Support considerations
Description: z/OS® Communications Server includes the following enhancement for support considerations.
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Support considerations in V2R3 - Support for the following functions is discontinued.
- Several TCP/IP device drivers:
- FDDI and Token Ring (LCS with LINKs FDDI and IBMTR)
- Token Ring (MPCIPA with LINK IPAQTR)
- Ethernet and FDDI (MPCOSA with LINKs OSAENET and OSAFDDI)
Note: Support for SNA device drivers is not affected. - The Trivial File Transfer Protocol function. Anyone using this function should use an alternate file transfer protocol.
- Simple Mail Transport Protocol Network Job Entry (SMTPD NJE) mail transport
- Sendmail mail transport
- Several migration health checks:
- ZOSMIGV2R2_NEXT_CS_LEGACYDEVICE
- ZOSMIGV2R2_NEXT_CS_TFTP
- CSAPP_SMTPD_MAIL_RELAY
- ZOSMIGV2R2_NEXT_CS_SENDMAILCLIEN
- ZOSMIGV2R2_NEXT_CS_SENDMAILDAEMN
- ZOSMIGV2R2_NEXT_CS_SENDMAILMSA
- ZOSMIGV2R2_NEXT_CS_SENDMAILMTA
- ZOSMIGV2R2_NEXT_CS_SMTPDDAEMON
- ZOSMIGV2R2_NEXT_CS_SMTPDMTA
When change was introduced: z/OS V2R3
- Several TCP/IP device drivers:
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Support considerations in V2R2 - Support for the following functions is discontinued.
- Several TCP/IP device drivers
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
- Common Link Access To Workstation (CLAW)
- HYPERChannel
- Channel Data Link Control (CDLC)
- SNALINK (both LU0 and LU6.2)
- X.25
Note: Support for SNA device drivers is not affected. - GATEWAY profile statement
When change was introduced: z/OS V2R2
- Several TCP/IP device drivers
Reference information: See the following topic in z/OS Communications Server: New Function Summary for detailed descriptions that
include any applicable restrictions, dependencies, and steps on using the functions:
- Support considerations in V2R3
- Support considerations in V2R2