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IBM Developer Kits support for zEnterprise System

The IBM zEnterprise™ System is the worlds fastest and most scalable enterprise system. The mininum IBM SDK levels for zEnterprise support are specified below.

Informational Table for z196, z/OS and IBM SDKs for z/OS

IBM SDK for Java version Supported levels on z196
Java SDK 1.4.2 SDK Level depends on z/OS Release:
Java SDK 5.0 All SDK 5.0 levels are supported
Java SDK 6 All SDK 6 levels are supported
Java SDK 7 All SDK 7 levels are supported

Note 1: In general, the latest service refreshes are recommended.

Note 2: The SDK 1.4.2 product, IBM SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition, V1.4 (5655-I56), is no longer orderable and goes out of service September, 2011.

Informational Table for z196, Linux on System z and IBM SDKs for z/OS

IBM SDK for Java version Supported levels on z196
Java SDK 1.4.2 All SDK 1.4.2 levels are supported
Java SDK 5.0 All SDK 5.0 levels are supported
Java SDK 6 All SDK 6 levels are supported
Java SDK 7 All SDK 7 levels are supported

Note 1: In general, the latest service refreshes are recommended.