IBM z Systems and LinuxONE: per IFL, unlimited instances per IFL
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- Product Appendices (June 2026) Appendix A §8: for IBM z Systems (s390x) Physical Servers, Subscriptions must match or exceed the number of IFLs on which SLES is deployed; an unlimited number of SLES Instances may run per IFL. SLE High Availability Extension is included in the SLES for z Systems Subscription. LinuxONE Subscriptions deploy only on LinuxONE systems. If one IFL is used as IFLe, only IFLe use is permitted on that Physical Server.
- Applies when
- SLES on IBM Z or LinuxONE.
- Applies to
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for z Systems and LinuxONE.
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