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Question
This document lists the IBM and third party software supported for use with the CICS Universal Client (CICS UC) v7.1
Answer
This page provides on-line information about the levels of third-party software that run with CICS UC and supersedes information in the relevant announcement letters and Administration Guide.
Minimum service levels are listed below where appropriate. Where no specific level is listed, support will be provided for the General Availability (GA) release of the third-party product. CICS UC is not tested with every maintenance level of every product; we generally assume vendors do not cause regressions in their maintenance levels.
Products that do not appear below have not been tested with CICS UC v7.1.
Note: Because interaction between releases of operating systems, software products, and CICS UC is very complex, information on this page can possibly conflict with information that is provided by product vendors. If you notice such an inconsistency or if you experience unanticipated problems, consult your vendor's product support and notify your IBM support representative.
Footnotes can be found directly below the table to which they apply.
For End Of Service information, refer to the Product support lifecycle page.
Operating Systems
| Windows 2000 Professional | SP4 | |
| Windows XP Professional | SP2 | 64-bit version is not supported |
| Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate editions) | 64-bit version is not supported | |
| AIX v5.3 | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels | |
| AIX v6.1 | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels | |
| Solaris 9 | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Supported on SPARC systems only | |
| Solaris 10 | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Supported on SPARC systems only | |
| HP-UX 11i v2 | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Supported on both Itanium and PA-RISC hardware |
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| HP-UX 11i v3 | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Supported on both Itanium and PA-RISC hardware |
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| Novell Linux Desktop 9 (Linux on Intel) (1) | Supported as a 32-bit application on the 32-bit kernel | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (Linux on Intel) (1) | Supported as a 32-bit application on the 32-bit kernel | |
| RHEL 4 (Linux on Intel) (1) | Update 2 | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels |
| RHEL 5 (Linux on Intel) | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels | |
| SLES 9 (Linux on Intel) (1) | SP2 | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels |
| SLES 10 (Linux on Intel) | Supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels | |
| RHEL 4 (Linux on POWER) (1) | Update 4 | Supported as a 32-bit application on the 64-bit kernel. |
| RHEL 5 (Linux on POWER) | Supported as a 32-bit application on the 64-bit kernel. | |
| SLES 9 (Linux on POWER) (1) | Supported as a 32-bit application on the 64-bit kernel. | |
| SLES 10 (Linux on POWER) | Supported as a 32-bit application on the 64-bit kernel. | |
| RHEL 4 (Linux on zSeries) (1) | Supported as a 31-bit application on the 64-bit kernel | |
| RHEL 5 (Linux on zSeries) | Supported as a 31-bit application on the 64-bit kernel | |
| SLES 9 (Linux on zSeries) (1) | Supported as a 31-bit application on the 64-bit kernel. | |
| SLES 10 (Linux on zSeries) | Supported as a 31-bit application on the 64-bit kernel. |
SNA Servers
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Product
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Minimum Service Level
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Notes
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| Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006 | ||
| Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 | ||
| IBM Communications Server v6.2.2 for Linux on zSeries | ||
| IBM Communications Server v6.2.2 for Linux | Includes Linux on Intel and Linux on POWER support | |
| IBM Communications Server v6.3 for AIX | Requires APAR IY94042 | |
| IBM Communications Server v6.1.2 for Windows | Windows API client requires fix to APAR LI71318 No Vista support until 6.1.3 |
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| IBM Personal Communications v5.9 for Windows | ||
| IBM Personal Communications v5.8 for Windows | ||
| IBM Communications Server Remote API Client v6.1.0.3 | ||
| SNAP-IX V7 for Solaris | ||
| SNAPlus2 for HP-UX on PA-Risc and Itanium(2) | R6 | R7 is required for Enterprise-Extender support |
CICS Servers
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Product
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Minimum Service Level
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Notes
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| CICS TS for z/OS V2.2 and later. | IPIC not supported | |
| CICS/VSE v2.3 | APAR PQ30169 (required for signon capable terminals) | |
| CICS TS for VSE/ESA v1.1.1 | APARs PQ52342 & PQ80212 (required for TCP/IP) APAR PQ30170 (required for signon capable terminals) |
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| CICS TS for iSeries v5.3and later. | ||
| TXSeries v5.1 and later | IPIC not supported | |
| CICS TS for Windows v5.0 |
Application Development Tools and Compilers
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Development Language
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Platform
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C/C++
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Others
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| Windows | Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 (3) Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 |
COBOL: IBM COBOL for Windows V7, Supplied with IBM WebSphere Developer for System z v7.0 IBM COBOL for Windows V6, Supplied with IBM WebSphere Developer for System z v6.0 Micro Focus Net Express v4.0 Visual Basic: Visual Basic .NET Standard 2003 (3,4) Visual Basic 2005(3,4) |
| AIX | XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0 for AIX XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for AIX XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9.0 for AIX |
IBM COBOL compiler for AIX v2.0 Micro Focus Server Express V5.0, COBOL compiler for AIX Micro Focus Server Express V4.0, COBOL compiler for AIX |
| Solaris | Sun ONE Studio 10 Sun ONE Studio 11 |
Micro Focus Server Express V5.0, COBOL compiler for Solaris |
| HP-UX | aC++ compiler ANSI C compiler |
Micro Focus Server Express V5.0, COBOL compiler for HP-UX |
| Linux on POWER | GNU C/C++ compiler (gcc) 3.3, 3.4 or 4.1 XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V7.0 for Linux XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for Linux XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V9.0 for Linux |
Micro Focus Server Express V5.0, COBOL compiler for Linux on POWER |
| Linux on Intel | GNU C/C++ compiler (gcc) 3.3, 3.4 or 4.1 | Micro Focus Server Express V5.0, COBOL compiler for Linux on Intel |
| Linux on zSeries | GNU C/C++ compiler (gcc) 3.3, 3.4 or 4.1 | Micro Focus Server Express V5.0, COBOL compiler for Linux on zSeries |
4) The CICS Transaction Gateway does not support the use of COM libraries with Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), or the MTS component of COM+
Other
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Product
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Minimum Service Level
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Notes
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| JAWS screen reader v6.0 |
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