Requirements

Contents

1.1. Hardware Requirements
1.2. Software Requirements

Hardware Requirements

iSeries and i5 Models

Table 1.1. Supported Models

iSeries models

i800, i810, i825, i870, i890

eServer i5 and System i5 models

510, 520, 550, 570, 570+, 590, 595


The systems in Table 1.2, “Unsupported Models” were supported by SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9. They are no longer supported but should still run.

Table 1.2. Unsupported Models

iSeries models

i270, i820, i830, i840


A standard installation requires at least 256 MB of RAM. An installation over VNC requires at least 448 MB of RAM. The installation of a standard system requires at least 1.8 GB of free hard disk space.

Refer to http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/linux/pdfs/guide.pdf for a detailed list of all feature codes. An older version of this list is also available at http://penguinppc.org/ppc64/machines.php. Up-to-date hardware information for Linux on System i5 is available at http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/os/linux/servers.html.

pSeries and p5 Models

These systems are operated with a PPC64 kernel.

Table 1.3. Supported Models

pSeries models

p615, p630, p650, p655, p670, p690

eServer p5, System p5, OpenPower, and ATX Server models

505, 510, 520, 550, 560Q, 570, 570+, 575, 575+, 590, 595, 710, 720, 185

ATX Workstation

185


All POWER3 and RS64–based models that were supported by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 are no longer supported, but should still run.

A standard installation requires at least 256 MB of RAM. An installation over VNC requires at least 448 MB of RAM. The installation of a standard system requires at least 1.8 GB of free hard disk space.

Up-to-date hardware information for Linux on System p5 is available by model from http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/linux/.

BladeCenter

BladeCenter JS20 except JS20 GA1 (model 8842-21X), BladeCenter JS20V, and BladeCenter JS21 are supported systems at the time of printing.