POWER7 information

Operating system support for logical partitions on POWER7 processor-based servers that are managed by the Integrated Virtualization Manager

The Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) supports a number of operating systems for client logical partitions.

The following information applies to IVM Version 2.1.2, and later.

On IBM® Power Systems™ servers with POWER7® processor-based technology, you can install the following operating systems on logical partitions that you create by using the IVM.

Table 1. Minimum operating system versions required for logical partitions on POWER7 processor-based servers that are managed by the IVM
POWER7 processor-based servers	Minimum operating system versions
8202-E4B 8202-E4C 8205-E6B 8205-E6C 8231-E2B 8231-E1C 8231-E2C 8233-E8B IBM BladeCenter® PS700 IBM BladeCenter PS701 IBM BladeCenter PS702 IBM BladeCenter PS703 IBM BladeCenter PS704	AIX To view specific AIX® versions for your server, complete the following steps: Go to the Fix Level Recommendation tool (FLRT) website. In the Select your OS family section, select AIX. In the Select products and enter version information section, select your server. Select the GHz of your server. Select AIX. The AIX field displays the AIX versions that are supported on the selected server. AIX version numbers are displayed as `xxxx-yy-zz`, where `xxxx` is the release, `yy` is the technology level, and `zz` is the service pack.
8202-E4B 8202-E4C 8205-E6B 8205-E6C 8231-E2B 8231-E1C 8231-E2C 8233-E8B 8408-E8D IBM BladeCenter PS700 IBM BladeCenter PS701 IBM BladeCenter PS702 IBM BladeCenter PS703 IBM BladeCenter PS704	IBM i 7.1
8202-E4B 8202-E4C 8202-E4D 8205-E6B 8205-E6C 8205-E6D 8231-E2B 8231-E1C 8231-E2C 8231-E1D 8231-E2D 8233-E8B 8408-E8D IBM BladeCenter PS700 IBM BladeCenter PS701 IBM BladeCenter PS702 IBM BladeCenter PS703 IBM BladeCenter PS704	IBM i 6.1.1
8202-E4B 8202-E4C 8205-E6B 8205-E6C 8231-E2B 8231-E1C 8231-E2C 8233-E8B IBM BladeCenter PS700 IBM BladeCenter PS701 IBM BladeCenter PS702 IBM BladeCenter PS703 IBM BladeCenter PS704	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1
8248-L4T	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2
8408-E8D 8248-L4T	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3
8202-E4C 8202-E4D 8205-E6C 8205-E6D 8231-E1C 8231-E1D 8231-E2C 8231-E2D IBM BladeCenter PS703 IBM BladeCenter PS704	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4
8202-E4B 8205-E6B 8231-E2B 8233-E8B IBM BladeCenter PS700 IBM BladeCenter PS701 IBM BladeCenter PS702	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3
8202-E4B 8205-E6B 8231-E2B 8233-E8B IBM BladeCenter PS700 IBM BladeCenter PS701 IBM BladeCenter PS702	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.5
IBM BladeCenter PS703 IBM BladeCenter PS704	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.6
8202-E4C 8205-E6C 8231-E1C 8231-E2C	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.7
8408-E8D	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.8
8202-E4B 8205-E6B 8231-E2B 8233-E8B IBM BladeCenter PS700 IBM BladeCenter PS701 IBM BladeCenter PS702 IBM BladeCenter PS703 IBM BladeCenter PS704	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6
8202-E4C 8205-E6C 8231-E1C 8231-E1D 8231-E2C 8231-E2D 8268-E1D	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.1
8408-E8D	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.3
8248-L4T	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.4

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Last updated: Tue, January 28, 2014