Operating System Support Matrix for Seed Node Fabric

The tables on this page show the Linux operating-system versions that are supported for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric releases.

On-premises deployments can use any of the following operating-system versions. Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) deployments use Rocky Linux as the default OS.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (64-bit)

RHEL Version Release 7.10.x Release 7.9.x Release 7.8.x Release 7.7.x Release 7.6.x Release 7.5.0
9.4 Yes Yes Yes No No No
9.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
8.10 Yes Yes Yes No No No
8.8 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
8.6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
8.5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
8.4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
8.3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
8.2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
8.1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Rocky Linux (64-bit)

Rocky Version Release 7.10.x Release 7.9.x Release 7.8.x Release 7.7.x Release 7.6.x Release 7.5.0
9.4 Yes Yes Yes No No No
8.5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
8.4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Ubuntu (64-bit)

Ubuntu Version Release 7.10.x Release 7.9.x Release 7.8.x Release 7.7.x Release 7.6.x Release 7.5.0
22.04 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 No No
20.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
18.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1Release 7.x has a dependency on the libssl1.1 package, which is not included in Ubuntu 22.04.

To resolve this issue, you must apply the package manually to Ubuntu 22.04 nodes before installing Data Fabric software on every node in the fabric or cluster:

The following steps are required for cluster nodes but are not required for client nodes.
  1. Download the libssl1.1 package:
    wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.0g-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb
  2. Use the following command to install the package:

     sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.0g-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb

SLES (64-bit)

SLES Version Release 7.10.x Release 7.9.x Release 7.8.x Release 7.7.x Release 7.6.x Release 7.5.0
15 SP5 Yes Yes Yes No No No
15 SP3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
15 SP2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)

OEL Version Release 7.10.0 Release 7.9.0 Release 7.8.0 Release 7.7.x Release 7.6.x Release 7.5.0
8.4 No No No Yes Yes Yes
8.3 No No No Yes Yes Yes
8.2 No No No Yes Yes Yes