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I don't know if this answers your question about the fitness of support services, but Oracle Linux, including UEK kernel is listed in the Certification and Support HP ProLiant & BladeSystem Server web site at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert-oracle.html and the highway to DELL seems http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/oracle-solutions

Thanks, but the specific models I'm looking at are not covered by that list. Also, seems like most of the models that are listed, are listed as "+certification pending+" and not as certification fully completed.

There are more systems listed in the HP Archive section. But I guess I see what you mean now... Systems, in particular at the HP Archive link are all HP tested, but not HP supported and partner certified. A certified hardware configuration might be required for a business case, although from what I know, no vendor provides a guarantee or legal liability anyway. Regarding support, I'd say all OS issues should be addressed according to your support subscription. e. Oracle ULN.

Some more link I found "The Oracle Enterprise Linux Software and Hardware Ecosystem"
http://blogs.oracle.com/sergio/entry/the_oracle_enterprise_linux_so

Edited by: Dude on Nov 28, 2011 7:27 AM

We maintain a list of certified systems at https://linux.oracle.com/hardware.html
This FAQ (http://linux.oracle.com/hcl_faq.html) and the support policies linked from https://linux.oracle.com/ should explain the support process.
In general, if there is a bug in the kernel, we'll try to fix it.

Billy,

Can you send an email with details of the server you are interested in seeing on the HCL to: hcl-info_ww [at] oracle [dot] com ?

Sergio

Thanks for the responses guys.


Thanks Sergio, appreciate it. Will make use of it when management has selected a specific server model from the shortlist I provided them. We're looking at replacing the older V-class Sunfire servers (x86 AMD). End-of-maintenace of these servers are Q4/2012. I'm looking at the newer Sunfire, ProLiant or PowerEdge rack servers (1 rack unit ) specifically.