Oracle Linux hardware certification question

Hello,
Our company is considering running the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server and I've been tasked with determining the best OS/HW platforms to run it on. For the OS, I'd like to run Oracle Linux with the UEK. I would prefer that we run this on a VM (we're currently at vSphere4.1) but VMware doesn't appear in the HW Cert list (http://linux.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=117:1:4073041665385184:::::) at all. So barring a VM I'd like to run on a Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server.
Since the hardware certification list referenced above indicates this HW has been certified on OL v5.7, but not any other releases I'm assuming no one has certified later releases on that same HW platform. If a HW platform is certified on a certain release will I be able to get Oracle support for later Oracle Linux releases on that same HW platform?
I really don't want to start out several revs behind on the OS.
Of course the latest RPAS install doc indicates the application is supported on OL v5.5, but I think the question of whether or not I can run it on later releases is probably for another forum. I've decided to start with the OS / HW questions first.
Thanks in advance for any insights!
- Todd Wyman

Hi Todd,
I believe your question is answered in the FAQ: http://linux.oracle.com/hcl_faq.html#_4
To which Oracle Linux and Oracle VM releases does a hardware certification apply?
An Oracle Linux or Oracle VM hardware certification applies to the posted releases and subsequent minor releases until a new hardware certification is posted. For example, a hardware certification posted for Oracle Linux 6.1 applies to Oracle Linux 6.2, Oracle Linux 6.3 and so forth until new hardware certification is posted. This rule only applies to minor releases, so a certification for Oracle Linux 6 does not apply to Oracle Linux 5 nor does a certification for Oracle Linux 5 automatically apply to Oracle Linux 6.
Sergio

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I will kindly ask for your honest opinions as I want to study for an Oracle Linux exam and I need to get the below indicated topics covered, but unfortunately I could not find a book to cover them all (as I did for Oracle 11g).
Please help me locate a book, two or how many are necessary to help me study for the exam and cover the following topics:
Thank you all!
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Create partitions, software RAID and LVM storage configurations.
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To answer my own question:
One cross reference product of the Oracle Linux list
and the Red Hat HCL Intel list is the 6 slot 8GB
Intel P4 based SE7230NH1-E (LX Version):
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/se7230nh1-e
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/se7230nh1-e
/309049.pdf
http://linux.oracle.com/hardware
https://hardware.redhat.com/hwcert/list.cgi?product=Re
d+Hat+Hardware+Certification&quicksearch=Intel&showall
=1
Should work.
Chose Intel based chipset due to a problem booting
RHEL4 due to a known bug in the nVidia chipset which
occurs in many distros:
MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to io-apic
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php
?t=482021&highlight=MP
Everything I've read online and in APRESS JWatsonOCS
10g indicates that even for development, 2GB is
marginal for a single host OCS deployment in x86
Linux, and for comparison a single nodeproduction
OCS instance would require a dual/duo CPU with 4GB
to
support 1-200 users.
Lots of systems on the Red Hat HCL and
http://linux.oracle.com/hardware.html, but to build
development sandboxes a list of compatible
mainboards
or a cross-reference resource would be very useful.
Was thinking the Gigahertz GA-8I945GZME-RH
mainboard
in the Red Hat HCL Certified PCS PRODiiGY 945GZ NL,
but it only appears to support 2GB RAM...
Can anyone enhance this thread with resources or
relevant info?

Oracle Linux hardware certification question

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