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Table 6. Operating systems supported by IBM Director on System x systems, IBM and third-party x86-based systems
Versions of Linux for 32-bit System x systems, IBM and third-party x86-based systems
Operating system
IBM
Director
Console IBM
Director
Server IBM
Director
Agent
IBM
Director
Core
Services
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 3.0 (supports Update 9 and
earlier)
Level-2 and Level-1 support only: For systems that contain an AMD
Opteron or Athlon64 processor, Update 5 or later is required.
X X X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 3.0 (supports Update 9 and earlier)
Level-2 and Level-1 support only: For systems that contain an AMD
Opteron or Athlon64 processor, Update 5 or later is required.
X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 4.0 (supports Update 7 and
earlier) X X X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 4.0 (supports Update 7 and earlier) X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, versions 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Xen Kernel, versions 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 X X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 (supports Service Pack 4 and
earlier) X X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 with Xen Kernel (supports Update 2 and earlier) X X X X
VMware ESX Server (console), versions 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5,
3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.2 Update 1, 3.0.3, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, and 3.5.3 X X
VMware ESX Server (guest operating systems), versions 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2,
2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.2 Update 1, 3.0.3, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, and
3.5.3
Note: Supported guest operating systems are those that are supported by
both IBM Director and the specified version of VMware. See the VMware
product documentation for a list of supported operating systems.
X X X X
VMware GSX Server, versions 3.1 and 3.2, host operating systems
Note:
Supported host operating systems are those that are supported by
both IBM Director and the specified version of VMware. See the VMware
product documentation for a list of supported operating systems.
X X
VMware GSX Server, versions 3.1 and 3.2, guest operating systems
Note: Supported guest operating systems are those that are supported by
both IBM Director and the specified version of VMware. See the VMware
product documentation for a list of supported operating systems.
X X
Table 6. Operating systems supported by IBM Director on System x systems, IBM and third-party x86-based systems
Versions of Linux for 64-bit System x systems, IBM and third-party x86-based systems
Operating system
IBM
Director
Console IBM
Director
Server IBM
Director
Agent
IBM
Director
Core
Services
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 3.0, for Intel Itanium X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 3.0, for AMD64 and EM64T
(supports Update 9 and earlier) X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 3.0, for AMD64 and EM64T
(supports Update 9 and earlier) X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for Intel Itanium (supports
Update 7 and earlier) X
Chapter 3. Supported operating systems and software
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