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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
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.
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.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 4.0 (supports Update 7 and
earlier)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 4.0 (supports Update 7 and earlier)
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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 (supports Service Pack 4 and
earlier)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 with Xen Kernel (supports Update 2 and earlier)
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 3.0, for Intel Itanium
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 3.0, for AMD64 and EM64T
(supports Update 9 and earlier)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 3.0, for AMD64 and EM64T
(supports Update 9 and earlier)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for Intel Itanium (supports
Update 7 and earlier)
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