5486OpS.fm Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004506 IBM Eserver i5 and iSeries System HandbookLinux for iSeriesLinux enables a stream of on demand business applications to complement thestrengths of the iSeries as an integrated core business solution. Linux inheritsimportant strengths and reliability features of the iSeries architecture.i5/OS and OS/400 is enhanced to support Linux running in a secondary logicalpartition. The primary partition must run OS/400 V5R1 or later. Up to 31 Linuxpartitions are supported, depending on the iSeries model.The 520, 550, 570 and595 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 usingSSTAR technology, Models 825, 870, and 890 using POWER4 technology, andModels 520, 550, 570, and 595 using POWER5 technology, allow Linux to run ina shared processor pool, where one processor can be shared between four IBMi5/OS, OS/400, and Linux partitions. On n-way processor features for iSeriesModel 820, 830, and 840 servers with ISTAR technology, Linux requires aminimum 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 1519-100with the servers listed below.SUSE 8 is not supported on the IXS #4710, #9710, #4810, #2792, #9792, #2892but supports the Integrated xSeries Adapter model 1519-200 and 1519-100. Thenew 2GHz Intel Pentium IXS is offered for those customers who want auniprocessor Intel Server to suport Linux applications within the packaging oftheir eServer i5 server .For details on supported operating systems and xSeries models refer to the website:http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/integratedxseriesModels x346, x236, x445, x440, x365, x360 and x235 are supported on OS/400V5R2 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 8New with V5R3 Linux partition management is enhanced with iSeries Navigator including:
