Operating system support 7 This chapter describes the minimum operating system requirements and support  considerations for the IBM z14™servers and their features. It addresses z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE,  z/TPF, Linux on Z, and the KVM hypervisor.  Note:  Throughout this chapter, “z14” refers to  IBM z14 Model M0x (Machine Type 3906)  unless otherwise specified. Because this information is subject to change, see the hardware fix categories  (IBM.Device.Server.z14-3906.*) for the most current information. Support of z14 functions depends on the operating system, its version, and release. This chapter includes the following topics: 243 ' Copyright IBM Corp. 2017. All rights reserved. GLYPH<SM590000> 7.1, “Operating systems summary” on page 244 GLYPH<SM590000> 7.2, “Support by operating system” on page 245 GLYPH<SM590000> 7.3, “z14 features and function support overview” on page 248 GLYPH<SM590000> 7.4, “Support by features and functions” on page 261 GLYPH<SM590000> 7.5, “z/OS migration considerations” on page 306 GLYPH<SM590000> 7.6, “z/VM migration considerations” on page 310 GLYPH<SM590000> 7.8, “Software licensing” on page 312 GLYPH<SM590000> 7.9, “References” on page 314 GLYPH<SM590000> 7.7, “z/VSE migration c onsiderations” on page 311