installations

–        stand-alone server, deployment manager or custom profile