# Lustre file system and client kernel compatibility
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We highly recommend using the Lustre version for your FSx for Lustre file system that is compatible with the Linux kernel versions of your client instances.

## Amazon Linux clients
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<table>
<thead>
  <tr><th>Operating system</th><th>OS version</th><th>Minimum kernel version</th><th>Maximum kernel version</th><th>Lustre client version</th><th colspan="4">Lustre file system version</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2.10</td><td>2.12</td><td>2.15</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Amazon Linux 2023</td><td>6.18</td><td>\*</td><td>\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>6.12</td><td>\*</td><td>\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>6.1</td><td>6.1.79-99.167</td><td>6.1.79-99.167\+</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Amazon Linux 2</td><td>5.10</td><td>5.10.144-127.601</td><td>5.10.144-127.601\+</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><5.10.144-127.601</td><td>2.10</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>5.4</td><td>5.4.214-120.368</td><td>5.4.214-120.368\+</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><5.4.214-120.368</td><td>2.10</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>4.14</td><td>4.14.294-220.533</td><td>4.14.294-220.533\+</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><4.14.294-220.533</td><td>2.10</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>


## Ubuntu clients
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<table>
<thead>
  <tr><th>Operating system</th><th>OS version</th><th>Minimum kernel version</th><th>Maximum kernel version</th><th>Lustre client version</th><th colspan="4">Lustre file system version</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2.10</td><td>2.12</td><td>2.15</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>Ubuntu</td><td>24</td><td>6.14.0-1012</td><td>6.14.0\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td>6.8.0-1024</td><td>6.8.0\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>22</td><td>6.8.0-1017</td><td>6.8.0\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td>6.5.0-1023</td><td>6.5.0\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td>6.2.0-1017</td><td>6.2.0\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td>5.15.0-1015-aws</td><td>5.15.0-1051-aws</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>20</td><td>5.15.0-1015-aws</td><td>5.15.0\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td>5.4.0-1011-aws</td><td>5.13.0-1031-aws</td><td>2.10</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>


## RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux clients
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<table>
<thead>
  <tr><th>Operating system</th><th>OS version</th><th>Architecture</th><th>Minimum kernel version</th><th>Maximum kernel version</th><th>Lustre client version</th><th colspan="4">Lustre file system version</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>2.10</td><td>2.12</td><td>2.15</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>RHEL/Rocky Linux</td><td>9.7</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>5.14.0-611.5.1</td><td>5.14.0-611\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>9.6</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>5.14.0-570.12.1</td><td>5.14.0-570\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>9.5</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>5.14.0-503.19.1</td><td>5.14.0-503\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>9.4</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>5.14.0-427.13.1</td><td>5.14.0-427\*</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>9.3</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>5.14.0-362.18.1</td><td>5.14.0-362.18.1</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>9.0</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>5.14.0-70.13.1</td><td>5.14.0-70.30.1</td><td>2.15</td><td>no</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux</td><td>8.10</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-553</td><td>4.18.0-553\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>8.9</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-513\*</td><td>4.18.0-513\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>8.8</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-477\*</td><td>4.18.0-477\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>8.7</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-425\*</td><td>4.18.0-425\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>8.6</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-372\*</td><td>4.18.0-372\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>8.5</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-348\*</td><td>4.18.0-348\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>8.4</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-305\*</td><td>4.18.0-305\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>RHEL/CentOS</td><td>8.3</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-240\*</td><td>4.18.0-240\*</td><td>2.10</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>8.2</td><td>Arm \+ x86</td><td>4.18.0-193\*</td><td>4.18.0-193\*</td><td>2.10</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>7.9</td><td>x86</td><td>3.10.0-1160\*</td><td>3.10.0-1160\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>7.8</td><td>x86</td><td>3.10.0-1127\*</td><td>3.10.0-1127\*</td><td>2.10</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>7.7</td><td>x86</td><td>3.10.0-1062\*</td><td>3.10.0-1062\*</td><td>2.10</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>CentOS</td><td>7.9</td><td>Arm</td><td>4.18.0-193\*</td><td>4.18.0-193\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td></td><td>7.8</td><td>Arm</td><td>4.18.0-147\*</td><td>4.18.0-147\*</td><td>2.12</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td>yes</td><td></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>