Technical Information

Platform LSF Product Upgrade
As a Platform LSF customer with a valid annual support contract you are entitled to upgrade your licensed product to the most recent version free of charge by contacting Platform Support.
| Phone: | (905) 948-4297 |
| Toll Free: | 1 877-444-4573 |
| Email: | support@platform.com |
Or contact your local Platform office or local sales partner.
In order to use the upgraded products, your current license key(s) will be replaced with the latest version and FTP instructions will be provided within a couple of days of your request.
Summary of Supported Operating Systems for Platform LSF
Key: Y = Supported, N = Not Supported, D = Discontinued, S = Contact Support for Availability
| Operating System | Platform LSF 7 Update 4 (Sept 2008) | Platform LSF 6.2 (Oct 2005) | Platform LSF 6.1 (Nov 2004) |
| Apple | |||
| MacOS X 10.4.x | Y | Y | Y |
| MacOS X 10.5.x | S | N | N |
| HP-UX | |||
| HP-UX 10.20 | D | D | Y |
| HP-UX 11.00 | D | D | Y |
| HP-UX 11i1,i2 (32 bit) | D | Y | Y |
| HP-UX 11i1,i2 (64 bit) | Y | Y | Y |
| HP-UX 11i3 (64 bit) | Y | Y | N |
| IBM AIX | |||
| AIX 4.2 | D | D | Y |
| AIX 5.1, 5.2 (32-bit) | D | Y | Y |
| AIX 5.3 (64 bit) | Y | Y | Y |
| AIX 6 | Y | Y | N |
| Linux x86 | |||
| RHEL2.1, SLES8 | Y | Y | Y |
| RHEL3 | Y | Y | Y |
| RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES9, SLES10 etc | Y | Y | Y glibc2.3 only |
| 2.6 Kernel with glibc 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 | |||
| Quadrics RMS 2.82 | Y | Y | Y |
| Quadrics RMS 3.x | Y | Y | N |
| Linux x86-64 | |||
| SLES8, RHEL2.1 | Y | Y | Y |
| RHEL3 | Y | Y | Y |
| RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES9, SLES10, etc | Y | Y | Y glibc2.3 only |
| 2.6 Kernel with glibc 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 | |||
| Slurm 1.0.15 | S | Y | N |
| Slurm 1.2 | S | N | N |
| Cray Unicos/lc 1.x | Y | Y | Y |
| Cray Unicos/lc 2.x | S | N | N |
| Quadrics RMS 2.82 | D | Y | Y |
| Quadrics RMS 3.x | Y | Y | N |
| BPROC 4 | D | Y | Y |
| Linux ia64 | |||
| RHEL3 | S | Y | Y |
| RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES9, SLES10, etc | Y | Y | Y glibc2.3 only |
| 2.6 Kernel with glibc 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 | |||
| SGI Altix | D | D | D |
| SGI Altix with ProPack 3,4 | Y | Y | N |
| SGI Altix with ProPack5 | Y | Y | N |
| Slurm 1.0.15 | S | Y | N |
| Slurm 1.2 | S | N | N |
| Quadrics RMS 2.82 | N | Y | Y |
| Quadrics RMS 3.x | Y | Y | N |
| Linux PPC | |||
| RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES9, SLES10, etc | Y | Y | Y |
| 2.6 Kernel with glibc 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 | |||
| BlueGene/L V1.3 | S | Y | N |
| Linux Alpha | |||
| SLES8, RHEL2.1 | D | Y | Y |
| Microsoft Windows | |||
| 2000 (SP1/2/3/4) | Y | Y | Y |
| XP (SP2) | Y | Y | N |
| XP x64 (SP2) | Y | Y | N |
| Vista | Y | Y | N |
| Vista x64 | Y | Y | N |
| Server 2003 Standard Edition (SP1/SP2) | Y | Y | N |
| Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (SP1/SP2) | Y | Y | N |
| Server 2003 x64 Standard Edition (SP1/SP2) | Y | Y | N |
| Server 2003 x64 Enterprise Edition (SP1/SP2) | Y | Y | N |
| Server 2003 x64 Compute Cluster (SP1/SP2) | Y | Y | N |
| Server 2003 ia64 | Y | Y | N |
| Server 2008 | Y | N | N |
| Server 2008 x64 | Y | N | N |
| NEC Super-UX | |||
| SX-8 | D | S | Y |
| SGI IRIX | |||
| Irix 6.5 | D | D | Y |
| Irix 6.5.8 and up | D | D | Y |
| Trix 6.5.8 and up | D | D | Y |
| Irix 6.5.24 and up | Y | Y | N |
| Sun Solaris | |||
| Solaris 2.6 on Sparc | D | Y | Y |
| Solaris 7,8,9 on Sparc 32 bit | Y | S | Y |
| Solaris 7,8,9 on Sparc 64 bit | Y | Y | Y |
| Solaris 10 on Sparc 64 bit | Y | Y | Y |
| Solaris 10 on x86_64 | Y | Y | N |
| Solaris 7,8,9 on x86 | D | Y | Y |
| Solaris 10 on x86 | D | Y | Y |


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