Operations and control panels

When using the operations and control panels, the WebSphere MQ libraries you use in ISPF must be compatible with those of the queue manager you are working with.

Table 78. Compatibility of queue manager versions with operations and control panels versions
Panel level Version 5.3.1 queue manager Version 5.3 queue manager Version 5.2 queue manager Version 2.1 queue manager or earlier
Version 5.3.1 X X X with restrictions and warnings -
Version 5.3 X with warning X X with restrictions and warnings -
Version 5.2 X with restrictions X with restrictions X -
Version 2.1 - - - X if same level

The panels at Version 5.3.1 level work with Version 5.3.1 and Version 5.3 queue managers. They also work, with some restrictions, with Version 5.2 queue managers, or with a queue-sharing group containing a mixture of queue managers. If you are using the panels with a Version 5.2 queue manager, messages warn you about the restrictions. The Version 5.3.1 panels do not work with other levels of queue manager. Panels at the Version 5.3 level work as for Version 5.3.1; if they are used with a Version 5.3.1 queue manager they will give a warning, which can be ignored. Panels at the Version 5.2 level work with Version 5.2 queue managers, and with Version 5.3.1 and Version 5.3 queue managers with some restrictions (but no warnings), but they do not work with other levels of queue manager. Panels at levels other than Version 5.3.1, Version 5.3, or Version 5.2 work only with the same levels of queue manager; that is, Version 2.1 panels work only with a Version 2.1 queue manager, and so on. This is summarized in Table 78.