For IBM POWER

Reduce operations and development complexity without compromising reliability

The advanced features in IBM Power Systems plus the consistency and flexibility of the market-leading Linux® operating platform.

Standardize on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux across your x86, Power, and Mainframe systems. Applications are responsive to business needs with both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and support for the latest features in POWER7 and LPAR hardware partitioning.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux variants

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server A versatile platform for x86 and x86-64 that can be deployed on physical systems, as a guest on the major hypervisors, or in the cloud.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing Red Hat offers packages specifically for the scientific user to deploy clusters of systems to take on the most challenging of missions:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC Head Node
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z Red Hat Enterprise Linux, deployed on IBM System z, provides flexibility, performance, and scalability for server consolidation and mainframe reliability.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM POWER Deploy applications with confidence using the advanced features in IBM Power Systems and the consistency and flexibility of the market-leading Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating platform.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Business Applications Red Hat packages and supports the software infrastructure stack required for optimal operation of SAP applications with enterprise-class service and support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Available in either desktop or workstation configurations.
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BENEFITS & FEATURES

IBM POWER7 support

Working in collaboration with IBM hardware and software engineering teams, Red Hat's newest release, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, supports the latest features of IBM POWER7. This includes multithreading support and intelligent threads to adapt the hardware to your workload.

PowerVM support

When consolidating workloads, or just increasing flexibility, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is an ideal choice for virtualized platforms. The low-overhead operating system improves consolidation to maximize the benefits of virtualization.

Large Linux ecosystem

Red Hat's consistent application binary interface (ABI) and application programming interface (API) compatibility enables IBM Power Systems to deploy thousands of open source and commercial applications, including those originally developed on other platforms.

ADD-ONS

Smart Management

Easily manage and update Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. The Smart Management Add-On includes Red Hat Network Management and Red Hat Network Provisioning modules for use with Red Hat Network and Red Hat Network Satellite.

Extended Update Support

The standard lifecycle for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ensures application binary interface (ABI) and application programming interface (API) stability throughout the support period for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with regular delivery of technology updates and security packages.

For those organizations that want to stay on a particular snapshot for an extended period of time, Red Hat offers the Extended Update Support Add-On, which extends the support period of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux update for up to 24 months and delivers overlapping release support to give enterprise customers more flexibility.

HOW TO BUY

Buy online

Visit the Red Hat online store to purchase Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM POWER.

Contact Red Hat Sales

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Find a reseller

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Purchasing guide

Read our purchasing guide for information on how to buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Variants

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

A versatile platform for x86 and x86-64 that can be deployed on physical systems, as a guest on the major hypervisors, or in the cloud.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing

Red Hat offers packages specifically for the scientific user to deploy clusters of systems to take on the most challenging of missions:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC Head Node
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC Compute Node

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, deployed on IBM System z, provides flexibility, performance, and scalability for server consolidation and mainframe reliability.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM POWER

Deploy applications with confidence using the advanced features in IBM Power Systems and the consistency and flexibility of the market-leading Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating platform.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Business Applications

Red Hat packages and supports the software infrastructure stack required for optimal operation of SAP applications with enterprise-class service and support.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

Available in either desktop or workstation configurations.

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