A row entry in the table below means that the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system release is supported by Stratus. Supported indicates that an operating system has been successfully tested on the ftServer and that drivers and firmware are available. However, a row entry does not imply that the operating system release will work under all combinations of hardware and software. All conditions shown in a row entry must be met for the operating system release to be supported. Please check your specific ftServer system to view any known configuration limitations. To access and download ftServer System Firmware click here.

ftServer 2710, 4710, 6410 Systems

Supported Release Status Minimum Current 6.0.9 Bug Fix release Latest GA Release 6.0.10 Latest GA Release 6.0.11

 Linux Operating System

Supported Update Release

Update 2 Update 9 Update 10 Update 11

 Minimum Required Kernel Version

2.6.18-92.1.10  2.6.18-348 2.6.18-371.11.1  2.6.18-398

 ftServer System Software Release

 6.0.2.0 6.0.9.0  6.0.10.2 6.0.11.0

 ftServer System Software Build Release

GA197 GA308 GA324 GA327

ftServer System Software Build Release Date

10/27/2008 5/16/2013 8/27/2014 1/7/2015

 Minimum BMC Release

2.09 2.10 2.10 2.10

Current BMC Relase

2.09 2.10 2.10 2.10

Minimum VTM Release

3.3:26 3.3:24 3.3:25 3.3:25

Current VTM Release

3.3:26 3.3:24 3.3:25 3.3:25

Minimum BIOS Release

3.1:13 3.3:35 3.3:35 3.1:22

Current BIOS Release

3.1:13 3.1:22 3.1:22 3.1:22

 ftServer 2500, 4400, 6200 Systems

Supported Release Status Minimum Update 5 Current 5.0 Bug Fix Release
Update 6
Shipping fromMFG
Update 7
Current 5.1.7 Bug Fix Release
Update 7
Current 5.1.8 Bug Fix Release
Update 8
Current 5.1.9 Bug Fix Release
Update 9

Linux Operating System

Supported Update Release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 4 AS/ES Standard and AS Premium 64-bit ONLY

Minimum Required Kernel Version

2.6.9-55.0.12 2.6.9-55.0.12 2.6.9-78.0.5 2.6.9-89 2.6.9-89 2.6.9-89

ftServer System Software Release

5.0.1.0 5.0.1.11 5.1.7.0 5.1.7.4 5.1.8.3 5.1.9.3

ftServer System Software Build Release

GA206 GA315 GA281 GA351 GA362 GA381

ftServer System Software Release Date

10/1/2007 3/11/2009 10/15/2008 3/30/2010 1/20/2010 4/10/2013

Minimum BMC Release

2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.1 2.10 2.10 2.10

Current BMC Release

2.0.1 2.0.1 2.0.1 2.10 2.10 2.10

Minimum
VTM
Release

3.3.11 3.3.15 3.3.31 3.3.31 3.3.31 3.3.31

Current
VTM
Release

3.3.15 3.3.15 3.3.31 3.3.33 3.3.34 3.3.35

Minimum BIOS Release

2.2.58 2.2.58 2.2.60 2.2.60 2.2.60 2.2.61

Current BIOS Release

2.2.58 2.2.58 2.2.60 2.2.60 2.2.60 2.2.61

 ftServer 2400, 4300, 5700, T40 AC, T40 CO, T65 AC Systems

Supported Release Status Minimum Last 4.0 Bug Fix Release Last 4.1 Bug Fix Release Shipping from MFG Current 4.7 Bug Fix Release

Linux Operating System

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 4 AS Standard and AS Premium 64-bit ONLY  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 4 AS/ES Standard and AS Premium 64-bit ONLY Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 4 AS Standard and AS Premium 64-bit ONLY

Supported Update Release

Update 4 Update 4 Update 5 Update 7 Update 9

Minimum Required Kernel Version

2.6.9-42 2.6.9-42 2.6.9-55.0.12 2.6.9-78.0.5 2.6.9-100

ftServer System Software Release

4.0.0 4.0.1.15 4.1.0.8 4.7.7.0 4.7.9.0

ftServer System Software Build Release

GA157 GA273 GA30 GA272 GA298

ftServer System Software Release Date

8/25/2006 1/20/2009 2/2/2009 9/1/2008 7/12/2011

Minimum BMC Release

4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0 5.0.0 5.2.0

Current BMC Release

4.0.0 4.0.0 5.0.0 5.0.0 5.2.0

Minimum
VTM
Release

1.3.097 1.3.097 1.3.097 1.3.99 1.3.99

Current
VTM
Release

1.3.097 1.3.097 1.3.099 1.3.99 1.3.99

ftServer T30 AC, T30 CO, T60 Systems

Supported Release Status Minimum Shipping from MFG Last 3.0 Bug Fix Release

Linux Operating System

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 4 AS Standard and AS Premium 32-bit ONLY

Supported Update Release

Update 2 Update 5 Update 9

Minimum Required Kernel Version

2.6.9-22 2.6.9-55.0.12 2.6.9-100

ftServer System Software Release

3.0.0 3.0.4 3.0.9.0

ftServer System Software Build Release

GA171 GA223 GA245

ftServer System Software Release Date

2/3/2006 12/7/2007 6/17/2011

Minimum BMC Release

7.0 7.0 7.0

Current BMC Release

7.0 7.0 7.0

Minimum
VTM
Release

20.0.0 20.0.0 20.0.0

Current
VTM
Release

20.0.0 20.0.0 20.0.0 See Note 1

Note 1: If AA-M23500-LF 1GB memory DIMMs on T30 systems, must use CPU BIOS 19.0.0-A1