SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a Linux-based operating system developed
by SUSE. It is designed for servers, mainframes, and workstations but can be
installed on desktop computers for testing as well. Major versions are
released at an interval of 3–4 years, while minor versions are released about
every 18 months. SUSE Linux Enterprise products, including SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server, receive more intense testing than the openSUSE community
product, with the intention that only mature, stable versions of the included
components will make it through to the released enterprise product.
SLES 11 SP4 was released July 16th, 2015, which is developed from a common
code base with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and other SUSE Linux Enterprise
products. History
SLES has been developed based on SUSE Linux by a small team led by Marcus
Kraft and Bernhard Kaindl as principal developer who was supported by Joachim
Schröder. It was first released on October 31, 2000 as a version for IBM
S/390 mainframe machines. In December 2000, the first enterprise client was
made public. In April 2001, the first SLES for x86 was released.
SLES version 9 was released in August 2004. Service Pack 4 was released in
December 2007. It is supported by hardware vendors including IBM, HP, Sun
Microsystems, Dell, SGI, Lenovo, and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 was released in July 2006, and is also
supported by the major hardware vendors. Service pack 4 was released in April
2011. SLES 10 shares a common codebase with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
10—Novell's desktop distribution for business use—and other SUSE Linux
Enterprise products. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 was
released on March 24, 2009 and include Linux kernel 2.6.27, Oracle Cluster File
System Release 2, support for the OpenAIS cluster communication protocol
for server and storage clustering, and Mono 2.0. SLES 11 SP1 rebased the kernel
version to 2.6.32. In February 2012, SLES 11 SP2 was released, based on
kernel version 3.0.10. SLES 11 SP2 included a Consistent Network Device
Naming feature for Dell servers. IBM's Watson was built on IBM's Power7
systems using SLES. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 beta
was made available on February 25, 2014, and the final version was released on
the 27th of October, 2014. Version history
Release dates of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server versions.
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390, October 31, 2000
for Sparc, April 2001 for IA32, April 2001
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 Initial release, October 13, 2001
For first time, common codebase for all architectures
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8Initial release, October 2002
SP1 SP2
SP2a SP3
SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Initial release, 2004-08-03 SP1, 2005-01-19
SP2, 2005-07-07 SP3, 2005-12-22
SP4, 2007-12-12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Initial release, 2006-06-17 SP1, 2007-06-18
SP2, 2008-05-19 SP3, 2009-10-12
SP4, 2011-04-12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Initial release, 2009-03-24 SP1, 2010-06-02
SP2, 2012-02-15 SP3, 2013-07-01
SP4, 2015-07-16 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Initial release, 2014-10-28 Hypervisor kernels supported
SLES 10: Xen 3.2
SLES 11 SP1: Xen 4.0
kvm with QEMU 0.12 SLES 11 SP2:
Xen 4.1 kvm with QEMU 0.15
See also SUSE Linux distributions
Linux on z Systems List of Linux distributions
Comparison of Linux distributions Red Hat Enterprise Linux
References Further reading
Jason Eckert. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Administration. p. 760. ISBN
978-1-4188-3731-0. Jason Eckert. Advanced SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server Administration. p. 432. ISBN 978-1-4188-3732-7.
Eckert, Jason. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Security. Course Technology. ISBN
978-1-4283-2223-3. Kuo, Peter; Jacques Beland. SUSE LINUX
Enterprise Server 9 Administrator's Handbook. Novell Press. ISBN
978-0-672-32735-3. van Vugt, Sander. The Definitive Guide
to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Apress. ISBN 978-1-59059-708-8.
Harris, Jeffrey; Mike Latimer. Novell Open Enterprise Server Administrator's
Handbook, SUSE LINUX Edition. Novell Press. ISBN 978-0-672-32749-0.
External links SUSE Linux Enterprise Server product
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Solutions – tips & tricks, guides, tools and other resources submitted by the
SUSE Linux Enterprise community