Several operating systems are supported for each blade server that
can be installed in a BladeCenter S system.
In general, blade server families exist for each operating system platform
architecture.
- HC10
- Intel architecture that supports:
- HS family
- Intel architecture that supports:
- Microsoft Windows
- Novell NetWare
- Novel SUSE Linux
- Red Hat Linux
- Sun Solaris 10
- The SCO Group Linux
- Turbolinux
- VMware
- JS21
- POWER5 architecture that supports:
- AIX Version 6.1
- AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.3
- AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.2
- Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for POWER
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER
- IBM Virtual I/O Server
- JS12/JS22
- POWER6 architecture that supports:
- AIX Version 6.1
- AIX 5L for POWER Version 5.3
- IBM i (i5OS) Version 6 Release 1
- IBM Virtual I/O Server
- Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for System i and System p
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for iSeries and pSeries
- LS family
- AMD architecture that supports:
- Microsoft Windows
- Novell NetWare
- Novel SUSE Linux
- Red Hat Linux
- Sun Solaris 10
- VMware
The IBM ServerProven Web site lists all operating
systems that run on IBM BladeCenter blade servers. In addition, see the BladeCenter NOS Support Information Web site for a
matrix of supported operating systems per BladeCenter blade server.