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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Product Lifecycle Search

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	14.0	15.0	15.1
No product found.
CICS TS V5R4	YES PTFs	YES PTFs	YES PTFs
CICS TS V5R5	NO	YES PTFs	YES PTFs Info
CICS TS V5R6	NO	YES PTFs	YES PTFs
CICS TS V6R1	NO	NO	YES PTFs Info
CICS TS V6R2	NO	NO	YES PTFs Info
CICS TS V6R3			YES PTFs Info

PE Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	14.0	15.0	15.1
No product found.
PE Z/OS		YES Info	YES Info

IBM zEnterprise Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	14.0	15.0	15.1
No product found.
ZEC12	YES	YES	YES
z13/z13s	YES	YES	YES
z14/z14R1	YES	YES	YES
z15/z15-T02	NO	YES	YES
z16/z16-A02	N/A	YES	YES
z17	N/A	NO	YES

TLS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	14.0	15.0	15.1
No product found.
TLS V1R2	TBD	TBD	N/A
TLS V1R3	TBD	TBD	N/A

VPAT Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	14.0	15.0	15.1
No product found.
VPAT	TBD	TBD	TBD

z/OS Compatibility Matrix

Compatibility/Release	14.0	15.0	15.1
No product found.
Z/OS V2R4	YES	YES	YES
z/OS V2R5	YES	YES	YES
Z/OS V3R1	TBD	YES	YES
Z/OS V3R2	NO

Additional Information

• No information found.

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

   IBM solution UI62214 will be required for batch SUBMITs in CTS 5.5       
      

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

   LU03945 IPC 15.1 Support for IBM CICS Transaction Server 6.1             
      

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

    LU10256 IPC 15.1 Support for IBM CICS Transaction Server 6.2            
      

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

    LU17492 IPC 15.1 Support for IBM CICS Transaction Server 6.3            
      

• Fix Category: CA.Function.Pervasive.Encryption.z/OS

   CA Datacom (Versions 14.0, 15.0, 15.1) supports PE, as is, out of the   00000100 
   box for externally created user data files such as DBUTLTY BACKUPs and  00000200 
   EXTRACTs.  For user data stored within the databases, we recommend      00000300 
   using the built-in Datacom encryption capabilities which exploit the    00000400 
   available crypto co-processors.  For complete implementation recommen-  00000500 
   dations, see CA Datacom documentation or contact the CA Datacom support 00000600 
   team.                                                                   00000700 
      

• Fix Category: CA.Function.Pervasive.Encryption.z/OS

   CA Datacom (Versions 14.0, 15.0, 15.1) supports PE, as is, out of the    
   box for externally created user data files such as DBUTLTY BACKUPs and   
   EXTRACTs.  For user data stored within the databases, we recommend       
   using the built-in Datacom encryption capabilities which exploit the     
   available crypto co-processors.  For complete implementation recommen-   
   dations, see CA Datacom documentation or contact the CA Datacom support  
   team.                                                                    
      

Required PTF(s)

• No PTFs found.

• IPC 14.0

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

  MQ TRANSPORT SERVICE (CAVQE05)
  • RO95832 RO96231

• IPC 15.0

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

  MQ TRANSPORT SERVICE (CAVQF05)
  • SO10114

• IPC 15.0

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

  MQ TRANSPORT SERVICE (CAVQF05)
  • SO06207

• IPC 15.0

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

  MQ TRANSPORT SERVICE (CAVQF05)
  • RO95301

• IPC 15.1

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

  IPC (CAVQF15)
  • LU17492

• IPC 15.1

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

  IPC (CAVQF15)
  • LU10256

• IPC 15.1

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

  IPC (CAVQF15)
  • LU03945

• IPC 15.1

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

  IPC (CAVQF15)
  • SO10188

• IPC 15.1

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

  IPC (CAVQF15)
  • SO06164

• IPC 15.1

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

  IPC (CAVQF15)
  • RO95852 RO96230
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