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IBM Enhanced/Elite Support for xCAT

  
Overview Features & benefits Requirements

The following requirements apply to IBM Support for xCAT.

Operating system Software Hardware
Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise
    Server (SLES) 10 with
    Service Pack 2 and higher
  • SLES 11
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.x
  • Community ENTerprise
    Operating System
    (CentOS) 5.x
  • IBM BladeCenter
    (requires the Advanced
    Management Module)
  • iDataPlex
  • IBM Cluster 1350
  • IBM System x (only
    servers supported by 1350)
  • IBM Power Systems
 
  • Fedora8 and
    Fedora 9
  • Supported IBM hardware
AIX
  • AIX 5.3 and 6.1 (all
    available technology levels)
  • IBM BladeCenter
    (requires the Advanced
    Management Module)
  • IBM Power Systems

Refer to the xCAT Web site for additional supported distributions.