Before performing an upgrade, determine if an upgrade path is available for your appliance and operating system version.
To manage the total cost of ownership (TCO) model, determine if an upgrade to a later hardware generation is possible. With every CPU generation, expect a performance gain of up to 30 percent.
The following tables list the available upgrade paths for PowerEdge servers:
Table 5. Available upgrade paths for PowerEdge R920 scale-up systems
R920 (Intel Ivy Bridge) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3/SP4 for SAP applications
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GM/SP1/SP2 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5/ 6.6/6.7 for SAP HANA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 for SAP Solutions
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Table 6. Available upgrade paths for PowerEdge R930 scale-up systems
R930 (Intel Haswell) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3/SP4 for SAP applications
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GM/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6/ 6.7 for SAP HANA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6 for SAP Solutions
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R930 (Intel Broadwell) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 for SAP applications
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4 for SAP applications
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 GM/SP1 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 for SAP HANA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6 for SAP HANA
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Table 7. Available upgrade paths for PowerEdge R940 scale-up systems
R940/R740xd (Intel Skylake) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2/SP3/SP4 for SAP applications
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 GM/SP1/SP2/SP3 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6/7.9 for SAP HANA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1/8.2/8.4 for SAP Solutions
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R940 (Intel Cascade Lake) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 for SAP applications
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 GM/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6/7.9 for SAP Solutions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0/8.1/8.2/8.4/8.6 for SAP Solutions
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Table 8. Available upgrade paths for PowerEdge R840 scale-up systems
R840 (Intel Skylake) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3/SP4/SP5 for SAP applications
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 GM/SP1/SP2/SP3 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4/7.5/7.6 for SAP Solutions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0/8.1/8.2/8.4 for SAP Solutions
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R840 (Intel Cascade Lake) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 GM/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6/7.9 for SAP Solutions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0/8.1/8.2/8.4/8.6/8.8/9.0 for SAP Solutions
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Table 9. Available upgrade paths for PowerEdge R750 scale-up systems
R750 (Intel Ice Lake) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2/8.4/8.6/8.8/9.0 for SAP Solutions
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Table 10. Available upgrade paths for PowerEdge R760/R860 scale-up systems
R760/R860 (Intel Ice Lake) | - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4/SP5 for SAP applications
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6/8.8/9.0 for SAP Solutions
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To identify the latest version of the service pack that you can use with an appliance, see Certified and Supported SAP HANA Hardware Directory.