Table of Kernel Versions for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 2 (SLES 12 SP2)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 (SLES 12 SP1)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SLE12)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (SLE12)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLE11)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (SLE11)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLE10)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLE10)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES9)
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES8)
Novell Open Enterprise Server for Linux (OES1)
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 for Linux (OES2)
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux (OES11)

Situation

Table of Kernel Versions for SLES8, SLES9, SLE10, SLE11, SLES12, OES1, OES2, OES11
Table of Architecture Versions for the same.

Resolution

Note: The Table of Kernel Versions is for older SLES versions and not updated anymore.

A detailed up to date list with kernel versions including the release dates for all SLES SP (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Service Packs) is available at List of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server kernel (version and release date).

Kernel Version Table

	SLE11	SLE12	OES11*
SHIP	2.6.27.54-0.2.1	3.12.60-52.57.1	2.6.32.12-0.7
SP1	2.6.32.59-0.19.1	3.12.67-60.64.18	3.0.13-0.27
SP2	3.0.101-0.7.44.1	4.4.21-81	3.0.76-0.11.1
SP3	3.0.101-0.47.90
SP4	3.0.101-88.1
Current	3.0.101-88.1 (SP4)	3.12.43-52.6.1	See SLE11 sp3 version

* Minimum kernel version for OES on the correlating SLES version.

Older Kernel Version Table

	SLES8	SLES9	SLE10	OES1	OES2
SHIP	2.4.19-120	2.6.5-7.97	2.6.16.21-0.8	2.6.5-7.147	2.6.16.46-0.1
SP1	2.4.19-246	2.6.5-7.139	2.6.16.46-0.12	2.6.5-7.195	2.6.16.46-0.12
SP2	2.4.19-290	2.6.5-7.191	2.6.16.60-0.21	2.6.5-7.244	2.6.16.60-0.54.5
SP2a	2.4.19-304	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SP3	2.4.21-138	2.6.5-7.244	2..6.16.60-0.54.4	N/A	2.6.16.60-0.93.1
SP4	2.4.21-278	2.6.5-7.308	2.6.16.60-0.85.1	N/A	N/A
Current	2.4.21-325	2.6.5-7.322	2.6.16.60-0.107.1(LTSS)	2.6.5-7.322	2.6.16.60-0.107.1

* Minimum kernel version for OES on the correlating SLES version.

Architecture Version Table

Architecture Description Size
i386 x86 32bit
i586 x86 32bit
i686 x86 32bit
x86_64 Intel EM64T 64bit
x86_64 Operton AMD64 64bit
ia64 Itanium Processor Family 64bit
ppc IBM pSeries 32bit
ppc64 IBM pSeries 64bit
s390 IBM zSeries 31bit
s390x IBM zSeries 64bit

Additional Information

To determine the kernel version, use the command:

uname -r

For SLES8 FCS through SP2a, use the command:

rpm -qa | grep k_

You would then see something like k_deflt-2.4.19-246. This is the kernel rpm and shows the full kernel version of the installed kernel.

To determine the architecture version, use the command:

uname -m

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