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	10.0	11.0	12.0
No product found.
COBOL V5R2	YES Info	YES Info	YES Info
COBOL V6R1	YES	YES	YES
COBOL V6R2	YES	YES	YES
COBOL V6R3			YES Info

IMS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	10.0	11.0	12.0
No product found.
IMS V14	YES	YES Info	YES Info
IMS V15	YES Info	YES	YES

MFA and Passphrase Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	10.0	11.0	12.0
No product found.
MFA	N/A	NO	NO

PE Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	10.0	11.0	12.0
No product found.
PE Z/OS	YES	YES	YES

IBM zEnterprise Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	10.0	11.0	12.0
No product found.
ZEC12	YES	YES	YES
z13/z13s	YES	YES	YES
z14/z14R1	YES	YES	YES
z15/z15-T02	YES	YES	YES
z16/z16-A02	NO	YES	YES

TLS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	10.0	11.0	12.0
No product found.
TLS V1R2	TBD	TBD	TBD
TLS V1R3	TBD	TBD	TBD

VPAT Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	10.0	11.0	12.0
No product found.
VPAT	TBD	TBD	TBD

z/OS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	10.0	11.0	12.0
No product found.
Z/OS V2R4	YES	YES	YES
z/OS V2R5	NO	YES	YES
Z/OS V3R1	NO	YES	YES

Additional Information

• No information found.

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

   CA File Master Plus for IMS supports the use of COBOL 5.2 syntax         
   in layouts with the following exceptions:                                
  
   1. The use of the UNBOUBDED keyword in array definitions.                
   2. The use of COPY REPLACING with LEADING or TRAILING keywords.          
   3. The use of the VOLATILE keyword in data definitions.                  
  
   These new features may be supported at a future time, however as of      
   release 10.0 no support has yet been planned for them.                   
  
      

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

   CA File Master Plus for IMS supports the use of COBOL 5.2 syntax         
   in layouts with the following exceptions:                                
  
   1. The use of the UNBOUBDED keyword in array definitions.                
   2. The use of COPY REPLACING with LEADING or TRAILING keywords.          
   3. The use of the VOLATILE keyword in data definitions.                  
  
   These new features may be supported at a future time, however as of      
   release 11.0 no support has yet been planned for them.                   
  
      

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

   CA File Master Plus for IMS supports the use of COBOL 5.2 syntax         
   in layouts with the following exceptions:                                
  
   1. The use of the UNBOUBDED keyword in array definitions.                
   2. The use of COPY REPLACING with LEADING or TRAILING keywords.          
   3. The use of the VOLATILE keyword in data definitions.                  
  
   These new features may be supported at a future time, however as of      
   release 9.1 no support has yet been planned for them.                    
  
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.Enterprise.COBOL.V6R3

   CA File Master Plus for IMS 12.0 supports COBOL 6.3 syntax for layouts   
   with the following exceptions:                                           
  
   1. The use of the UNBOUNDED keyword in arrays definitions.               
   2. The use of the COPY REPLACING with LEADING or TRAILING keywords.      
   3. The use of the VOLATILE keyword in data descriptors.                  
   4. UTF-8 data definitions.                                               
   5. The use of the DYNAMIC LENGTH keywords.                               
   6. AMODE 64 is not supported, the POINTER fields are always 4 bytes.     
  
   Support for these new features may be supported at a future time,        
   however as of release 12.0 support has not yet been planned.             
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.IMS.V14

   Requires RO98310 for compatibility.                                      
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.IMS.V14

   Requires RO90661 and RO91380 for compatibility.                          
      

• Fix Category: CA.TargetSystem-RequiredService.IMS.V15

   Requires RO98310 for compatibility.                                      
      

This page last updated 21 Dec 2024