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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:
  • Microsoft Windows
HS family
Intel architecture that supports:
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Novell NetWare
  • Novel SUSE Linux
  • Red Hat Linux
  • Sun Solaris 10
  • The SCO Group Linux
  • Turbolinux
  • VMware
JS21
POWER5 architecture that supports:
  • AIX Version 6.1
  • AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.3
  • AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.2
  • Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER
  • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER
  • IBM Virtual I/O Server
JS12/JS22
POWER6 architecture that supports:
  • AIX Version 6.1
  • AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.3
  • IBM i (i5OS) Version 6 Release 1
  • IBM Virtual I/O Server
  • Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for System i and System p
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for iSeries and pSeries
LS family
AMD architecture that supports:
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Novell NetWare
  • Novel SUSE Linux
  • Red Hat Linux
  • Sun Solaris 10
  • VMware

The IBM ServerProven Web site lists all operating systems that run on IBM BladeCenter blade servers. In addition, see the BladeCenter NOS Support Information Web site for a matrix of supported operating systems per BladeCenter blade server.