html href target=attribute changed in IE11

I can no longer in IE11 use the path name for a link to an http URL and display the output to an iframe by name. Examples: This IE11  on Win7 and intranet;

Does not work:

<td><a href="http://<server>.<domain-ame.com:9100>/action=getstatus&format=xml" target="status" ><button class="bc1"><span style="color:blue"><B><font size="3">cvnva8gs</font></B></button></a></td>

This does work:

<td><a href="http://<IP Address of sevr>:9100/action=getstatus&format=xml" target="status"><button class="bc1"><span style="color:blue"><B><font size="3">cvnva8gs-ip</font></B></button></a></td>

Is target=framename being depreciated?