SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE

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For more than 15 years, businesses have trusted their mission-critical applications to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM z Systems. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server increases uptime, reduces operating costs, and accelerates innovation. As your workloads increase, turn to the operating system that's better optimized for the mainframe than any other Linux OS.

Key Features
  • Optimized to run with IBM z Systems hardware & virtualization technologies
  • Advanced RAS capabilities increase reliability & reduce costs
  • YaST provides the most powerful Linux installation, configuration and management framework available today.
  • Supports container engine from open source Docker project
  • IBM Java 8 is included
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Version 12

System Requirements

Hardware
  • IBM zEnterprise z Systems196 (z196)
  • IBM zEnterprise z Systems114 (z114)
  • IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12)
  • IBM zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12)
  • IBM z13 (z13)
  • IBM LinuxOne Rockhopper
  • IBM LinuxOne Emperor
Network
  • OSA Express Ethernet
  • HiperSockets or Guest LAN
  • 10 GBE, vSwitch
  • RoCE
Disk Space
  • 800 MB for minimal
  • 2.6 GiB for default installation
  • 3.6 GiB+ recommended
Memory
  • 1 GiB for installation under z/VM
  • 1 GiB for installation under LPAR
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What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE?

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE is a commercial Linux operating system specifically tailored for the mainframe. This means that various z/VM operating system and z Systems hardware features are exploited by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to ensure that resource sharing, disaster recovery, and other capabilities are available for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE lets you consolidate existing distributed workloads and bring new workloads onto z Systems servers to help minimize costs, reduce downtime, decrease data center complexity, and increase business agility.

What workloads are best suited for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE?

  • A mixture of high I/O transaction-oriented workloads and moderately CPU intensive workloads are best for mainframes.
  • Oracle, SAP, IBM middleware, and many other ISVs contribute to the more than 3,150 applications running on Linux on the mainframe.
  • Almost all of IBM's middleware applications run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE.
  • Hundreds of open source applications that run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for x86 servers, such as Apache, MySQL, and Samba, also run on the mainframe.

Is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE the right hardware platform for me?

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE is the ideal choice for:

  • Mainframe customers with existing mainframes that want to add Linux and benefit from the combined advantages
  • New customers that decide for the first time to buy a z Systems machine running Linux

This combined solution is ideal for customers that:

  • Host hundreds of virtual servers that run a mix of workload types and need to consolidate their environment
  • Are experiencing or projecting IT growth and want a better way to manage that growth with z/VM
  • Struggle to host I/O and data-intensive workloads in virtual servers with acceptable levels of performance, scalability, availability, capacity planning, or disaster recovery
  • Need high I/O bandwidth and scalability, or rock-solid system security

In what ways can Linux be run on the mainframe?

On an IFL, Linux can run in standalone mode in a logical partition (LPAR) and under z/VM. Currently, approximately 95% of Linux deployments on z Systems are run under z/VM.

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Increase uptime.
Downtime is not an option

IBM z Systems has been designed with availability in mind. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server provides extra dimensions of availability while supporting the legendary RAS of IBM z Systems.
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Accelerate innovation with the #1 Linux for the mainframe

More businesses choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE than any other Linux for running workloads on IBM mainframes. The reasons are engineering excellence and long-term business expertise that accelerate innovation.
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Improve operational efficiency with tools you won't find anywhere else

Boost your efficiency by simplifying systems management. Ensure high levels of security and adaptability with an unparalleled ecosystem and tools unique to SUSE.
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