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.

CICS Transaction Server Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	8.5
No product found.
CICS TS V5R4	YES Info
CICS TS V5R5	YES Info
CICS TS V5R6	YES Info
CICS TS V6R1	YES Info
CICS TS V6R2	YES Info
CICS TS V6R3	YES Info

COBOL Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	8.5
No product found.
COBOL V4R2	YES Info
COBOL V5R1	YES Info
COBOL V5R2	YES Info
COBOL V6R1	NO
COBOL V6R2	NO
COBOL V6R3	NO
COBOL V6R4	NO

Db2 Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	8.5
No product found.
Db2 V11	YES
Db2 V12	YES
Db2 V13	YES

IMS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	8.5
No product found.
IMS V14	YES
IMS V15	YES

IBM zEnterprise Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	8.5
No product found.
ZEC12	YES
z13/z13s	YES
z14/z14R1	YES
z15/z15-T02	YES
z16/z16-A02	YES
z17	YES

VPAT Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	8.5
No product found.
VPAT	TBD

z/OS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	8.5
No product found.
Z/OS V2R4	YES Info
z/OS V2R5	YES PTFs Info
Z/OS V3R1	YES Info
Z/OS V3R2	YES Info

Additional Information

• No information found.

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V5R4

   Extended Optimization Support (EOS)is not supported.                     
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V5R5

   Extended Optimization Support (EOS)is not supported.                     
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V5R6

   Extended Optimization Support (EOS)is not supported.                     
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V6R1

   Extended Optimization Support (EOS)is not supported.                     
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V6R2

   Extended Optimization Support (EOS)is not supported.                    00000100 
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.CICS.V6R3

   Extended Optimization Support (EOS)is not supported.                    00000100 
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.Enterprise.COBOL.V4R2

   PTFs RO14824 and RO28522 Required.                                       
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.Enterprise.COBOL.V5R1

   Run time only. No compile time support.                                  
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.Enterprise.COBOL.V5R2

   Run time only. No compile time support.                                  
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.z/OS.V2R4

   PTF RO20482 required                                                     
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.z/OS.V2R5

   PTFs RO20482, LU09889 and LU12090 must be applied.                       
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.z/OS.V3R1

   PTFs RO20482, LU09889 and LU12090 must be applied.                       
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.z/OS.V3R2

   PTFs RO20482, LU09889 and LU12090 must be applied.                      00000100 
      

Required PTF(s)

• No PTFs found.

• Optimizer/II for z/OS 8.5

  Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.z/OS.V2R5

  Optimizer/II (COX8500)
  • LU09889
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