Red Hat

Dell andRedHat

Dell has been offering the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® OS since 1998. Sincethattime, Dell and RedHatAllianceRed Hat EnterpriseLinux6

RedHatannouncedtheavailabilityofRedHatEnterpriseLinux6(RHEL6)on10November2010havedevelopedfullsolutionstorunmission-criticalworkloads. RHEL6issupportedbyPleaserefertothefollowinglinkforthe Dell and Red Hat onallDell9G,10Gand11GDellPowerEdgeServerspartnerpage.

• Dell supportsthex86_64versionoftheOSontheseServers.and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux6(X86_64bit)SupportandCertificationMatrixAlliance

Dell offers customers the opportunity to create a more efficient enterprise by running a consistent x86 platform across the organization on open standards based solutions like Red Hat Enterprise Linux6.0. Customers benefit from fast implementations, simplified management, and a quick return on investment with Dell’s tested and validated Linux solutionsaswellasflexibilityofchoiceasenvironmentscontinuetogrow. 

By directly resolving virtually all support related issues, Dell provides customers with a onestopone-stop shop for hardware ,software,serviceandsupport.Additionally,customerscanrestassuredknowingthatDellengineersdirectlycontributedtotheRHEL6.0kerneltoensureitworksonallDellservers.

ClickontheserverplatformtobedirectedtotheRedHatcertificationlist.PleasenotethatallserverslistedbelowhavebeentestedandvalidatedandaresupportedbyDell.

ImportantInformation

• RHEL6InstallationandImportantInformationonDellPowerEdgeServers
  
• TechnologyCapabilities and limits

Drivers
Whileweensureallservers/peripheralshavenativesoftware supportasfaraspossible,thereareinstanceswhereanupdateddrivermightbenecessary.ForRHEL6,thefollowingdriverupdateswouldberequiredforoptimumoperationoftherespectiveperipheral.

• Brocade-Driverdownloadpage

• Brocade1020ConvergedNetworkAdapter
• Brocade825FibreChannelHostBusAdapter
• Brocade815FibreChannelHostBusAdapter
• Brocade1741M-kmezzanineConvergedNetworkAdapter

Blogs

• NewSystemsManagementcomponentsinRHEL6

   

  CertificationMatrix

   

  • Red Hat CertifiedDellPowerEdge11Gsystems
  • UpandRunningwithSR-IOVonDellPowerEdgeServers
  • GettingOverthe2.2TBBootableStorageVolumeLimitinRHEL6
  • EffectiveNetworkLoadDistributionAcrossCPUCoresUsingMultiqueuesEnterpriseLinux on RHEL6Dell Legacy PowerEdge ServersCertifiedwith(Dell)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  Articles

  • SoftwareRAIDonHardwareCompatibilityList(Red HatEnterpriseLinux®v6
  • Installation,MigrationandRecovery
  • ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming
  • NewnetworkdevicenamingonRHEL6.1)

Important Links

• AboutRHEL6Server
• RHEL6documentation

RedHatEnterpriseLinux5

RedHatEnterpriseLinux5issupportedbyDellasofthe

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5productlaunchinFebruary2007.FullDell™OpenManage™suitesupportcameintheDellOpenManageServerAdministratorserverpage (OMSA)5.2releaseinApril2007.
  
  

  Relevantlinksonredhat.com:

  • AboutRedHatEnterpriseLinux5
  • RedHatEnterpriseLinux5documentation
  • RedHatEnterpriseLinux5announcementsmailinglist
  • CertifiedDellHardwareonRedHatEnterpriseLinux5

  
  

  Relevantlinksondell.com:

  
  TechsheetforDell™PowerEdge™serversandDellPrecision™workstations
  
  

  RedHatEnterpriseLinux4

  
  RedHatEnterpriseLinux4isfullysupportedbyDellasoftheRedHatEnterpriseLinux4productlaunchinFebruary2005.FullDellOpenManagesupportcameintheOMSA4.3releaseinJune2005.
  
  RedHatEnterpriseLinuxv4onIntelXeon7500andIntelXeon6500seriesprocessors:
  RedHatEnterpriseLinuxv4doesnothavesupportforDellPowerEdgeserversbasedontheIntelXeon7500andIntelXeon6500seriesprocessors:

  • PowerEdgeR810
  • PowerEdgeR910
  • PowerEdgeM910

  YoumightbeabletorunRHEL 4onthesemachines,buttheOSwouldstillbeunsupported.PleaseuseRedHatEnterpriseLinuxv5onthesemachineswhichisfullysupported.
  
  

  Relevantlinksonredhat.com:

  • RedHatEnterpriseLinux4documentation
  • CertifiedDellHardwareonRedHatEnterpriseLinux4

  Relevantlinksondell.com:

  
  TechsheetforDellPowerEdgeserversandinfo)

• Dell Precisionworkstations
  
  
  

  RedHatEnterpriseLinux3

  Relevantlinksonredhat.com:

  • RedHatEnterpriseLinux3Documentation

  Relevantlinksondell.com:

  
  TechsheetOMSApage for DellPowerEdgeserversandDellPrecisionworkstations
  
  

  UsefulRedHatEnterprise LinuxLinks

  • RedHatKnowledgebase
  • RedHatEnterpriseLinuxServerVersioncomparisonchart
  • The
• CustomerPortalSite(documentation,articles,solutions,videos)

Webinars

• DellandRedHatAllianceSolutionspage’sFluidCacheSpeedsPerformance(archive)