Use this page to identify all compatibilities for a given Broadcom product. If maintenance is required:

• A PTF section link appears under compatibility status.
• Use FIXCAT HOLDDATA to aid in identifying maintenance required to support a particular hardware device, software, or function.
• If found, click on the additional information link that appears under the compatibility status.

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The compatibility status for each category are defined as follows:

TBD	Broadcom is in the process of verifying that the product is compatible.
NO	The product is not compatible.
YES	The product has been certified and is compatible.
N/A	The compatibility is not applicable to the Broadcom product.

COBOL Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	16.1
No product found.
COBOL V5R2	YES
COBOL V6R1	YES
COBOL V6R2	YES
COBOL V6R3	YES
COBOL V6R4	YES

Db2 Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	16.1
No product found.
Db2 V11	YES Info
Db2 V12	YES Info
Db2 V13	YES Info

IMS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	16.1
No product found.
IMS V14	YES
IMS V15	YES

IBM zEnterprise Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	16.1
No product found.
ZEC12	YES
z13/z13s	YES Info
z14/z14R1	YES Info
z15/z15-T02	YES
z16/z16-A02	YES

VPAT Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	16.1
No product found.
VPAT	TBD

z/OS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	16.1
No product found.
Z/OS V2R4	YES
z/OS V2R5	YES
Z/OS V3R1	YES

Additional Information

• No information found.

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.DB2.V11

   APARs RO38287 and RO40619 are required.                                  
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.DB2.V12

   APARs RO38287 and RO40619 are required.                                  
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.DB2.V13

   All jobs currently using DB2 require both SDSNLOAD and SDSNEXIT to be    
   part of the STEPLIB and/or JOBLIB if they are not in the LINKLIST.       
  
   APARs RO38287 and RO40619 are required.                                  
  
   Creating multiple tables in a tablespace will cause a SQLCODE -646       
   on the second create table.                                              
  
   ReBIND packages with the APPLCOMPAT(V12R1M503) parameter and it will     
   allow mutliple tables in a tablespace.                                   
      

• Fix Category: CA.Device.Server.z13-2964

   The following APAR is required:                                          
    APAR RO88567 ( INCREASED CPU USAGE ON Z/13 )                            
    APAR RO93244 ( GETTING U3333 / INTERNAL LOGIC ERROR )                   
      

• Fix Category: CA.Device.Server.z14-3906

   The following APAR is required:                                          
    APAR RO88567 ( INCREASED CPU USAGE ON Z/13 )                            
    APAR RO93244 ( GETTING U3333 / INTERNAL LOGIC ERROR )                   
      

This page last updated 21 Dec 2024