5486OpS.fm Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004
506 IBM Eserver i5 and iSeries System Handbook
Linux for iSeries
Linux enables a stream of on demand business applications to complement the
strengths of the iSeries as an integrated core business solution. Linux inherits
important strengths and reliability features of the iSeries architecture.
i5/OS and OS/400 is enhanced to support Linux running in a secondary logical
partition. The primary partition must run OS/400 V5R1 or later. Up to 31 Linux
partitions are supported, depending on the iSeries model.The 520, 550, 570 and
595 running i5/OS support from 2 to 254 partitions based on the model.
Processor features for iSeries Model 270, 800, 810, 820, and 840 servers using
SSTAR technology, Models 825, 870, and 890 using POWER4 technology, and
Models 520, 550, 570, and 595 using POWER5 technology, allow Linux to run in
a shared processor pool, where one processor can be shared between four IBM
i5/OS, OS/400, and Linux partitions. On n-way processor features for iSeries
Model 820, 830, and 840 servers with ISTAR technology, Linux requires a
minimum of one processor per Linux partition.
IBM eServer iSeries extends support for Linux on the Integrated xSeries Server,
feature #4811/#4812/#4813/#9812/#9813,
RedHat 3 supports supported on the IXS #4710, #9710, #4810, #2792, #9792,
#2892 as well as theIntegrated xSeries Adapter model 1519-200 and 1519-100
with the servers listed below.
SUSE 8 is not supported on the IXS #4710, #9710, #4810, #2792, #9792, #2892
but supports the Integrated xSeries Adapter model 1519-200 and 1519-100. The
new 2GHz Intel Pentium IXS is offered for those customers who want a
uniprocessor Intel Server to suport Linux applications within the packaging of
their eServer i5 server .
For details on supported operating systems and xSeries models refer to the web
site:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/integratedxseries
Models x346, x236, x445, x440, x365, x360 and x235 are supported on OS/400
V5R2 or later when using the following Linux operating system versions:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 ES Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Edition
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8
New with V5R3
Linux partition management is enhanced with iSeries Navigator including:
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