HP Insight Control for Linux 6.3 Support Matrix

Table 3 Managed system requirements (continued)
RequirementComponent
IMPORTANT: Not all operating systems listed in this table are supported on all ProLiant G6
and G7 series servers and some operating systems, although supported, require an initrd
file to modify the drivers. See Chapter 4 (page 12) for exceptions to OS support on G6 and
G7 servers.
VMware ESXi:
3
• ESXi 3.5 Update 5
• ESXi 4.0 Update 1
• ESXi 4.0 Update 2
• ESXi 4.0 Update 3
• ESXi 4.1
• ESXi 4.1 auto install support, host only
• ESXi 4.1 Update 1
VMware ESX
2
:
• ESX 3.5 Update 5
• ESX 4.0 Update 1
• ESX 4.0 Update 2
• ESX 4.0 Update 3
• ESX 4.1
• ESX 4.1 Update 1
Virtualization OS
KVM
5
:
• RHEL 5 Update 4
• RHEL 5 Update 5
• RHEL 5 Update 6
• RHEL 6
• SLES 11
• SLES 11 SP1
Xen:
• RHEL 5 Update 3
• RHEL 5 Update 4
• RHEL 5 Update 5
• RHEL 5 Update 6
• RHEL 6
• SLES 10 SP2
• SLES 10 SP3
4
• SLES 10 SP4
• SLES 11
• SLES 11 SP1
1 Support for SLES 10 SP4 requires PSP 8.71.
2 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.
3 PXE booting of the ESXi 4.1 installer is only supported when performing an unattended (also known as scripted)
installation. If you need to install ESXi 4.1 interactively, you must use virtual media which is available on iLO-based
servers. For more information on performing an installation using virtual media, see the HP Insight Control for Linux
User Guide. Insight Control for Linux 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, but VMware may choose not to support an installation
done in this manner because it is not their recommended way for installing ESXi operating systems.
4 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.
5 Although the KVM virtualization operating system is not supported by virtual machine management, Insight Control for
Linux supports the installation of KVM guests and hosts.
10 Managed system requirements