Release and platform icons in the product documentation

The product documentation for all IBM® MQ 9.2 release types (LTS, CD, EUS), release versions, and platforms is provided in a single information set in IBM Documentation. If information is specific to a given release type, version, or platform, this is indicated by a rectangular icon. Information that applies to all release types, versions, and platforms is left unmarked.

Icons for release types and release versions

If a product feature applies to a specific release, icons are used to identify the release type to which the feature applies, and the release version at which a feature is first made available. For more information about the different release types, see IBM MQ release types.

Release type icons

Long Term Support (LTS): Information that applies to the Long Term Support release in general is indicated by a dark blue icon with the text LTS:
Continuous Delivery (CD): Information that applies to the Continuous Delivery release in general is indicated by a light blue icon with the text CD:
Extended Update Support (EUS): From IBM MQ 9.2.1, information that applies to the Extended Update Support release in general is indicated by a gray icon with the text EUS:

Release version icons

LTS versions: For Long Term Support release content, the icon is dark blue and contains the LTS release and Fix Pack number. For example:
CD versions: For Continuous Delivery release content, the icon is light blue and contains the CD release and Fix Pack number. For example:
EUS versions: From IBM MQ 9.2.1, Extended Update Support releases apply to some configurations of the IBM MQ Advanced container. There are no version-specific icons for EUS information.

Initial release icons

For IBM MQ 9.2, the initial release was both an LTS and a CD release.

LTS initial release: Product features that are new to LTS customers in the initial release of IBM MQ 9.2 are indicated by a dark blue icon that contains the initial release number. Note that features that are new to LTS customers includes all features that were introduced throughout the lifetime of the previous release for CD customers.
CD initial release: Product features that are new to CD customers in the initial release of IBM MQ 9.2 are indicated by a light blue icon that contains the initial release number.

Platform icons

Platform icons are used to identify information that applies only to a specific platform, or group of platforms.

Table 1. Icons for MQ core platforms
Icon	Platform
	AIX®
	All supported UNIX platforms. That is, all platforms listed previously in this table. From IBM MQ 9.2.0, AIX is the only supported UNIX platform.
	Linux®
	Windows
	AIX, Linux, and Windows
	All supported UNIX, Linux, and Windows platforms. That is, all platforms listed previously in this table.
	IBM i. Not supported for CD releases.
	Multiplatforms. That is, all platforms listed previously in this table. For CD releases, this means AIX, Linux, and Windows. For LTS releases, this means AIX, Linux, Windows, and IBM i.
	z/OS®

Note:

The supported platforms for CD releases are AIX, Linux, Windows, and z/OS.
The supported platforms for LTS releases are AIX, Linux, Windows, IBM i, and z/OS.
Any information not explicitly flagged as IBM i or z/OS also applies to the IBM MQ Appliance.
Support for Solaris for all IBM MQ components, including server and clients, is removed from IBM MQ 9.2.
Support for HP-UX for all IBM MQ components, including server and clients, is removed from IBM MQ 9.1.

Table 2. Icons for MQ in containers
Icon	Platform
	Red Hat® OpenShift®. A containers platform. Runs on Linux
	Kubernetes. An open source containers platform.
	IBM Cloud Pak® for Integration. Brings together a range of IBM integration products, including IBM MQ in containers.

Icons for product features that are deprecated, stabilized or removed

For IBM WebSphere® MQ 7.1 and later versions, Deprecations, stabilizations, and removals in IBM MQ provides a list of product features that are deprecated, stabilized, or removed. From IBM MQ 9.3, information about each of these features is flagged with one of the following icons.

Table 3. Deprecated, stabilized or removed features
Icon	Description
	Used to highlight information for an IBM MQ feature that is deprecated.
	Used to highlight information for an IBM MQ feature that is stabilized.
	Used to highlight information for an IBM MQ feature that is removed.