Operating system support

This section lists operating system deployment and server combinations that are supported by the Linux Scripting ToolkitServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Linux Edition.

You can use the Linux Scripting Toolkit to deploy supported Linux distributions to any IBM System x, BladeCenter, or iDataPlex server that supports that distribution. To determine what distribution and server combinations are supported, see IBM ServerProven.

The Linux Scripting Toolkit supports these Linux distributions:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 32 bit SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x64 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32 bit SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64 SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 32 bit Base/SP1/SP2/SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 Base/SP1/SP2/SP3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES 32 bit U6/U7/U8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES x64 U6/U7/U8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32 bit U1/U2/U3/U4/U5/U6/U7/U8/U9/U10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x64 U1/U2/U3/U4/U5/U6/U7/U8/U9/U10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 32 bit U1/U2/U3/U4/U5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x64 U1/U2/U3/U4/U5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 x64 Base
  • VMware ESX Server 3.5 U4/U5
  • VMware ESX Server 4.0/4.0u1/4.0u2/4.1/4.1u1/4.1u2/4.1u3/4.1u4