Brocade FICON Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 (53-1002753-01, March 2013)

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Appendix
A
Platforms supporting FICON
This appendix provides the following support details on the following:
• Brocade products with end of support announcements supported for FICON for different IBM
systems and drivers (Table 8).
• Brocade products currently supported for FICON for different IBM systems and drivers (Table 9
on page 82).
• Brocade blades supported for FICON in various Brocade Switch and Data Center Backbone
products (Table 10 on page 82).
Due to the nature of environments where mainframes are used, product qualification for FICON is
more rigorous than with other products. As a result, not all product combinations and versions of
Fabric OS are qualified for FICON.
Supported platforms with end of support
All Brocade products in Table 8 have end of support announcements. However, end-of-support
dates vary for each product, and your service provider may have end-of-support dates that differ
from Brocade dates. Contact your service provider for details.
Firmware listed in the following table is the final version supported and the recommended target
path
.
TABLE 8 Supported platforms with end of support announcements
Brocade 4900
Fabric OS
Brocade 5000
Fabric OS
Brocade 6140
Fabric OS
Brocade i10K
Fabric OS
Brocade 7500
Fabric OS
Brocade 48000
Fabric OS
Brocade 5100
Fabric OS
z900 & z800 Driver 3GF v6.2.0e v6.2.0e v9.9.9 v9.9.8 v6.4.2a v6.4.2a v7.0.0d
z990 & z890 Driver 55K v6.2.0e v6.2.0e v9.9.9 v9.9.8 v6.4.2a v6.4.2a v7.0.0d
z9 EC & z9 BC Driver
67L
v6.2.0e v6.2.0e v9.9.9 v9.9.8 v6.4.2a v6.4.2a v7.0.0d
z10 EC & z10 BC Driver
76D & 79F
v6.2.0e v6.2.0e v9.9.9 v9.9.8 v6.4.2a v6.4.2a v7.0.0d
z10 BC Driver 76D v6.2.0e v6.2.0e v9.9.9 v9.9.8 v6.4.2a v6.4.2a v7.0.0d
z196 Driver 86E or 93G Not
supported
Not
supported
v9.9.9 v9.9.8 v6.4.2a v6.4.2a v7.0.0d
z114 Driver 93G Not
supported
Not
supported
v9.9.9 v9.9.8 v6.4.2a v6.4.2a v7.0.0d
EC12 at driver 12K Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
Not
supported
v6.4.2a v6.4.2a v7.0.0d