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Certain distributions include IBM SEL.

KVM guests in IBM SEL mode are supported as of these distributions:
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 9.0 with service
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 with service
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 with service
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 with service
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 with service
  • Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS with service
KVM hosts in IBM SEL mode are supported as of these distributions:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 with service
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 with service
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 with service
  • Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS with service
The attestation function is available on IBM z16 and LinuxONE Emperor 4 as of these distributions:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 with service
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 with service
For other distributions, see the release notes for availability of the attestation function.
The use of Crypto Express adapters for guests running in secure-execution mode is supported as of these distributions:
  • Ubuntu 24.04
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 and 8.10
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6