IBM announced new capabilities and hardware options for z/VSE 6.2 on April 14, 2020. See the corresponding announcement letter for your geography:

• IBM Japan: JP20-0148
• IBM Americas - United States: 220-123
• IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa: ZP20-0153
• IBM Asia Pacific: AP20-0114
• IBM Americas - Latin America: LP20-0148
• IBM Americas - Canada: A20-0185

Exploitation of latest IBM System Storage technology

• z/VSE 6.2 supports the IBM System Storage TS7700 R5.0.
• z/VSE 6.2 supports the DS8900F disk, a member of the IBM DS8900 family.

Exploitation of latest IBM z15 and IBM z15 Model T02 technology

Please note that the support is already available with z/VSE 6.2.

• z/VSE supports the configurable Crypto Express7S, which allows for data encryption and SSL acceleration. Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) with a Crypto Express7S may result in accelerated data-in-flight encryption.
• z/VSE supports the FICON Express16S+ and FICON Express16SA as well as the OSA-Express6S/7S family.
• z/VSE supports IBM Fibre Channel Endpoint Security, which provides server authentication and data encryption to help protect the integrity and confidentiality of data.
• z/VSE systems can benefit from z/VM support for System Recovery Boost, which accelerates the restoration of service from planned and unplanned outages.

Enhancements available via z/VSE 6.2 continuous delivery

• IBM TCP/IP for z/VSE 2.2 was updated to the 2.2.6 + 2.2.7 level with APAR PH17821.
• OpenSSL, part of the z/VSE Crypto Services, was updated to the 1.1.1d level with APAR DY47825.
• Language Environment for z/VSE (LE/VSE) was enhanced to support the new Japanese era REIWA, which began on May 1, 2019, with APARs PH11491, PH11896, and PH16107.

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