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Before performing an upgrade, determine if an upgrade path is available for your appliance and operating system version.
For a Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system upgrade, it is recommended that you subscribe to the relevant Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS channel to stay on Red Hat Enterprise, see the Red Hat Knowledgebase.
The following tables list the available upgrade paths for PowerEdge servers:
Server model (CPU) and storage | Supported operating systems |
R930 (Intel Haswell) and Dell SC4020/SC8000 |
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R930 (Intel Broadwell) and Dell SC4020 |
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Server model (CPU) and storage | Supported operating systems |
R940 (Intel Skylake) and Dell SC5020 |
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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.