CICS® Universal Client is supported on the
following operating systems:
- AIX® V5.3. CICS Universal Client is supported as a
32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels.
AIX V6.1. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels.
- Linux® on Intel® -
Novell Linux Desktop
9. CICS Universal Client is supported
as a 32-bit application on the 32-bit kernel.
- Linux on Intel -
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop 10. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on the 32-bit kernel.
- Linux on Intel -
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 9, with SP2 minimum service level. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both the 32 and 64-bit kernels. Linux distributions
that use OEM code from SUSE are also supported.
- Linux on Intel -
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both the 32 and 64-bit kernels.
- Linux on Intel -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V3
with a minimum service level of Update 6. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both the 32 and 64-bit kernelst. Only
the NPTL threading model is supported.
- Linux on Intel -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4
with a minimum service level of Update 2. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both the 32 and 64-bit kernels.
- Linux on Intel -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.CICS Universal Client is supported as a
32-bit application on both the 32 and 64-bit kernels.
- Linux on POWER™ -
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V9. Linux distributions
that use OEM code from SUSE are also supported. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on the 64-bit kernel.
- Linux on POWER -
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V10. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on the 64-bit kernel.
- Linux on POWER -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4
with a minimum service level of Update 4. Only the NPTL threading model is
supported. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 31-bit application on the 31-bit kernel.
- Linux on POWER -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.
Only the NPTL threading model is supported. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 31-bit application on the 64-bit kernel.
- Linux on POWER -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5. CICS Universal Client is supported as a
32-bit application on the 64-bit kernel.
- Linux on zSeries® -
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V9. Linux distributions
that use OEM code from SUSE are also supported. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 31-bit application on the 64-bit kernel.
- Linux on zSeries -
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V10. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 31-bit application on the 64-bit kernel.
- Linux on zSeries -
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4. CICS Universal Client is supported as a
32-bit application on the 64-bit kernel.
- Solaris V9. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Only
SPARC hardware is supported.
- Solaris V10. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Only
SPARC hardware is supported.
- HP-UX 11i v2. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Both
PA-RISC and Itanium hardware is supported.
HP-UX 11i v3. CICS Universal Client is
supported as a 32-bit application on both 32-bit and 64-bit kernels. Both
PA-RISC and Itanium hardware is supported. 
The CICS Universal Client is
a 32-bit application, and so can run on a 32-bit operating system, or on 64-bit
operating system that can natively run 32-bit applications. Where available,
both NPTL and LT threading models are supported unless otherwise stated; NPTL
is preferred.
All UNIX® and Linux operating
systems require the Korn shell to be installed, so that scripts supplied with
the product can run.
Note:
CICS Universal Client does
not support Security-Enhanced Linux.
