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Operating system considerations
Several operating systems are supported for each blade server that can be installed
in a BladeCenter S system.
In general, blade server families exist for each operating system platform
architecture.
HC10 Intel architecture that supports:
v Microsoft Windows
HS family
Intel architecture that supports:
v Microsoft Windows
v Novell NetWare
v Novel SUSE Linux
v Red Hat Linux
v Sun Solaris 10
v The SCO Group Linux
v Turbolinux
v VMware
JS21
POWER5 architecture that supports:
v AIX Version 6.1
v AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.3
v AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.2
v Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER
v Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER
v Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER
v IBM Virtual I/O Server
JS12/JS22
POWER6 architecture that supports:
v AIX Version 6.1
v AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.3
v IBM i (i5OS) Version 6 Release 1
v IBM Virtual I/O Server
v Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER
v Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for System i and System p
v Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for iSeries and pSeries
LS family
AMD architecture that supports:
v Microsoft Windows
v Novell NetWare
v Novel SUSE Linux
v Red Hat Linux
v Sun Solaris 10
v VMware
The ServerProven Web site at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/
serverproven/compat/us/ lists all operating systems that run on IBM BladeCenter
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