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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,
5.6, 5.7 (32-/64-bit)
For a RHEL 5.x VM, you must ensure that the operating
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,
SLES 10 SP 3 (32-/64-bit)
None.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SLES 11 SP1 (32-/64-
bit)
None.
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6,
5.7 (32-/64-bit)
• For an OEL 5.x VM, you must ensure that the
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.