Operating system support for logical partitions on the Integrated Virtualization Manager

The Integrated Virtualization Manager 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 POWER6® processor-based technology, you can install the following operating systems on logical partitions that you create by using the IVM.

Table 1. Operating system support for logical partitions on IBM Power Systems with POWER6 processor-based technology managed by the IVM
Operating system	IBM Power Systems with POWER6 processor-based technology
AIX® 5.3 or later	8203-E4A 8204-E8A BladeCenter® JS12 Express™ BladeCenter JS22 Express BladeCenter JS23 Express BladeCenter JS43 Express
IBM i 6.1 or later	8203-E4A 8204-E8A BladeCenter JS12 Express BladeCenter JS22 Express BladeCenter JS23 Express BladeCenter JS43 Express
SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 11	BladeCenter JS23 Express BladeCenter JS43 Express
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2 or later	BladeCenter JS12 Express BladeCenter JS22 Express BladeCenter JS23 Express BladeCenter JS43 Express
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1 Update 1 or later	BladeCenter JS22 Express
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1	8203-E4A 8204-E8A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.2	BladeCenter JS22 Express BladeCenter JS23 Express BladeCenter JS43 Express
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.1	8203-E4A 8204-E8A BladeCenter JS12 Express BladeCenter JS22 Express
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.7 or later	BladeCenter JS22 Express BladeCenter JS23 Express BladeCenter JS43 Express
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.6	BladeCenter JS12 Express BladeCenter JS22 Express
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.5	8203-E4A 8204-E8A BladeCenter JS22 Express