Hi,
On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 10:32:24 +0530
Nishith Vyas <nvblue(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
This is my first email posting in this list & would like to get
certain information about IBM Power Servers.
I have total three (3) IBM Power Servers and the Hardware
Configuration is as given below.
*Model:* IBM Power 6 P520
*Make:* 8203-E4A
1) 28 GB RAM
2) 584 GB HDD (146 GB x 4 HDD)
3) 64 bit CPU
4) 4 NIC's
5) 4 Core Power Processor with 4204 MHz Clock Speed
6) SATA DVD ROM
Previously, I was using *IBM AIX 5.3 OS* & considering the client
need, I have to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux/ CentOS / Fedora OS
by overwriting AIX OS.
Through some popular "Red Hat Blog", I came to know that *Fedora 20*
supports IBM Power Servers. The important links are as given below.
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora#2nd_arches
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PowerPC/F20_PPC_release_announcement
So, I would like to get full HCL (Hardware CompatibilityList) whether
Fedora Supports IBM Power. Additionally, Is it possible to create
virtual platform on Fedora 20 to make multiple VMs. Those VMs may
contain Windows Operating Systems i.e. Windows 7, Windows 2003 & 2008.
there is no official HCL for Fedora, we test and develop Fedora mainly
on Power7 and Power8 servers, but I think Power6 class server should
work out of the box too. As for running Windows it would involve
emulating the CPU (and rest of the system) because the Intel x86 is
completely different from the Power architecture. So probably doable,
but with major performance drop. Generally Power HW supports KVM
virtualization in addition to the IBM own PowerVM hypervisor.
Please Acknowledge,
Regards,
*Nishith N.Vyas*
So, Kindly provide pricing according to above configuration & would
like to know if you can provide support for Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization (RHEV), if the Power Server Supports *Bare Metal
Hypervisor*.
For questions regarding RHEV please contact Red Hat directly.
With regards,
Dan