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Table 3 Managed system requirements (continued)

RequirementComponent

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):

• RHEL 4 Update 6 (AS/ES)

• RHEL 4 Update 7 (AS/ES)

• RHEL 4 Update 8 (AS/ES)

• RHEL 5 Update 3 (Server)

• RHEL 5 Update 4 (Server)

• RHEL 5 Update 5 (Server)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES):

• SLES 10 SP 2

• SLES 10 SP 3

• SLES 11

• SLES 11 SP 1

IMPORTANT: Not all operating systems listed in this table are supported on all ProLiant G6

and G7 series servers. See Chapter 4 (page 12) for exceptions to OS support on G6 and

G7 servers.

Linux OS

VMware ESXi:

• ESXi 3.5 Update 5

• ESXi 4.0 Update 1

• ESXi 4.0 Update 2

• ESXi 4.1

VMware ESX

• ESX 3.5 Update 5

• ESX 4.0 Update 1

• ESX 4.0 Update 2

• ESX 4.1

Virtualization OS

KVM:

• RHEL 5 Update 4

• RHEL 5 Update 5

• SLES 11

• SLES 11 SP1

Xen:

• RHEL 5 Update 3

• RHEL 5 Update 4

• RHEL 5.5

• SLES 10 SP2

• SLES 10 SP3

• SLES 11

• SLES 11 SP1

1 Network installation of an ESX virtualization operating system is not supported by Insight Control for Linux if the server

requires a "driver CD". This includes servers with a ServerEngines NIC.

2 Installation of an ESXi virtualization OS using PXE boot is unsupported.

Insight Control for Linux can perform an interactive network installation of the ESXi virtualization operating systems

listed here, using the virtual media feature available on iLO-based servers. Virtual media treats an ISO file as if it were

a virtual CD-ROM. See the HP Insight Control for Linux User Guide for more information on performing an installation

using virtual media.

Interactive network installations of ESXi operating systems using PXE are not supported, however, Insight Control for

Linux 6.2 provides enablement for performing an interactive network installation of ESXi 3.5 Update 5, 4.0 Update

1, and 4.0 Update 2 using PXE. Although an interactive network installation is possible, VMware may choose not to

support an installation done in this manner because it is not their recommended way for installing ESXi operating

systems.

ESXi 4.1 interactive network installations were not tested successfully using PXE and, as a result, Insight Control for

Linux cannot provide enablement for ESXi 4.1. ESXi 4.1 installations can, however, be performed using virtual media

(on iLO-based servers only).

3 Novell supports Xen-PAE kernel only in SLES 10 SP3 x86 Host, but Novell supports both Xen and Xen-PAE kernels in

the SLES 10 SP3 x86_64 host. HP Insight Control virtual machine management is tested on the corresponding supported

kernel.

10 Managed system requirements