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Supported operating systems

Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator supports the deployment of several operating-systems. Only supported versions of the operating systems can be loaded into the XClarity Orchestrator OS-images repository.

Important
  • For information about operating-system deployment limitations for specific devices, see Supported hardware and software – XClarity Orchestrator.
  • The cryptographic management feature of XClarity Orchestrator allows limiting communication to certain minimum SSL/TLS modes. For example, if TLS 1.2 is selected, then only operating systems with an installation process that supports TLS 1.2 and strong cryptographic algorithms can be deployed through XClarity Orchestrator.
  • Operating-system images in the OS-images repository might not be supported only on certain hardware platforms. You can determine whether an operating system is compatible with a specific server from the Lenovo OS Interoperability Guide website.
  • For OS and Hypervisor related compatibility and support information and resources for Lenovo servers and solutions, see the Server OS Support Center webpage.

The following table lists the 64-bit operating systems that XClarity Orchestrator can deploy.

Operating systemVersionsNotes
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server
7.2 and later
8.x

Includes KVM
Note
  • All existing and future minor versions are supported unless otherwise noted.
  • When importing the DVD version of the OS image, only DVD1 is supported.
  • When installing RHEL on ThinkSystem servers, RHEL v7.4 or later is recommended.
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
12.3 and later
15.2 and later

Includes KVM and Xen hypervisors
Note
  • All existing and future service packs are supported unless otherwise noted.
  • When importing the DVD version of the OS image, only DVD1 is supported.
VMware vSphere® Hypervisor (ESXi)
6.0.x
6.5.x
6.7.x
7.0.x
Base VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) images and Lenovo VMware ESXi Custom images are supported.

Lenovo VMware ESXi Custom images are customized for select hardware to give you online platform management, including updating and configuring firmware, platform diagnostics, and enhanced hardware alerts. Lenovo management tools also support simplified management of the ESXi with select System x servers. This image is available for download from the VMware Support – Downloads webpage. The license that is provided with the image is a 60-day free trial. You are responsible for meeting all VMware licensing requirements.

Important
  • All existing and future update packs are supported unless otherwise noted.
  • Base ESXi images (without Lenovo customization) include only basic in-box device drivers for network and storage. The base image does not include the out-of-box device drivers (which are included in Lenovo VMware ESXi Custom images).
  • For some versions of Lenovo VMware ESXi Custom images, separate images might be available for ThinkSystem, System x, and ThinkServer. Only one image for a specific release can exist in the OS-images repository at a time.
  • ESXi deployment is not supported for certain older servers. For information about which servers are supported, see the Lenovo OS Interoperability Guide website.