Oracle Linux and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Support Notes

1 Support for Oracle Linux and Unbreakable Enterprise

Kernel

This support note provides the additional installation and support information for the use of Oracle

Linux and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (also called as UEK) on HP DL980 servers.

This chapter provides the support and certification information related to Oracle Linux and

Unbreakable Kernel on HP DL980 servers.

Oracle Linux and UEK Certification and Support Information

Oracle Linux includes two kernels:

• Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel tracks mainline Linux kernel closely and offers the latest features

and tested performance and stability.

• The Red Hat Compatible Kernel compiled directly from Red Hat Enterprise Linux source. HP

has certified following Oracle Linux and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel on HP DL980 servers.

Table 1 Oracle Linux support information

Glibc

Unbreakable Enterprise

KernelRed Hat Compatible KernelOracle Linux

2.5–652.6.32–2002.6.18–2745.7

2.5–81

2.6.18–3082.6.18–3085.8

2.6.39–100*

2.5–81

2.6.32–300

2.618–3085.9 2.6.39–300*

2.12–1.47

2.6.32–300

2.6.32–2206.2 2.6.39–100*

2.12–1.80

2.6.39–200

2.6.32–2796.3

2.6.39–300

*This Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel does not come with Oracle Linux, it is released through

Oracle Unbreakable Linux Network. For more information about the steps to install kernel,

see “Installing using Oracle provided media” (page 8).

Ensure support for Oracle on DL980

HP recommends that you review the Oracle Linux (also called as OL) and Unbreakable Enterprise

Kernel certification and support matrix for your HP DL980 servers prior to downloading OL from

the Oracle Linux website. You should ensure that the distribution of OL 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

OL distributions for HP OL servers:

1. Go to the Oracle Linux certification and support matrix:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert-oracle.html?

jumpid=reg_r1002_usen

2. On the Oracle Linux link, locate the server name of interest, and then click the link.

Detailed product information, downloads, documentation, and specific certification information is

provided in a categorized listing.

6 Support for Oracle Linux and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel