Citrix Systems 6.2.0 manual Additional Installation Notes for Linux Distributions

5.6. Additional Installation Notes for Linux Distributions

This section describes additional, vendor-specific configuration information that you should be aware of before creating Linux VMs. It covers each Linux distribution supported in this release of XenServer.

Important:

For detailed release notes on all distributions, see Appendix B, Linux VM Release Notes.

Linux Distribution	Installation Notes
CentOS 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 (32-bit)	For a CentOS 4.x VM, you must install the XenServer
	Tools, which includes the CentOS 4.8 kernel and fixes
	issues in the CentOS kernel that prevent XenServer
	from running correctly.
CentOS 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 (32-/64-bit)	For a CentOS 5.x VM, you must ensure that the
	operating system is using the CentOS 5.4 kernel or
	later, which is available from the distribution vendor.
	Enterprise Linux kernel versions prior to 5.4 contain
	issues that prevent XenServer VMs from running
	properly. Upgrade the kernel using the vendor's
	normal kernel upgrade procedure.
CentOS 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 (32-/64-bit)	None.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 (32-bit)	For a RHEL 4.x VM, you must install the XenServer
	Tools, which includes the RHEL 4.8 kernel and fixes
	issues in the RHEL kernel that prevent XenServer from
	running correctly.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5,	For a RHEL 5.x VM, you must ensure that the operating
5.6, 5.7 (32-/64-bit)	system is using the RHEL 5.4 kernel (2.6.18-164.el5) or
	later, which is available from the distribution vendor.
	Enterprise Linux kernel versions prior to 5.4 contain
	issues that prevent XenServer VMs from running
	properly. Upgrade the kernel using the vendor's
	normal kernel upgrade procedure.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 (32-/64-bit)	None.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, SLES 10 SP2,	None.
SLES 10 SP 3 (32-/64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SLES 11 SP1 (32-/64-	None.
bit)
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6,	• For an OEL 5.x VM, you must ensure that the
5.7 (32-/64-bit)	operating system is using the OEL 5.4 kernel or
	later, which is available from the distribution vendor.
	Enterprise Linux kernel versions prior to 5.4 contain
	issues that prevent XenServer VMs from running
	properly. Upgrade the kernel using the vendor's
	normal kernel upgrade procedure.
	• With OEL 5.6 64-bit, the Unbreakable Enterprise
	Kernel does not support the Xen platform. If you
	use the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel with this
	operating system, the kernel fails to boot properly.

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