There is a blog in the IBM Community which was just updated with a clarification in a comment that CTC does not include FICON CTC (as you all suspected):
https://community.ibm.com/community/user/discussion/device-support Eric Rossman --------------------------------- ICSF Security Architect z/OS Security --------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 12:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Statement of Direction If only there was some sort of definitive way to tell, like IBM specifying the device types and models for which they're dropping support... /s Srsly, device type and model is the canonical way IBM describes things; I'm gobsmacked that this SoD doesn't list them. Actually it's even worse: it DOES say "Device Types" but then lists device *classes* (like "CTC"). It seems like the old guard are all retiring and the mouse kids aren't paying attention. I am sad. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
