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IBM
Eserver
xSeries 455 Planning and Installation Guide
Red Hat Linux for Itanium
Red Hat is a major Linux distributor and has two products for the Itanium
processors:
Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0, the replacement for Red Hat AS 2.1
Both products support Itanium 2 platforms, and we made our tests with both also.
In Table 4-5 you have a comparison between these products.
Table 4-5 RH AS 2.1 and RH EL AS 3.0
For the latest information on Red Hat’s plans and IBM’s support plans, go to:
http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/as/
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/compat/nos/redchat.html
The UnitedLinux initiative
In 2002, four of the companies that were developing different Linux
distributions—Conectiva, The SCO Group, SUSE LINUX and
Turbolinux—announced that they will work together to build a unique base for a
Linux distribution. The primary idea is to create a base system from which each
company will develop their products, solutions, and services.
The official definition of UnitedLinux, as found on their Web site is:
”UnitedLinux is a standards-based, worldwide Linux solution targeted at the
business user and developed by Conectiva, The SCO Group, SUSE LINUX,
and Turbolinux. Designed to be an enterprise-class, industry-standard Linux
Note: Debian Linux is also available for Itanium 2 platforms, but we will not
discuss this Linux distribution because it is not supported by IBM.
Feature Red Hat AS 2.1 Red Hat EL AS 3.0
Maximum CPUs supported 8 16
Maximum memory 16 GB 64 GB
Maximum SCSI devices 128 256
Kernel version 2.4.18 2.4.21
Desktop GUI GNOME Red Hat Bluecurve
Compiler GCC 2.9.6 GCC 3.2
Logical Volume Manager No Yes