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Important Notice: OS Platform Support Changes

SUSE Linux and Windows OS Support Changes for S-Foundation Releases (2021.06, 2021.09, 2021.12)

NOTE: This notice affects only customers using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server  and Microsoft Windows operating systems. If this does not apply to you, please disregard.

Dear ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Customer:

²ÝÁñÉçÇø believes our customers need stable, well-supported operating systems on which to run their EDA tools. For ²ÝÁñÉçÇø to align our support with the timelines of our OS and hardware vendors, we are updating the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Compute Platforms Roadmap.

This is to inform you, that starting with the 2021.06 (S-Foundation) software release:

• For SUSE SLES, the minimum supported OS version will be SLES 12-SP4.
  (SLES 12, 12-SP1, 12-SP2 and 12-SP3 will no longer be supported.)
• For Windows OS, the minimum supported OS version will be Windows 10.
  (Windows 7 will no longer be supported.)
• For Windows OS, Windows Server 2016 remains the baseline (build) release. 

The R-Foundation releases (2020.09, 2020.12, 2021.03) will be the final feature releases
to support SLES12, 12-SP1, 12-SP2, 12-SP3, or the Windows 7 operating system.  

For the S-Foundation, other OS platforms such as CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
will continue to be supported.  For a list of supported platforms and OS versions, see the Supported Platforms Guide at /qsc

These changes do not change the support for prior software releases.  For OS platform support information on feature releases prior to 2021.06, and their Service Packs, see /qsc

More about ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Compute Platforms:
Roadmap information on supported hardware platforms, operating systems, and OS versions is available at the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø website at:
/support/licensing-installation-computeplatforms/compute-platforms/compute-platforms-roadmap.html 

If you have any questions, open a Support case at
and specify "Installation" as the product.  Alternately, contact your local support team.

Thank you,

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Platform Support team