Support exceptions, Ensure support for linux on hp integrity servers, Table 1-1 – HP Integrity Essentials Pack for Linux Software User Manual

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The following table provides the minimum RHEL and SLES OS distributions that are supported
using the latest HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux:

Table 1-1 Supported Minimum OS Distributions by HP Integrity Server

SUSE Distributions

RHEL Distributions

Server

SLES10, SLES11

RHEL4U6, RHEL5U1

BL860c

SLES10SPI, SLES11

RHEL4U6, RHEL5U1

BL870c

None

RHEL4U4

cx2620

None

RHEL

rx1600

SLES10

RHEL4, RHEL5

rx1620

None

RHEL4

rx2600

SLES10

RHEL4, RHEL5

rx2620

SLES10SP1, SLES11

RHEL4U4, RHEL5

rx2660

SLES10, SLES11

RHEL4U4, RHEL5

rx3600

SLES10

RHEL, RHEL5

rx4640

None

None

rx5670

SLES10, SLES11

RHEL4U4, RHEL5

rx6600

SLES10

RHEL4U1, RHEL5U1

rx7620

SLES10, SLES11

RHEL4U4, RHEL5U1

rx7640

SLES10

RHEL4U1, RHEL5U1

rx8620

SLES10, SLES11

RHEL4U4, RHEL5U1

rx8640

SLES10

RHEL4U1, RHEL5U1

Superdome sx1000

SLES10SP1, SLES11

RHEL4U4, RHEL5U1

Superdome sx2000

Support Exceptions

The following support exceptions should be reviewed to ensure that you are using the correct
versions of the product:

HP Smart Setup EBSU utility and
the rx2600 HP Integrity server:

The HP rx2600 server is not supported by the HP Smart
Setup EBSU utility after the version 4.2 so you must retain
a copy of this version for use in managing this server.

MPT Fusion HBA driver
requirements on the rx2660, BL860c
and BL870c HP Integrity servers:

The use of the MPT Fusion HBA driver on the rx2660,
BL860c, and BL870c HP Integrity servers requires an update
of this driver when your server is running RHEL5 or
SLES10 and is described in

“Installing the MPT Fusion

HBA Drivers for Linux” (page 35)

.

Ensure Support for Linux on HP Integrity Servers

HP recommends that you review the Linux certification and support matrix for your HP Integrity
servers prior to downloading Linux from the Red Hat or Novell SUSE websites. You should
ensure that the distribution of Linux that you want to install is both certified and supported on
your server.

Use the following steps to review information about the supported and certified distributions
of the RHEL and the SUSE Linux distributions for HP Integrity servers:

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