Product Overview SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a world-class, secure open source server operating system, built to power physical, virtual and cloud-based mission-critical workloads. Designed for mixed IT environments, it offers best-of-breed performance with re-duced risk of technological obsolescence or vendor lock-in.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 is a mod-ular, general-purpose operating system and runs on all major processor archi-tectures. It is optimized to run on leading hypervisors and supports an unlimited number of virtual machine guests per physical system with single subscription, making it the perfect guest for virtual and cloud computing.

Key Benefits Create and support agile IT

infrastructureusingthelatestcontainerapplications,JeOSforrapiddeploymentandprovisioning,andpreciseupgradesofspecificcomponentswithmodules.

Deploy mission critical serviceswithSUSELinuxEnterpriseinfrastructurefoundationthatenablesyouto

maximizeserviceuptimeusingcuttingedgelivepatchingtechnology,increasevirtualizationforapplicationworkloads,providemaximumsecurityforallyourapplicationneedsandcreatecost-effectiveinfrastructurewithsupportofwiderangeofhardwareplatforms.

Continuously improve your IT infrastructurebydeployingenterprise-readysolutionsout-of-the-boxwithprovensecurityandoptimizedperformance.

Key Features

CREATE AND SUPPORT AN AGILE

IT INFRASTRUCTURE

Containers.SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12improvesthemanageabilityofLinuxContainerswithbetterintegrationintothecommonvirtualizationframework(libvirt).SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12supportscontainerenginefromopensourceDockerprojectforyourproductionenvironmentsandincludesaprivateregistrywithtoolstocollaboratesecurely,applysecuritypatchesandautomateapplicationdeploymentinsideLinuxcontainers.

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12

Modern data centers and enterprises require an agile IT infrastructure, support ever increasing demands of mission critical workloads and have a need to continuously improve IT infrastructure to stay secure and support rapid innovation. SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server provides the infrastructure foundation that enables organizations to deploy latest container innovations, adapt to new hardware architectures, maximize service uptime, increase virtualization, and implement enterprise-ready solutions out-of-the-box with proven security and optimized performance.

Data SheetSUSE Linux Enterprise Server

System Requirements

Minimum Linux server system requirements for installation:

512MiBRAM,512MiBSwaprecommended

2GiBavailablediskspace(morerecommended,8.5GiBforallpatterns),16GiBforsnapshot/rollbackoftheOS

800x600displayresolution(1024x768orhigherrecommended)

Supported processor platforms:

x86-64(Intel64,AMD64)

ppc64le(IBMPOWERLE)

s390x(IBMzSystems)

ARMv8(AArch64)

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Data SheetSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Just Enough Operating System (JeOS).SUSELinuxEnterpriseServerJeOSisaminimizedformfactorofSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer.JeOSisdeliveredasminimized,ready-to-runvirtualimagestomakethevirtualizationdeploymentmoreefficient.JeOSisalsodeliveredasaKIWItemplateforcustomersandpartnerstousetostartgoldenimages.

Modules.Moderninnovationcanoutpacethetraditionalenterprisesoftwaredeliverymodel.ThemodulesavailableinSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12meetthisneedbyprovidingfasterintegrationwithupstreamupdates.Thisdesignapproachletsyoubalancetheflexibilityofthemodulesandstabilityoftheinfrastructure.Themodulesinclude:

– Advanced Systems Management Module (Salt, Puppet 3)

– Certifications Module (FIPS 140-2) – Containers Module (container tools,

prepackaged SLES containers) – Legacy Module (sendmail etc.) – Public Cloud Module (AWS, Azure,

GCE integrations) – Toolchain Module (GCC) – Web & Scripting Module (PHP5.5,

PHP7.0, Node.js)

Full System Rollback.GainbetterresiliencywithFullSystemRollbackthatallowsyoutotakesnapshotsofthesystem,includingthekernelfiles,androllback.Systemadministratorscanbootfromasnapshottoimprovedatasafety.WhenyouupgradetoanewservicepackforyourSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer,thefullsystemrollbackcapabilityminimizestheriskandallowsyoutorollbackeasily.

Skip Service Packs.Savetimeandresourceswith“skipservicepacks”functionality,whichletsyouskipupgradesofpriorservicepacksandjumpstraighttolatestservicepackfromSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12.AlongwiththeRollbackfeaturethatenablesgoingbacktoagoodstateatclickofabuttonyoucanminimizehumanerrorandsaveevenmoretime.

ARM AArch64 and Raspberry Pi.ImprovepowerefficiencyusingARM64’slowpowerconsumptionandefficientdesignforyourserversandnetworkinfrastructureusingSLES12forARMandSLES12forRaspberryPi.

ARM based SoC systems.Openthedoorsforbroadhardwareandvirtuali-zationsupportwithhighercomputedensity,lesspowerconsumptionandeconomicalhardwareusingnewARMbasedSoCsystems.

Open Build Service, SUSE Package Hub.CreatereproduciblebuildsacrossarchitecturesandLinuxdistributionsusingOpenBuildServicetechnology.

– 25,000+ open source packages from the user community

– Enterprise packages built using Open Build Service technology on SUSE Package Hub

Salt.TrackandmanageconfigurationsusingSaltintegratedinbaseplatform.Salt,availableintheAdvancedSystemsManagementmodule,providesaveryscalable,fastandsecurewayofcommunicatingwithsystemsinrealtime.Inaddition,youcanseamlesslyintegratewithSUSEManagertotakefulladvantageofSalt’sconfigurationmanagementcapabilities.

Full support for KIWI.Withoneconfiguration,youcanuseKIWI

tocreateOSimagesforphysicaldeployments(DVD,USB)aswellasprovisionitintovirtualhypervisorenvironments(Xen,KVM,VMware,HyperV),containerframeworksandpublicandprivateclouds.

DEPLOY MISSION CRITICAL SERVICES

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching.Updatesecuritypatcheswithoutrebootingmachinesandwithoutwaitingforyournextservicewindow.

Open vSwitch with DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit).EfficientlyimplementvirtualnetworkfunctionsusingOpenvSwitchwithDPDK(DataPlaneDevelopmentKit)thatacceleratestheuserspacedataplaneandprovidesthepacketprocessingcapabilitiesneededforSoftwareDefinedNetworking(SDN)andNetworkFunctionVirtualization(NFV)solutions.

– Combined with the broad hypervisor support of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server the new network function virtualization capabilities provide SUSE customers with a complete virtualization solution for cloud and on-premise deployments.

Mission-critical systems support.Createcost-effectiveinfrastructurebasedonyourmissioncriticalsystemsrequirements.SUSELinuxEnterpriseprovidesprovensupportforarangeofmission-criticalsystems—MainframesIBMzSystemandLinuxONE,MidrangeserverspoweredbyIBMPOWER8andscalableIntel/AMD/ARM64-bitservers.

Virtualization.Increasevirtualizationandreducedatafootprintusingvirtualizationtechnologiesthatsuit

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yourbusinessneeds.SUSELinuxEnterpriseServerprovidesbuilt-insupportforXenandKernelVirtualMachine(KVM),Containersforapplicationautomation,andparavirtualizeddriverpacksforenhancedvirtualmachineperformance.SUSELinuxEnterpriseServerisoptimizedtodeliversuperiorperformancewithVMwarevSphereandMicrosoftHyper-V.

VMware Tools Integration. VMwaredriversandtools(open-vm-tools)arenowfullysupportedandintegratedintoSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12inanall-in-onepackagewiththeirperformancefine-tuned.

Extensions for Clustering.Achievehigherserviceavailabilitybyclusteringserverstogetherandremovingsinglepointsoffailure.SUSELinuxEnterpriseHighAvailabilityExtensionoffersanindustry-leading,maturehighavailabilitysolution.FurtherenhanceyourbusinesscontinuitybyconnectingdatacentersacrossunlimiteddistanceswithGeoClusteringforSUSELinuxEnterpriseHighAvailabilityExtension.

NVDIMM.Reducedown-timeandimproveI/Operformanceutilizingpersistentsystemmemoryapplications

– Dramatically reduce down-time by reducing rebuild time upon power restoration with integrated NVDIMMs that save data in seconds and make data immediately available on reboot. Down-time sensitive applications such as on-line transaction processing and financial applications can benefit from persistent system memory functionality.

– Run applications such as storage and database acceleration at far higher speeds using system memory persistence capabilities of NVDIMM.

Exploiting Hardware RAS.Enhanceyoursystemreliabilityandreduceservicecosts.SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12includesexclusiveprocessestoexploittheRASfeaturesofyourhardwareplatform.

Certified Applications.SUSELinuxEnterpriseServersupportsawidevarietyofthird-partyISVapplications.ForthecompletelistofcertifiedsoftwareapplicationsforSUSELinuxEnterprise(allversions),pleasevisit:www.suse.com/susePSC/home

Certified Hardware.MostleadinghardwarevendorssupportourLinuxserverOS,soyoucansavemoneybyusingyourexistingphysicalserversorlow-costcommodityhardware.

CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE YOUR

IT INFRASTRUCTURE

Interactive and unattended upgrades.Usingthisfeature,systemadministratorscanquicklyandeasilyupgradetheirSUSELinuxEnterpriseServeroperatingsystems,reducingdowntime,loweringadministrativecostsandimprovingquality.Infact,SUSELinuxEnterprisehasbeensupporting(manual)majorversionupgradesfortenyears.WithYaST®,youcaninteractivelyprepareasuitableprofileandthenuseAutoYaSTtoautomaticallyupgradegroupsofservers.

NVMe over Fabrics.ImproveapplicationperformancewithfastlocalNVMe(Non-VolatileMemory

Express)andremotestoragedeviceswithNVMeoverFabrics(NoF).UsingNVMeyoucanfullyexploitthebenefitsofmodernsolid-statememorytechnology.

Enhanced YaST Installer.ImproveresiliencyandautomateprocessesightfrominstallerstageusingautoupdateofcodewiththepowerfuladministrationtoolYaST(YetanotherSetupTool).YaSTgivesyouthecapabilitytocustomizeyoursystemquicklyduringandaftertheinstallation.YaSTisnowwritteninRubysoit’sopenandmoreeasilycustomized.

SUSE SolidDriver Program.TheSUSESolidDriverprogramacceleratestheadoptionofnewtechnologiesbyremovingthecomplexitiesandrisksassociatedwithdeployingkerneldrivers.Itgivesyouaneasywaytoidentifyfullycompatibleandsupportedsoftwarecode.

SUSE Customer Center (SCC).SCCisthenewportaltocentrallymanageyourSUSEsubscriptions,accesssoftwareupdatesandcontactSUSECustomerSupport.Theuser-friendlyinterfacegivesyouacentralviewofallyourSUSEsubscriptions,allowingyoutoeasilyfindtheinformationyouneed.

The Subscription Management Tool (SMT).SMThelpslargeorganizationscentrallyreceivepatchesandupdatesfortheirSUSELinuxEnterprisesoftware.Itprovidesourcustomersawaytoeasilymigrateandgainmuchsimplerandfasteraccesstoupdatesandpatches.

Security standards compliance.SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12GAwassuccessfullycertifiedafter

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CommonCriteriaCertificationatEAL4+.InadditionmultiplecryptographysecuritymodulesarevalidatedtofulfilltherequirementsofFIPS140-2.ThosemodulesareOpenSSL,OpenSSHclientandserver,Strongswan(IPSec-basedVPNs),theKernelCryptoAPI,MozillaNSS(Level2)andlibgcrypt.

TPM 2.0.ImplementhardwarebasedsecuritywithsecurecryptoprocessorstandardTPM(TrustedPlatformModule)2.0.

Single Sign-on.ShibbolethsupportinSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12enablessinglesign-onusingoneidentityacrossdifferentdomainsforcomputernetworksandwebinfrastructure.

Intel Skylake.ImprovesystemperformanceusingIntelSkylaketechnologytodeliverhighperformancegraphics,improvedsystemresponsivenessandlongerbatterylife.

Wicked.Wickedmakesiteasytomanageever-more-complicatednetworkconfigurationssuchasVLAN,virtualization,bridging,bonding,andIPv6.WickedallowsyoutoimportexistingconfigurationfilesfromolderLinuxoperatingsystemversions

Advanced networking.SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12supportsIPv6,includesOpenFabricsEnterpriseDistribution(OFED)andsupportsFibreChanneloverEthernet(FCoE)andDataCenterBridging(DCB),whichyoucanusetorunSANandLANtrafficoverthesamelink.

Network Teaming.NetworkTeamingisatechnologythatappliestovariousmethodsofcombiningmultiplenetworkconnectionsinparallel.SimilartoNetworkBonding,whichisalreadysupportedinSUSELinuxEnterprise12,theNetworkTeamingfeatureincreasesthroughputbeyondwhatasingleconnectioncouldsustainandprovidesredundancytoincreasenetworkuptime.

Samba 4.SambaallowsyoutoeasilyandsecurelyinteroperateintheMicrosoftWindowsenvironment.SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12includessupportforthelatestversionofSamba4,whichprovidesbetterintegrationwithWindowsActiveDirectoryDomains.Whenusedwithbtrfs,Samba4furtherimprovesserver-sidecopyperformanceforWindowsusers.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a world-class, secure open source server operating system, built to power physical, virtual and cloud-based mission-critical workloads. Designed for mixed IT environments, it offers best-of-breed performance with re-duced risk of technological obsolescence or vendor lock-in.

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension.Deployinbothphysicalandvirtualenvironmentstomaintaincontinuity,protectdataintegrity,andmaximizeuptime.

Geo Clustering for SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension.DeployphysicalandvirtualLinuxclustersbetweendatacenterslocatedanywhereintheworld.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension.Reducethelatencyandincreasethepredictabilityandreliabilityoftime-sensitivemission-criticalapplications.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching.Reducedowntimeandenhancesecuritybyapplyingkernelpatcheswithoutstoppingthesystem.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Workstation Extension.TurnsSUSELinuxEnterpriseServerintoafullfeatureddevelopmentoradministratorworkstationenvironment.

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