IBM RACF Mainframe Requirements

The system must meet minimum requirements to configure STA for RACF authentication.

See the Configure IBM RACF Authentication Providers for instructions on configuring STA for RACF. You must install two separate packages to configure RACF for STA:

  • RACF service for STA, which is part of the SMC component of ELS 7.0 and 7.1. You must install the PTF to support this RACF service on the mainframe.

  • WebLogic RACF Security Service Provider (or RACF SSP) that must be installed into WebLogic.

Table 1-8 IBM RACF Software Requirements

Software/Firmware Version

ELS PTF versions for STA/RACF

Note: STA/RACF is not supported in HSC 6.2.

ELS 7.0 - L1H16DH (MVS)

ELS 7.1 - L1H16DI (MVS)

ELS 7.2 - in the base code (MVS)

IBM PTF versions (for APAR PK69048) for AT-TLS encryption to NCS/ELS HTTP server connection

Best performance: z/OS 1.10 - Release 1A0: UK39417 available 08/10/07

Minimum for the Communication Server: z/OS 1.9 - Release 190: UK39419 available 08/10/07