db2-connect is an independent product used as a database client driver to connect IBM host database servers like zOS and i-Series servers.
db2-connect is an independent product used as a database client driver to connect IBM database servers like zOS, i-Series and Informix. db2-connect package comes with these client drivers: ODBC driver, CLI Driver, JCC Driver, .NET Driver, Python, PHP, Perl and Ruby Driver. It comes with CLPPlus command line tool too.