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The table below shows IBM tested and supported Linux environments. IBM remote technical support for these environments is provided when you obtain a Support Line contract. You may also find support for these environments by contracting with a third party provider.

Hardware platform and operating system software compatibility

64-bit environment

Distribution	System z10	System z9
RHEL 5
RHEL 4
RHEL 3	—	*
SLES 11
SLES 10
SLES 9

31-bit environment

Distribution	System z10	System z9	zSeries
RHEL 5 ⁽¹⁾	—	—	—
RHEL 4
RHEL 3	—	*
SLES 11 ⁽¹⁾	—	—	—
SLES 10 ⁽¹⁾	—	—	—
SLES 9

(1)	A 64-bit distribution does not run in a 31-bit environment; note that 31-bit applications can be run on a 64-bit distribution using the 31-bit emulation layer.

Indicates that the distribution (version) has been tested by IBM in the environment, will run on the system, and is an IBM supported environment. Updates or service packs applied to the distribution are also supported. New distributions are not supported unless they are listed here.

Indicates that the distribution is not supported by IBM.

— Indicates that the distribution has not been tested by IBM.

* Provided on customer request for existing zSeries workloads only. No System z9 feature exploitation.

For information on which hardware is supported by

Novell SUSE, please visit the "YES Certfied Bulletin Search” information
Red Hat, please visit the “Certified Hardware” information

To retrieve interoperability support information for Enterprise Storage products when used in a supported host server environment see the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center.