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Compatibility/Release	6.1
No product found.
CICS TS V5R4	YES
CICS TS V5R5	YES Info
CICS TS V5R6	YES Info
CICS TS V6R1	YES Info
CICS TS V6R2	YES Info
CICS TS V6R3	YES

Compatibility/Release	6.1
No product found.
ZEC12	YES
z13/z13s	YES
z14/z14R1	YES
z15/z15-T02	YES
z16/z16-A02	YES

Compatibility/Release	6.1
No product found.
TLS V1R2	NO
TLS V1R3	NO

Compatibility/Release	6.1
No product found.
VPAT	TBD

Compatibility/Release	6.1
No product found.
Z/OS V2R4	YES
z/OS V2R5	YES
Z/OS V3R1	YES

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No information found.

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

 MAKE THE SOURCE CODE OF ANY REQUIRED PLTS AVAILABLE TO CICS AT RUN TIME  

 CICS support for PLTs (Program List Tables) is changed in CICS TS 5.5.   
 CICS is no longer able to process assembled PLTs. After PLTs are coded,  
 it is not required to assemble the tables before use. Attempts to        
 assemble a PLT will cause the DFHPLT macro to issue return code 8.       
 As a result of this change, you must ensure that the source code of any  
 required PLTs are available to CICS at run time, and this includes any   
 copy members referenced by the source. To achieve this, you can either   
 place the source in a PARMLIB member that is part of the IPL PARLMIB     
 concatenation, or add a DD card that specifies the PLT source location   
 into the CICS JCL. The DD statement should be of the form:               
 //DFHTABLE DD  DSN=source PDS name,DISP=SHR                              
 Note that PLTs should still be coded using DFHPLT macro calls.           
 Ensure CICS has READ access to data sets in PARMLIB or DFHTABLE          
 concatenations.

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

 MAKE THE SOURCE CODE OF ANY REQUIRED PLTS AVAILABLE TO CICS AT RUN TIME  

  CICS support for PLTs (Program List Tables) is changed in CICS TS 5.5.  
  CICS is no longer able to process assembled PLTs. After PLTs are coded, 
  it is not required to assemble the tables before use. Attempts to       
  assemble a PLT will cause the DFHPLT macro to issue return code 8.      
  As a result of this change, you must ensure that the source code of any 
  required PLTs are available to CICS at run time, and this includes any  
  copy members referenced by the source. To achieve this, you can either  
  place the source in a PARMLIB member that is part of the IPL PARLMIB    
  concatenation, or add a DD card that specifies the PLT source location  
  into the CICS JCL. The DD statement should be of the form:              
  //DFHTABLE DD  DSN=source PDS name,DISP=SHR                             
  Note that PLTs should still be coded using DFHPLT macro calls.          
  Ensure CICS has READ access to data sets in PARMLIB or DFHTABLE         
  concatenations.

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

 MAKE THE SOURCE CODE OF ANY REQUIRED PLTS AVAILABLE TO CICS AT RUN TIME  

  CICS support for PLTs (Program List Tables) is changed in CICS TS 5.5.  
  CICS is no longer able to process assembled PLTs. After PLTs are coded, 
  it is not required to assemble the tables before use. Attempts to       
  assemble a PLT will cause the DFHPLT macro to issue return code 8.      
  As a result of this change, you must ensure that the source code of any 
  required PLTs are available to CICS at run time, and this includes any  
  copy members referenced by the source. To achieve this, you can either  
  place the source in a PARMLIB member that is part of the IPL PARLMIB    
  concatenation, or add a DD card that specifies the PLT source location  
  into the CICS JCL. The DD statement should be of the form:              
  //DFHTABLE DD  DSN=source PDS name,DISP=SHR                             
  Note that PLTs should still be coded using DFHPLT macro calls.          
  Ensure CICS has READ access to data sets in PARMLIB or DFHTABLE         
  concatenations.

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

 MAKE THE SOURCE CODE OF ANY REQUIRED PLTS AVAILABLE TO CICS AT RUN TIME  

  CICS support for PLTs (Program List Tables) is changed in CICS TS 5.5.  
  CICS is no longer able to process assembled PLTs. After PLTs are coded, 
  it is not required to assemble the tables before use. Attempts to       
  assemble a PLT will cause the DFHPLT macro to issue return code 8.      
  As a result of this change, you must ensure that the source code of any 
  required PLTs are available to CICS at run time, and this includes any  
  copy members referenced by the source. To achieve this, you can either  
  place the source in a PARMLIB member that is part of the IPL PARLMIB    
  concatenation, or add a DD card that specifies the PLT source location  
  into the CICS JCL. The DD statement should be of the form:              
  //DFHTABLE DD  DSN=source PDS name,DISP=SHR                             
  Note that PLTs should still be coded using DFHPLT macro calls.          
  Ensure CICS has READ access to data sets in PARMLIB or DFHTABLE         
  concatenations.

This page last updated 31 Mar 2025

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.

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