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SGI offers both SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9, a scalable, high-performance foundation for secure enterprise computing and SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10, an enterprise-quality server designed to handle mission-critical workloads in the data center. Backed by Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise offers comprehensive functionality to power today's networks and meet user demands.
YES CERTIFIED Altix Systems
Novell provides bulletins for all YES CERTIFIED systems. The bulletins provide details on the configuration of the systems covering such components as processor, hard drive, and host bus adapter, among others. To see all bulletins related to SGI products:
- go to the YES CERTIFIED Bulletin Search on the Novell web site
- in the "Company" scroll box, select "SGI"
- click the "Search" button at the bottom of the page
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10
- Is massively scalable - scales to 1,024 processors and support up to 10 TB of RAM
- Supports the latest network acceleration technologies to gain network performance for I/O-intensive applications (Intel I/O AT).
- Ships a fully integrated, multi-node, high-availability solution at no extra cost. Heartbeat 2 is now part of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
- Provides management tools that make it easy to configure storage for mission-critical workloads such as LAMP stacks, Oracle Real Application Clusters and Virtual Server (Xen) images
- Provides graphical iSCSI management tools that facilitate easy configuration of both iSCSI initiators on clients and iSCSI targets on servers.
- Includes AppArmor for enterprise security
- Includes XEN for virtualization (no IPF at this time)
XFS Support
XFS is an Open Source file system that was designed specifically for large files and large volume scalability. Video and multi-media files are best handled by this file system. Scaling to petabyte volumes, it also handles large amounts of data. XFS supports Data Migration. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 supports XFS. For information about XFS as recommended by Novell, please visit SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Filesystems Features Overview and SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Tech Specs.
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10, Service Pack 1
- XEN Update to 3.0.3, full enterprise support for Intel-VT virtualization
- Kernel Enhancements include Lustre hooks and LSPP EAL4+ hooks (Argus solution)
- Consolidation of all maintenance updates and applicable fixes
- CAPP EAL 4+ preparation (Audit stack - LAF)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack. A bundle of paravirtualized network, bus and block device drivers that enable unmodified Windows and Linux guest operating systems to run with near native performance in virtual environments.
- Support for the following guest OS/s with Xen hypervisor:
- NetWare 6.5 SP7 (as part of Novell Open Enterprise Server 2)
- Microsoft Windows, Inlcuding MS Windows 2000, 2003, and XP
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
For more details on SP1 please visit the Novel web site.
Learn how Novell and Microsoft are Improving Interoperability between Linux and Windows
Novell provides a white paper that discusses new technology that improves interoperability between SUSE Linux Enterprise and Microsoft® Windows Server®. In order to download the white paper you must first fill out a short survey.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
- Delivers an enterprise-class Linux® server built on the powerful Linux 2.6 kernel
- Features advanced I/O schedulers for quick application tuning
- Offers support for the latest hardware and advanced network, storage and connectivity features for redundancy across peripherals and the network
- Supports clustering for automatic fail-over
- Provide Hotplug services for hardware change without systems disruption
- Supports up to 512 cpus
- Supports cpusets
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 offers rich software development capabilities through built-in network services and protocols, including CUPS, DNS, DHCP, IMAP, NTP, SLP, Postfix, PXE, Proxy, Samba, SNMP, SMTP and many others. It also includes application and database services-such as Apache®, ®, Tomcat, MySQL® and PostgreSQL-and supports popular solutions from hundreds of independent software vendors.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 has achieved EAL4+ certification.
SGI ProPack™ Support
Beginning with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 1, SGI ProPack is available as an optional software package. SGI ProPack™ 4 is the first version of SGI ProPack to be certified by SGI and fully supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. SGI ProPackincludes scientific libraries, NUMA tools, and other improvements intended to augment a Linux base distribution, users can expect to obtain application performance advantages. SGI ProPack 5 supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.
Development Support
Novell provides an SDK that supports application development for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server enabling users to create comprehensive build systems. It provides tools needed to port applications. For more information about the development environment for Linux, please go to the Linux Developers Resource page.
Partner Guide
Novell provides information on certified applications for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on the Novell web site where a partner guide is found. Once there select "advanced search" from left hand column:
- Search term: Itanium
- Choose product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
This search will result in a listing of all applications currently certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on the Itanium platform. This database is being updated on a regular basis and customers are encouraged to visit the site often to review the application listing.
UNIX to Linux White Paper
Novell invites you to learn more about migrating from UNIX to Linux by download the following white paper: "The ROI of Moving From Unix to Linux".
Support Policy
SGI
For customers requesting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on their Altix systems, the operating system will be pre-installed by SGI manufacturing.
For all problems and questions, SGI's support organization utilizes its extensive Linux technical support expertise, comprehensive solutions database and the SUSE Linux Portal to resolve problems and answer questions quickly and thoroughly. SGI will analyze and qualify reported software problems and provide a resolution or fix that is subject to the limitations and restrictions described below. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server running on Altix systems is subject to the following as outlined in SGI's Support Policy for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server page.
SGI is committed to opening doors for further expansion of standard Linux in the marketplace, and established its intellectual alliance with Open Source years before the term was coined. SGI contributes intellectual energy and properties to the Open Source. SGI also maintains a portal to all SGI Open Source material (including access to Open Source projects SGI has released, Open Source technical content and advice, libraries of downloadable software, contribution points, email lists, and links to the Open Source community).
Novell
SGI provides first levels of support to SGI and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server customers. When purchasing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, customers receive web-based update support from Novell. Customers may choose 1, 3, and 5 years of annual upgrade protection. For more information please review Novell's Linux support policy.
