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I just purchased two second-hand IBM System x3850 M2 rack servers, and I am a real noob to the subject. As such, I cannot tell if there is a major difference between x3850 M2 and x3850 X5. If there isn't, then a lot of my research will be a lot easier. Otherwise, I wonder about two particular subjects: • What OS's are supported by this model? Most references on the net don't list the M2 (and I'd also appreciate a free OS here).

• If Canonical Ubuntu Server is supported, then what is the installation method? I've tried every keybind I can imagine (coming from a desktop installation background here), and can't figure out how to launch the installer. Rangers Apprentice 12 Epub. The IBM website has several articles about installing Linux in the ' IBM System x3850 M2' model, specifically about installing RHEL 5 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5), RHEL 6, SLES 10 SP2 (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2) and SLES 11. So, I guess that those Linux distributions, at least, are (or were) supported by IBM for that particular model. The articles are the following: IBM Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 - IBM System x3850 M2 (7141, 7144) Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6 - IBM System x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 (Type 7233, 7234) Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 2 - IBM System x3850 M2 (7233) and System x3950 M2 (7233) Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 - IBM System x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 (7141, 7144) Regarding the keybind combinations to start the installation, it seems you may find them in the section 4 of the articles above.