IBM i integration with BladeCenter® and System x™ allows businesses to operate heterogeneous environments that include Intel®–compatible servers running Microsoft® Windows®, VMware® ESX or Linux® applications in addition to core business applications on IBM i. See the following pages for a list of the operating system versions can be used with integrated servers:
Note: For information about running IBM i on POWER™ processor-based blades, see the About i on Blades page.
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The following table shows an overview of which operating systems can be used with each attachment solution on each IBM i release.
Note: There are additional operating system requirements (for example, 64 bit or 32 bit versions) and some of the operating systems have only been tested with a subset of the server hardware that is available for the attachment solution. See the above operating system links for details.
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Operating
System 1 |
Server Attachment Solution 2 |
| iSCSI |
IXA |
IXS |
| W2008 |
i 6.1 |
NP4 |
NP4 |
| W2003 |
i 6.1, i 5.4 |
i 6.1, i 5.4, V5R3 |
i 6.1, i 5.4, V5R3 |
| W2000 |
NP4 |
i 6.1, i 5.4, V5R3 |
i 6.1, i 5.4, V5R3 |
| ESX3.5 |
i 6.1, i 5.4 |
NP |
NP |
| ESX3.0 |
i 6.1, i 5.4 |
NP |
NP |
| SLES10 |
i 6.1 |
NP |
NP |
| SLES9 |
i 5.4 |
i 5.4, V5R3 |
NP |
| SLES8 3 |
NP |
i 5.4, V5R3 |
NP |
| RHEL5 |
i 6.1 |
NP |
NP |
| RHEL4 |
NP |
i 5.4, V5R3 |
NP |
| RHEL3 |
NP |
i 5.4, V5R3 |
i 5.4, V5R3 |
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1 Operating system abbreviations:
- W2008 – Any of the following Microsoft Windows server versions (full and core installations):
- Windows Server 2008 Standard
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V
- Windows Web Server 2008
W2003 – Any of the following Microsoft Windows server versions:
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2003 Standard
- Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2003 Web
W2000 – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- ESX3.5 – VMware ESX Server 3.5.0(IBM i 6.1 certified as iSCSI Storage array with VMware ESX 3.5 Update 3)
ESX3.0 – VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 or 3.0.2 (no VMware certification)
SLES10 – SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10
SLES9 – SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
SLES8 – SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8
RHEL5 – Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 5
RHEL4 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Advanced Server (AS) or Enterprise Server (ES)
RHEL3 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Advanced Server (AS) or Enterprise Server (ES)
2 Server attachment solution abbreviations:
- iSCSI – Servers attached via an iSCSI network (iSCSI).
IXA – Servers attached via an Integrated xSeries® Adapter.
IXS – Integrated xSeries Servers.
3 Servers with this operating system may be installed and used. However, IBM i does not provide integrated server service support for servers that run this operating system since the distributor of the operating system no longer provides software maintenance.
4 NP = Not Planned.
