Supported Distributions and FeaturesΒΆ

Unless otherwise noted, ClusterWare is principally supported for the x86_64 architecture.

It has been additionally tested on the aarch64 architecture using Rocky 8.5. If you are interested in a cluster using that architecture or a mix of architectures, please contact Penguin Computing.

Entires marked as probable are RHEL clones and probably work, although they are not explicitly tested by Penguin Computing.

PENGUIN-VERIFIED DISTROS

Head Nodes

Compute Nodes

Distro

Version

Node Image

Kickstart

Local Install

RHEL/CentOS

7.0 - 7.91

no

yes

yes

yes

RHEL

8.0 - 8.10

yes

yes

yes

yes

RHEL

9.0 - 9.4

yes

yes

yes

yes

CentOS

8.0 - 8.52

yes

yes

yes

yes

Rocky

8.4 - 8.10

yes

yes

yes

yes

Rocky

9.0 - 9.4

yes

yes

yes

yes

CentOS Stream

83

yes

yes

yes

yes

CentOS Stream

94

yes

yes

yes

yes

Oracle

8.3 - 8.6

probable

probable

yes

yes

AlmaLinux

8.4 - 8.7

probable

probable

yes

yes

AlmaLinux

9.0 - 9.1

probable

probable

yes

yes

OpenSUSE

Leap 15.2 - 15.4

no

yes

yes

yes

Ubuntu

18 - 24 LTS

no

yes

no

yes

Debian

stable, testing

no

yes

no

yes

Footnotes
  [1] Since RHEL / CentOS 7 have reached end of maintenance they are
      no longer supported as head nodes. These versions
      are still temporarily supported as compute node images.
  [2] CentOS 8 can be converted to an alternative distro.
      See "Appendix: Converting CentOS 8 to Alternative Distro".
  [3] CentOS Stream 8 was confirmed supported as of December 26, 2023.
  [4] CentOS Stream 9 was confirmed supported as of December 26, 2023.

RHEL9-clone compute node boot images cannot be built by RHEL7-clone head nodes.

Entries marked both indicate that Penguin Computing tests and supports both SELinux Targeted and MLS policies.

PENGUIN-VERIFIED SECURITY

Head Nodes

Compute Nodes

OS Distro

Version(s)

FIPS Mode

SELinux

FIPS Mode

SELinux

RHEL/CentOS

7.0 - 7.5

no

no

yes

both

RHEL/CentOS

7.6 - 7.9

yes

both

yes

both

RHEL

8.0 - 8.9

yes

both

yes

both

RHEL

9.0 - 9.3

yes

both

yes

both

CentOS

8.0 - 8.71

yes

both

yes

both

Rocky

8.4 - 8.9

yes

both

yes

both

Rocky

9.0 - 9.3

yes

both

yes

both

CentOS Stream

82

probable

probable

yes

both

CentOS Stream

93

probable

probable

yes

both

Oracle

7.9

probable

probable

yes

both

Oracle

8.3 - 8.7

probable

probable

yes

both

AlmaLinux

8.4 - 8.7

probable

probable

yes

both

AlmaLinux

9.0 - 9.1

probable

probable

yes

both

Footnotes
  [1] CentOS 8 can be converted to an alternative distro.
      See "Appendix: Converting CentOS 8 to Alternative Distro".
  [2] CentOS Stream 8 was confirmed supported as of December 26, 2023.
  [3] CentOS Stream 9 was confirmed supported as of December 26, 2023.

CLUSTERWARE-DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULERS

OS Distro

PBS TORQUE

Slurm

OpenPBS

RHEL/CentOS 6

RHEL/CentOS 7

6

18-23

RHEL/CentOS 8

20-23

20

RHEL/CentOS 9

20-23

20

CLUSTERWARE-DISTRIBUTED MIDDLEWARE

OS Distro

OpenMPI

MPICH

MVAPICH

RHEL/CentOS 6

RHEL/CentOS 7

1, 2, 3, 4

4.1

2.3

RHEL/CentOS 8

3, 4

4.1

2.3

RHEL/CentOS 9

4

4.1

2.3