Supported Operating System for SAP HANA:
Before the SAP HANA installation can be started, you must configure the Linux system according to the recommended OS settings for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Note's:
See SAP Note 2235581 - "SAP HANA: Supported Operating Systems" for an overview of all of the supported Linux versions.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP 11 SP2. See SAP Note 1310037 and 1824819 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP 11 SP3. See SAP Note 1310037 and 1954788 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP 11 SP4. See SAP Note 1310037 and 2240716 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP 12. See SAP Note 2205917 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for SLES for SAP Applications 12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.6 for SAP HANA. See SAP Note 2013638 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for RHEL 6.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5 for SAP HANA. See SAP Note 2136965 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for RHEL 6.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.7 for SAP HANA. See SAP Note 2247020 - SAP HANA DB: Recommended OS settings for RHEL 6.7
See SAP Note 2188482 - SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems: Allowed Hardware
Note Related to Multiple SAP HANA SID's on one SAP HANA System:
As of SAP HANA SPS09, SAP supports running multiple SAP HANA systems on a single host In production. This is restricted to single host and scale-up scenarios only. Keep in mind that multi-SID requires significant attention to various detailed tasks related to system administration and performance management. For more information:
read SAP Note 1681092 - Multiple SAP HANA DBMS's (SID's) on one SAP HANA System.
The SAP HANA hardware directory can be found at:
https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2014-09-02-hana-hardware/enEN/index_html.
