Operating system support for VIOS client logical partitions

The Virtual I/O Server supports client logical partitions that run the following operating systems on the following POWER6™ processor-based servers.

Table 1. Operating system support for Virtual I/O Server client logical partitions
Operating system POWER6 processor-based servers
AIX® 5.3 or later All POWER6 processor-based servers
IBM® i 6.1 or later All POWER6 processor-based servers
SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2 or later
  • 9119-FHA
  • 9125-F2A
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1
  • 8203-E4A
  • 8204-E8A
  • 9117-MMA
  • 9406-MMA
  • 9407-M15
  • 9408-M25
  • 9409-M50
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.2
  • 9119-FHA
  • 9125-F2A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.1
  • 8203-E4A
  • 8204-E8A
  • 9117-MMA
  • 9406-MMA
  • 9407-M15
  • 9408-M25
  • 9409-M50
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.7 9119-FHA
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.6 9125-F2A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.5
  • 8203-E4A
  • 8204-E8A
  • 9117-MMA
  • 9406-MMA
  • 9407-M15
  • 9408-M25
  • 9409-M50