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SUSE Linux Enterprise 10Overview

Kevin ChinOpen Platform Solutions Technology SpecialistNovell / [email protected]

Who is Novell today?

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved

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Novell: uniquely qualified to help you with your biggest IT challenges

Cost

Complexity

Risk


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Novell brings together all the pieces to create an open enterprise

Application

Middleware

Security

Systems Management

Database

Operating System

PROPRIETARY

Application

Middleware

Security

Systems Management

Database

Operating System

OPEN SOURCE


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Novell brings together all the pieces to create an open enterprise

Why SUSE Linux Enterprise 10?


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SUSE Linux - Leading Linux Innovation

• First enterprise distribution to ship on 7 architectures:

– x86, x86-64, ia64, ppc, ppc64, s390, s390x

• First enterprise distribution to ship 2.6 Kernel

• First journaling filesystem for Linux Kernel

• First Linux distribution to receive Common Criteria CAPP/EAL2+, EAL3+ and EAL4+ certificate

• First to ship with integrated IPsec support (1999)

• First to rely on CIM standard for Systems Management

• First enterprise distribution to ship Xen Virtualization


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Novell and Open Source

Apache

AppArmor

Bandit

BetterDesktop

Eclipse

Evolution™

GCC

GNOME

HULA®

iFolder

KDE

Linux Kernel

Mono®

Mozilla

MySQL

Open Invention Network

OpenLDAP

OpenOffice.org

OpenSSL

openSUSE™

Openswan

Open WBEM

PHP

Perl

PostgreSQL

Reiser

rsync

Samba

Tomcat

X.org

Xen

XGL

YaST

**Novell is a leading contributor

Novell® is a key contributor to these and other open source projects:


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Various open source projects

Rapidly growing in number of projects and their capabilities

Isolated, uncoordinated efforts

Creating SUSE® Linux Enterprise

Linux for enthusiasts and individual end users

Technical previews and leading edge applications

Rich package set

Crafted with AutoBuild

Hardened, Secure, Supported

Certified for leading hardware and software platforms

7-year code maintenance guarantee

Kernel

XEN

Apache

...

SUSE Linux

Enterprise

SUSE Linux

10.1

SUSE Linux

10.0

SUSE Linux

9.3

SUSE Linux

9.2

openSUSE

10.2


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SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10

A Desktop to Data Center Platform


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SWsoft and Novell

• On March 15, 2007 - SWsoft announced they will ship Virtuozzo Operating System Virtualization bundled with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

• Provides customers with another option for virtualization on SLES 10

– Driven by customer demand

– Both enterprise deployment and hosting customers

• Supported for x86, AMD64, EM64T and Itanium• Customers get support for the bundle through SWsoft

– Support arrangement is in place with Novell


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What's Included in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10?

Highlights Web services: Apache, PHP/Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, ... Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC File/Print: Samba (CIFS w/ AD support), NFS, CUPS, etc. Network Services: FTP, DNS, DHCP, NTP, Rsync, NIS, ... Mail server, News server, ... Security: AppArmor, Firewall, VPN, Anti-virus, Monitoring,

Protocol analyzer, etc. Virtualization: Xen, management tools Clustering: High Availability Storage Infrastructure ...TONS more!

All open source packages that are delivered with the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution are included in Support.


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• Products that work together for our Customers

• New software solutions to address new market needs– Virtualization– Web Services-based Management– Document Format Compatibility

• Reduced risk of deployment

Partnership With Microsoft


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Novell® AppArmor for Application Security

• Creates firewall around any Linux program, whether open source or proprietary

• Prevents applications from granting unauthorized access to host system resources

• Doesn't rely on an attack signature database

• Defends exploitation of undiscovered vulnerabilities in applications


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The SUSE Linux Enterprise Advantage

Interoperability

Virtualization

A Desktop toData Center Platform

Unmatched Support

Best-in-class Security,

Performanceand Reliability

- SUSE Linux Enterprise is the only Linux distribution endorsed by Microsoft

- First distribution to ship with integrated Xen hypervisor- Integration with Novell ZENworks Orchestration Toolset- Only Linux distribution with server, desktop, thin client, real-time and stack solutions

- More than 800 trained & certified Linux technicians- Service Level Agreements met for 99+% of incidents- 65% of all incidents responded to within five minutes- Novell AppArmor® application layer security- Industry-leading scalability to 10 TB of physical memory and 1024 CPUs - Built-in high availability cluster solutions

SWsoft and Novell


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Business Benefits of ChoosingSWsoft and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

• Attractive pricing that matches your business model– SLES in a lease arrangement

• Consolidate support for your SWsoft and Linux OS• Simplified payment, single purchase• Opportunity to brand the combined package that has a higher level of availability and gain service credibility with your customers


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Technical Benefits of ChoosingSWsoft and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

• Smooth and seamless integration of the bundle stack• “Maintained and Supported” Linux distribution can be positioned as a high-end/premium offering to customers

• Ability to offer certified and supported enterprise software solution stacks (eg, Database, Data Warehousing, etc.)

• SLES customers get virtualization technology on Itanium with Virtuozzo


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Contact Info

Additional info athttp://www.novell.com/linux

Visit us at our East Linux Team Bloghttp://opseast.wordpress.com

Kevin ChinLinux Technology [email protected]

John HarrisOEM Linux [email protected] 801-861-7734

Christian RotheDirector, Alliances [email protected]+49-911-74053-524

http://www.novell.com/linux

http://opseast.wordpress.com/

mailto:[email protected]




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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10Major Areas of Investment

• Virtualization– Xen 3 for SMP, PAE and 64-bit CPUs

– Server Consolidation, Compatibility

– Scheduled Maintenance

• Deployment and Management– CIM Providers and Improved YaST

– Pattern Deployments

• Security– Application Security, EAL4+

– Network Detection, Monitoring

– Secure Encapsulation with Xen

• Performance and Scalability– 1024 CPUs, 10+TB Memory

• New Hardware and Update Drivers– x86, x86-64, ia64, ppc, ppc64 and s390x

– New storage, network & graphics drivers

– Hotplug Improvements

• High-availability Storage Foundation– Clustered File System OCFS2, EVMS

– HA with Heartbeat 2 (up to 16 nodes)

– NFS v4

– iSCSI Target and Initiator

– DRBD to build HA Clusters

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server enables businesses to deliver mission-criticalIT services with enhanced security and reduced costs while

improving data center reliability and performance.

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