The IBM z15 and LinuxONE III hardware family brings a lot of novelties, but for most of its new hardware features support by the operating system is required to make use of them. The frequent and reliable release cycle of Ubuntu Server helps quickly become able to utilize the latest options, and especially as Ubuntu Server LTS release it provides long term investment but also security protection for 5 (+ additional 5 via ESM) years.
In this session we will glance at some of the most interesting new features a customer can make use of running the combination of IBM z15 and Ubuntu Server 20.04, like:
- on-chip compression (DEFLATE)
- latest encryption standard support
- beyond Pervasive Encryption, incl. your root device
- secure execution
- news on KVM (beyond secure execution)
- the new live installer, incl. autoinstall for non-interactive installations
- touching some key updated package and tool-chain updates
- latest encryption standard support
- beyond Pervasive Encryption, incl. your root device
- secure execution
- news on KVM (beyond secure execution)
- the new live installer, incl. autoinstall for non-interactive installations
- touching some key updated package and tool-chain updates