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[id="ocp-4-9-ibm-z"]
=== IBM Z and LinuxONE

With this release, IBM Z and LinuxONE are now compatible with {product-title} {product-version}. The installation can be performed with z/VM or {op-system-base} KVM. For installation instructions, see the following documentation:

* xref:../installing/installing_ibm_z/installing-ibm-z.adoc#installing-ibm-z[Installing a cluster with z/VM on IBM Z and LinuxONE]
* xref:../installing/installing_ibm_z/installing-restricted-networks-ibm-z.adoc#installing-restricted-networks-ibm-z[Installing a cluster with z/VM on IBM Z and LinuxONE in a restricted network]
* xref:../installing/installing_ibm_z/installing-ibm-z-kvm.adoc#installing-ibm-z-kvm[Installing a cluster with {op-system-base} KVM on IBM Z and LinuxONE]
* xref:../installing/installing_ibm_z/installing-restricted-networks-ibm-z-kvm.adoc#installing-restricted-networks-ibm-z-kvm[Installing a cluster with RHEL KVM on IBM Z and LinuxONE in a restricted network]

[discrete]
==== Notable enhancements

The following new features are supported on IBM Z and LinuxONE with {product-title} {product-version}:

* Helm
* Support for multiple network interfaces
* Service Binding Operator

[discrete]
==== Supported features

The following features are also supported on IBM Z and LinuxONE:

* Currently, the following Operators are supported:
** Cluster Logging Operator
** NFD Operator
** OpenShift Elasticsearch Operator
** Local Storage Operator
** Service Binding Operator

* Encrypting data stored in etcd
* Multipathing
* Persistent storage using iSCSI
* Persistent storage using local volumes (Local Storage Operator)
* Persistent storage using hostPath
* Persistent storage using Fibre Channel
* Persistent storage using Raw Block
* OVN-Kubernetes
* Three-node cluster support
* z/VM Emulated FBA devices on SCSI disks
* 4K FCP block device

These features are available only for {product-title} on IBM Z and LinuxONE for {product-version}:

* HyperPAV enabled on IBM Z and LinuxONE for the virtual machines for FICON attached ECKD storage

[discrete]
==== Restrictions

Note the following restrictions for {product-title} on IBM Z and LinuxONE:

* The following {product-title} Technology Preview features are unsupported:
** Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware

* The following {product-title} features are unsupported:
** Automatic repair of damaged machines with machine health checking
** CodeReady Containers (CRC)
** Controlling overcommit and managing container density on nodes
** CSI volume cloning
** CSI volume snapshots
** FIPS cryptography
** Multus CNI plug-in
** NVMe
** OpenShift Metering
** OpenShift Virtualization
** Tang mode disk encryption during {product-title} deployment

* Worker nodes must run {op-system-first}
* Persistent shared storage must be provisioned by using either NFS or other supported storage protocols
* Persistent non-shared storage must be provisioned using local storage, like iSCSI, FC, or using LSO with DASD, FCP, or EDEV/FBA

[id="ocp-4-9-ibm-power"]
=== IBM Power Systems

With this release, IBM Power Systems are now compatible with {product-title} {product-version}. For installation instructions, see the following documentation:

* xref:../installing/installing_ibm_power/installing-ibm-power.adoc#installing-ibm-power_installing-ibm-power[Installing a cluster on IBM Power Systems]
* xref:../installing/installing_ibm_power/installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power.adoc#installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power_installing-restricted-networks-ibm-power[Installing a cluster on IBM Power Systems in a restricted network]

[discrete]
==== Notable enhancements

The following new features are supported on IBM Power Systems with {product-title} {product-version}:

* Helm
* Support for Power10
* Support for multiple network interfaces
* Service Binding Operator

[discrete]
==== Supported features

The following features are also supported on IBM Power Systems:

* Currently, the following Operators are supported:
** Cluster Logging Operator
** NFD Operator
** OpenShift Elasticsearch Operator
** Local Storage Operator
** SR-IOV Network Operator
** Service Binding Operator

* Multipathing
* Persistent storage using iSCSI
* Persistent storage using local volumes (Local Storage Operator)
* Persistent storage using hostPath
* Persistent storage using Fibre Channel
* Persistent storage using Raw Block
* OVN-Kubernetes
* 4K Disk Support
* NVMe
* Encrypting data stored in etcd
* Three-node cluster support
* Multus SR-IOV

[discrete]
==== Restrictions

Note the following restrictions for {product-title} on IBM Power Systems:

* The following {product-title} Technology Preview features are unsupported:
** Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware

* The following {product-title} features are unsupported:
** Automatic repair of damaged machines with machine health checking
** CodeReady Containers (CRC)
** Controlling overcommit and managing container density on nodes
** FIPS cryptography
** OpenShift Metering
** OpenShift Virtualization
** Tang mode disk encryption during {product-title} deployment

* Worker nodes must run {op-system-first}
* Persistent storage must be of the Filesystem type that uses local volumes, Network File System (NFS), or Container Storage Interface (CSI)

[id="ocp-4-9-security"]
=== Security and compliance

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