This table reflects OS vendor certification status, not IBM ServerProven status. Servers must be certified with IBM ServerProven Program for IBM to provide support for the server.
Updated: October 10, 2007
IBM System x™ and BladeCenter® servers for Oracle products which have been certified by the operating system vendor
System x
and BladeCenter
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Processor |
Windows® |
Novell |
Sun |
Red Hat
Enter
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Red Hat
Enter
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Server
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Capacity
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Server 2003
Enterprise x64.*
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SLES 10
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Solaris 10
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Linux AS v4
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Linux AS v5
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x3950
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16/32-way
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Datacenter Ed. |
Not in Plan |
Not in Plan |
Not in Plan |
Not in Plan |
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x3950
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16-way
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Datacenter Ed. |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
Certified |
In Plan |
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x3950
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8-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
Certified |
Certified |
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x3950
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4-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
Certified |
Certified |
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x3850
|
4-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Q1 2008 |
Certified |
Certified |
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x3650
|
2-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Jan 2008 |
Certified |
Certified |
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x3550
|
2-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
Certified |
Certified |
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x3800
|
2-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
Compatible |
Certified |
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x3500
|
2-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
Certified |
In Plan |
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x3400
|
2-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
Certified |
In Plan |
|
BladeCenter HS21
|
2-way
|
Certified |
Certified |
Certified |
Certified
HS21 XM
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Certified
HS21 XM
|
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x3455
|
2-way AMD®
|
Certified |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
Certified |
Certified |
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x3655
|
2-way AMD®
|
Certified |
Certified |
Not in Plan |
TBD |
Certified |
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x3755
|
4-way AMD®
|
Certified |
Certified |
Certified |
Certified |
Certified |
|
IBM BladeCenter LS21
|
2-way AMD®
|
Certified |
Certified |
Certified |
Compatible |
Certified |
|
IBM BladeCenter LS41
|
4-way AMD®
|
Certified |
Certified |
Certified |
Compatible |
Certified |
|
Capacity - 2-way equal processor sockets on the motherboard. Each socket may be filled with either a single or dual-core processor. Example: 4-way = 4 processor sockets.
Special Bid - IBM will consider a special bid to test on a case-by-case basis.
Certified - the servers notated have been certified for both 32-bit and 64-bit computing by the operating system vendors listed in the above chart.
Compatible - fully supported, but require download of Serial Attached SCSI and ServeRAID 8i driver.
Not in plan - the os vendors listed in the above chart have no plans to certify the servers notated.
1 Network Attached Storage is not certified for Oracle with the Microsoft Windows Operating System.
2 Highly recommended to check with IBM Pre-sales Technical Support BEFORE pricing proposed system.
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Oracle Notes:
- Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards = Certified only on 32-bit versions of Linux and Windows.
- Oracle 11g R1 = Certified onRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 & 4 (32-bit only at this time)
- Oracle 10g R2 = Certified on Novell SLES 10 & 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 4, 3, Windows Server 2003 (32/64-bit)
- Oracle 9.2= Certified on Novell SLES 8 & 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 & 4, Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
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All servers feature Intel® 64-bit Xeon™ processors, except where noted. Support for 64-bit requires:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AS/ES for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES for AMD64/EM64T
Novell SuSE SLES 10
Novell SuSE SLES 9
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Oracle does not certify or support third party storage products (disk, RAID, tape drive, HSM, etc.). Oracle assumes the underlying storage solution is reliable, and the storage vendors support their products directly.
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IBM storage products tested for operating systems by IBM can be deployed in Oracle environments.
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The DS300 & DS400 have not been tested by the IBM-Oracle Competency Center and therefore should not be proposed. The DS 4000 product family is the preferred IBM Storage solution.
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