Novell and Red Hat POWER distributions for the System i family can be ordered from IBM. Orders can be placed with new system and model upgrade orders.
Novell
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for POWER
List Price From IBM Per Server - 1 Year
Subscription
$349
Standard Subscription and Support
$926
Premium Subscription and Support
$1,826
IBM Product Number: 5639-S10 Options: Subscription only or Subscription with Standard or Premium Support Includes: Media Delivery: Distribution shipped from IBM with System i software Novell Support: Standard or Premium Support provided by Novell IBM support: Optionally, IBM SupportLine for Linux can be provided by IBM Global Services Licensing: A SUSE LINUX license is required for each server running Linux Other Options: 3 year subscription and support offerings are available
1-2 Sockets with Standard Subscription and Support
$799
1-2 Sockets with Premium Subscription and Support
$1,299
Unlimited Sockets with Standard Subscription*
$799
Unlimited Sockets with Standard Subscription and Support
$1,499
Unlimited Sockets with Premium Subscription and Support
$2,499
IBM Product Number: 5639-RHL Options: Charges for the base RHEL are per server for one- to two-socket systems with up to four LPARs and for RHEL Advanced Platform per server for systems with more than two sockets and up to 25 LPARs with multiple options for subscription and support from Red Hat Includes: Media Delivery: Distribution shipped from IBM with System i software Red Hat Support: Standard or Premium Support provided by Red Hat IBM Support: Optionally, IBM SupportLine for Linux can be provided by IBM Global Services Licensing: A Red Hat license is required for each server running Linux based on the # of cores and #of Linux partitions. Other Options: 3 year subscription and support offerings are available
* RHEL 5 distributions must include support from Red Hat or IBM Global Services
