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CCA supported releases

The IBM 4765 PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor is supported on selected System x™ servers. Currently there are two supported releases of the IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture (CCA) software support program for the 4765 on a System x server. These releases are:

Release 4.2.5 for CCA

Release 4.1.6 for CCA

These supported CCA releases can be installed on an IBM ServerProven™ server with the following operating system:

  • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 (32-bit)

NOTE:

  1. For Release 4.1, CCA can be installed on additional operating systems by purchasing a separate add-on feature. An add-on feature is available for each of these operating systems:
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Release 2 (64-bit)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Release 6 (32-bit)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Release 6 (64-bit)
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Server Pack 1 from Novell (64-bit)

      To purchase any of these add-on features, contact the IBM Crypto Competence Center at ccc@dk.ibm.com. The Center is located in Denmark, which is in the Central European Time Zone (GMT+1).

  2. Existing customers should always back up key storage prior to installing a new CCA release. The CCA software does not provide any automatic backup of this potentially critical file.


Table 1. CCA API release availability matrix
Release Coprocessor product Software platform and offering Replaces ...
4.2 IBM System x
  • IBM 4765-001 PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor
 IBM System x
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 (SLES 11 SP1) from Novell
 Release 4.1
4.1 IBM Power Systems
  • Hardware feature code 4807 (without custom carrier)
  • Hardware feature code 4808 (IBM POWER6® custom carrier and instruction EC N23386)
  • Hardware feature code 4809 (IBM POWER7® custom carrier and instruction EC N23597)
IBM System x
  • IBM 4765-001 PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor
 IBM i
  • Option 35 Cryptographic Service Provider 7.1
IBM AIX
  • AIX 5.3X and later
  • AIX 6.1L and later
  • AIX 7.10
IBM System x
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Release 2 (64-bit). Contact ccc@dk.ibm.com to purchase this add-on.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Release (32-bit). Contact ccc@dk.ibm.com to purchase this add-on.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Release (64-bit). Contact ccc@dk.ibm.com to purchase this add-on.
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Server Pack 1 (SLES 11 SP1) from Novell (32-bit). No separate purchase necessary.
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Server Pack 1 (SLES 11 SP1) from Novell (64-bit). Contact ccc@dk.ibm.com to purchase this add-on.
 Release 4.0
Release 3.60
Release 3.30
4.0 IBM Power Systems
  • Hardware feature code 4765
 IBM Power Systems
  • AIX 5.3X and later
  • AIX 6.1J and later
 Release 3.30