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Table 15. Operating systems supported by IBM Director on 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
Editions of Windows for 32-bit systems:
Windows 2000, Advanced Server and Server Editions (Service Pack 3
required) X X X X
Windows 2000 Datacenter Edition X X
Windows 2000 Professional Edition (Service Pack 3 required) X X X
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (supports Service Pack 1 ) X X
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise, Standard, and Web Editions (supports
Service Pack 1 and Release 2) X X X X
Windows XP Professional Edition (supports Service Pack 2 and earlier) X X X
Editions of Windows for 64-bit systems:
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for Itanium systems X
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition (supports Release 2 and
earlier) X X
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium systems X
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise and Standard x64 Editions (supports
Release 2 and earlier) X X X X
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (supports Release 2 and earlier) X X X
Versions of Linux for 32-bit systems:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 3.0 (supports Update 8 and
earlier)
Note: (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 8 and earlier)
Note: (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 4 and
earlier) X X X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 4.0 (supports Update 4 and earlier) X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 (supports Service Pack 3 and
earlier) X X X X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 X X X X
VMware ESX Server, versions 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 3.0, and 3.0.1,
Console X X
VMware ESX Server, versions 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 3.0, and 3.0.1,
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 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
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