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Chapter 2. Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 is distributed with the kernel version 3.10.0-693, which provides support for the following architectures: [1]
  • 64-bit AMD
  • 64-bit Intel
  • IBM POWER7+ and POWER8 (big endian) [2]
  • IBM POWER8 (little endian) [3]
  • IBM z Systems [4]

[1] Note that the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 installation is supported only on 64-bit hardware. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 is able to run 32-bit operating systems, including previous versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as virtual machines.
[2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (big endian) is currently supported as a KVM guest on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Power, and on PowerVM.
[3] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (little endian) is currently supported as a KVM guest on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Power, on PowerVM, and PowerNV (bare metal).
[4] Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 supports IBM zEnterprise 196 hardware or later; IBM z10 Systems mainframe systems are no longer supported and will not boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4.