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Service Pack 4

Novell has released the fourth Service Pack (SP) for SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 8. With this update, Novell continues to set the standard in enterprise Linux technology by providing stable APIs for application deployment and support of current hardware.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Service Pack 4 contains all the latest security patches and bug fixes that have been released for the Linux 2.4 kernel and associated packages since November 2003, when SLES8 SP3 was released. The fixes and patches have been rigorously tested and fully integrated into the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server environment.

SP4 also includes the current device drivers for the most recent generation of server hardware for all major hardware architectures (including x86, AMD64, Intel® Itanium® 2 Processor Family, IBM iSeries, IBM pSeries, IBM S/390, IBM zSeries).

SP4 is available to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server customers who have valid Upgrade Protection from Novell. The files can be accessed from the SUSE LINUX maintenance portal.

sp4 highlights

  • Service Pack 4 contains all bugfixes released via the maintenance Web since SP3 release (November 2003)
  • Service Pack 4 contains all security fixes released via the maintenance Web since the GA version.
  • SLES8 with SP4 now supports the newest generation of broadcom NICs, LSI megaIDE controllers, gigabit ethernet NICs support by the e1000 device driver, HP raid controllers using the cciss device driver 2.4.52. The qlogic device driver has been consolidated to version v7.03.00.

Enhanced Features

  • IBM zSeries crypto subsystem has been updated to the latest available level.

New Features

  • No new features have been added.

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