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Operating system support for VIOS client logical partitions

The Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) supports client logical partitions that run the following operating systems on the following POWER7® processor-based servers.

Table 1. Minimum operating system versions required for Virtual I/O Server client logical partitions
POWER7 processor-based servers Minimum operating system versions
  • 8246-L1C
  • 8246-L1S
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.8
  • 8246-L2C
  • 8246-L2S
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5.7
  • 8246-L1D
  • 8246-L2D
  • 8246-L1T
  • 8246-L2T
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.4
Parent topic: Virtual I/O Server overview

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Last updated: Tue, February 10, 2015