Rational® Developer for System z® is built on a client-server architecture:
The Rational Developer for System z Installation Guide and Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration Guide, which are available in this section of the help, detail the installation and configuration tasks that are required before you can successfully use Rational Developer for System z. Before attempting to use Rational Developer for System z, ensure that your system administrator has installed and configured the required z/OS server tools according to the instructions in these documents.