Tier 1

Operating System

Hardware

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, 5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, 10

32-bit and 64-bit systems based on Intel or AMD processors that are capable of running the supported Linux operating systems (x86 and x64 systems)

Windows

Windows Server 2012 (Standard Server, Enterprise Server, and Datacenter Editions)

Windows 8 (Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions)

Windows Server 2008 R2, 2008 (Standard Server, Enterprise Server, and Datacenter Editions)

Windows 7 (Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions)

Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions)

32-bit and 64-bit systems based on Intel or AMD processors that are capable of running the supported Windows operating systems (x86 and x64 systems)


Tier 2

Operating System

Hardware

AIX®

AIX 7.1

AIX 6.1

64-bit systems with POWER5, POWER6®, or POWER7®

HP-UX

HP-UX 11i v3

Itanium-based HP Integrity Series systems

Solaris

Solaris 11

64-bit systems with UltraSPARC processors

64-bit systems with x86 processors

Solaris 10

64-bit systems with UltraSPARC processors

64-bit systems with x86 processors


Tier 3 – On Demand

Operating System

Hardware

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 System z®

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 System z

System Z