Supported SLES and openSUSE Features

This table lists the availability of various features on SUSE and openSUSE clients. This table covers all variants of the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system, including SLES, SLED, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for HPC.

The operating system you run on a client is supported by the organization that supplies the operating system. SUSE Linux Enterprise is supported by SUSE. openSUSE is supported by the SUSE community.

The icons in this table indicate:

the feature is available
the feature is not available
the feature is under consideration, and may or may not be made available at a later date

Table 1. Supported Features on SUSE and openSUSE Operating Systems
Feature	SUSE Linux Enterprise 12	SUSE Linux Enterprise 15	SUSE Linux Enterprise 16	openSUSE Leap 15	openSUSE Leap 16
Client
System packages	SUSE	SUSE	SUSE	openSUSE Community	openSUSE Community
Registration
Install packages
Apply patches
Remote commands
System package states
System custom states
Group custom states
Organization custom states
System set manager (SSM)
Product migration
System deployment (PXE/AutoYaST)
System redeployment (AutoYaST)
Contact methods	ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH	ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH	ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH	ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH	ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH
Action chains
Staging (pre-download of packages)
Duplicate package reporting
CVE auditing
SCAP auditing
Package locking
System locking
Maintenance Windows
System snapshot
Configuration file management
Package profiles	Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Profiles supported, Sync not supported
Power management
Monitoring server
Monitored clients
Docker buildhost
Build Docker image with OS
Kiwi buildhost
Build Kiwi image with OS
Recurring Actions
AppStreams	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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