Linux distributions and virtualization options for Power10 Linux on Power servers

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Use this topic to find the Linux® distributions and virtualization options that are optimized for Power10 processor-based systems that are running Linux.

Table 1. Linux distributions for Power10 processor-based systems
IBM® Power10 processor-based systems PowerVM® LPARs
  • 9043-MRX (IBM Power® E1050)
  • 9105-22A (IBM Power S1022)
  • 9105-22B (IBM Power S1022s)
  • 9105-41B (IBM Power S1014)
  • 9105-42A (IBM Power S1024)
  • 9786-22H (IBM Power L1022)
  • 9786-42H (IBM Power L1024)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0, any subsequent RHEL 9.x releases
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, any subsequent RHEL 8.x releases
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3, any subsequent SLES 15 updates
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9, or later
  • Ubuntu 22.04, or later2
  • 9080-HEX (IBM Power E1080)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0, any subsequent RHEL 9.x releases
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, any subsequent RHEL 8.x releases
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 (POWER9 Compatibility mode only)1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3, any subsequent SLES 15 updates
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (POWER9 Compatibility mode only)
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.9, or later
  • Ubuntu 22.04, or later2
Notes:
  • 1 Red Hat® Business Unit approval is required for using RHEL 8.2 on IBM Power10 processor-based systems.
  • 2 Ubuntu on Power support is available directly from Canonical.
  • IBM Power10 processor-based systems support the following configurations per logical partition (LPAR):
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4: up to 64 TB of memory and 240 processor cores.
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3: up to 32 TB of memory and 240 processor cores.
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6, or later: up to 64 TB of memory and 240 processor cores.
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 and 9.0: up to 32 TB of memory and 240 processor cores.
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 and RHEL 8.2: up to 8 TB of memory and 120 processor cores.
  • For more information about distributions, see the following distribution websites:
  • The recommended Linux distribution for a particular server is always the latest level distribution that is optimized for the server. The listed distributions are the operating system versions that are supported for the specific hardware. For information about product lifecycle for Linux distributions, see the support site for each distribution.

  • For libraries and tools that can aid in leveraging the capabilities of Linux on Power10 servers, see IBM Software Development Kit for Linux on Power tools. Other information about packages and migration assistance can be found in the Find packages built for POWER® in the IBM Linux on Power developer portal.

  • CoreOS is supported as a part of OpenShift® Container Platform (OCP). For more information about OCP, see Getting started with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud® and Architecture and dependencies of the service.