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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
Editions of Windows for 32-bit systems:
Windows 2000, Advanced Server and Server Editions (Service Pack 3
required)
Windows 2000 Datacenter Edition
Windows 2000 Professional Edition (Service Pack 3 required)
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (supports Service Pack 1 )
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise, Standard, and Web Editions (supports
Service Pack 1 and Release 2)
Windows XP Professional Edition (supports Service Pack 2 and earlier)
Editions of Windows for 64-bit systems:
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for Itanium systems
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition (supports Release 2 and
earlier)
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium systems
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise and Standard x64 Editions (supports
Release 2 and earlier)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (supports Release 2 and earlier)
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.
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.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 4.0 (supports Update 4 and
earlier)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 4.0 (supports Update 4 and earlier)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 (supports Service Pack 3 and
earlier)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86
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
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.
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.
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