Brocade FICON Administrator’s Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 101)

Platforms Supporting FICON
● Introduction..................................................................................................................... 99
● Supported platforms with end-of-support announcements............................................. 99
● Currently supported platforms.......................................................................................100
● Supported Brocade blades............................................................................................101
Introduction
This appendix provides the following support details:
• Brocade products with end-of-support announcements supported for FICON for different IBM
systems and drivers (
Supported platforms with end-of-support announcements on page 99).
• Brocade products currently supported for FICON for different IBM systems and drivers ( Currently
supported platforms on page 100).
• Brocade blades supported for FICON in various Brocade Switch and Data Center Backbone
products (
Supported Brocade blades on page 101).
Due to the nature of environments in which the 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 announcements
All Brocade products in the table below 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.
Supported platforms with end-of-support announcements TABLE 10
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
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