Meeting software and hardware requirements associated with the zAAPs

To use zAAPs, there are certain software and hardware requirements. The minimum software requirements are:

z/OS® V1R6 (5694-A01), or later, or z/OS V2R1 (5650-ZOS), or later
IBM® SDK for z/OS, Java™ 2 Technology Edition V1.4 (Product: 5655-I56, Subscription and Service: 5655-I48) with the PTF for APAR PQ86689, or higher.

With regard to the IBM SDK 1.4 requirement, you should be aware that several products include or require the SDK. The level of SDK that has been included or required, may or may not meet the requirements to use zAAPs. For instance if you are a WebSphere® Application Server user, WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2 has included and requires the SDK at the V1R3 level, which does not meet this requirement. However, WebSphere Application Server V5.1 has included and requires the SDK at the 1.4 level which does meet this requirement. It is important to understand which SDK level you are using with your products, and to ensure that you meet the requirements when using zAAPs. Failure to run with the required IBM SDK level means that Java workload will not execute on zAAPs.

The minimum hardware requirements for zAAPs are:

z890 or z990 server, or later. If you are running on a z990 server, the driver level must be D55, or later.
The hardware management console (HMC) for defining and configuring the zAAPs must be at driver level D55, or later.