Regarding Fedora OS Support for IBM Power6 Servers P520

[Michael J Wolf]

> Subject:
>
> Regarding Fedora OS Support for IBM Power6 Servers P520
>
> Sent by:
>
> ppc-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org
>
> 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.

The Power 6 system is supported on Fedora 20.  I'm not sure if a full list
of supported systems exist.  On a Power 6 system the underlying firmware
will
only allow qemu/kvm to run by software emulation.  So if you want to run
qemu/kvm
it can be done but it would be slow.

You could do your virtualization using lpars but if you wanted to share
devices
(vios) you would need to run the VIOS (aix) in one partition and then set
up
any others you would like to run.

If you want to run qemu/kvm in a non-emulated environment you would need to
have a Power 8 or an openPOWER system.

>
> 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.
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Mike Wolf
Linux Technology Center
3605 Hwy 52N
Rochester, Mn
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