IBM Cloud Pak and Red Hat OpenShift Compatibility

Based in Redwood City, California, Timothy Valihora serves as president of TVMG Consulting, Inc., in Ottawa, Canada. He has more than 24 years of experience in technical architecture and data governance. Throughout his career, Timothy Valihora has gained insight into products and tools such as the IBM Cloud Pak for Data and the Red Hat OpenShift product.

IBM Cloud Paks functions as AI-powered software designed to accelerate application modernization across many categories. Red Hat OpenShift, meanwhile, is a platform-agnostic tool that supports both native and Cloud-based applications, allowing these applications to be run wherever they are deployed.

Each category of IBM Cloud Pak Platform features different requirements in regards to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform compatibility. Individuals and businesses must ensure compatibility before installing and configuring a specific IBM Cloud Pak.

For example, IBM Cloud Pak solutions that have been developed for application versions 4.3.x are only compatible with 4.5.x and 4.6.x OpenShift Container Platform versions of Linux x86. Only a select number of IBM Cloud Paks are compatible with Linux on Power Systems, including version 3.5.0 and IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.2.

To learn more about IBM Cloud Pak and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform compatibility, please visit ibm.com and use the table to determine what version of OpenShift is needed for your IBM Cloud Pak.