Hardware Support Matrix for Linux

Product Items/Features
(Blank box indicates the listed component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
SLED 12/SP4
(x86_64)
SLED 15
(x86_64)
RHEL 7.5 or later
(x86_64)
Ubuntu 16.04.5 or later
(x86_64)
Ubuntu 18.04.1 or later
(x86_64)
HP Workstation Base System
Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, Power Supply, etc.
• • • • •
HP Localization Kit
1 1 1 1 1
All Supported Processors
8th generation Intel Core™ i7/i5/i3 and Xeon® processors • • • • •
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
No Graphics Card
• • • • •
Intel® HD Graphics 630 (on v8 Core™ i3/i5/i7-8xxx processors)
2 2 2 2 2
Intel® HD Graphics P630 for v8 Xeon® E processors based on Unified Memory Architecture
2 2 2 2 2
AMD FirePro WX 3100 (4 GB Frame buffer)
3 3 3 3 3
AMD FirePro WX 4100 (4 GB Frame buffer)
3 3 3 3 3
AMD FirePro WX 7100 (8 GB Frame buffer)
3 3 3 3 3
NVIDIA Quadro P400 (2GB Frame buffer)
4 4 4 4 4
NVIDIA Quadro P620 (2 GB Frame buffer)
4 4 4 4 4
NVIDIA Quadro P1000 (4GB Frame buffer)
4 4 4 4 4
NVIDIA Quadro P2000 (5GB Frame buffer)
4 4 4 4 4
NVIDIA Quadro P4000 (8GB Frame buffer)
4 4 4 4 4
NVIDIA Quadro P5000 (16GB Frame buffer)
4 4 4 4 4
System RAM
Minimum (GB)
4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB
Maximum (GB)
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
Hard Disks
All Supported Solid State Drives • • • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives <= 2 TB • • • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives > 2 TB 5 5 5 5 5
Intel® Optane™ 905p Series AIC SSD (up to 480 GB) • • • • •
HP Z Turbo Drive G2 PCIe® NVMe™ SSD storage 12 12 12 12 12
Network Cards
Intel i350-T2 PCIe Dual Port 1Gb NIC
• •
•
• •
Intel i350-T4 PCIe Quad Port 1 Gb NIC
• •
•
• •
Aquantia® AQN-108 Single-Port 5GbE NIC
6 6 6 6 6
Intel X550 10GbE Dual Port Adapter
• • • • •
Intel X710-DA2 10GbE Dual Port Adapter (and HP SFP+ SR Transceiver)
• • • • •
Intel 10GbE SFP+ SR Transceiver
• • • • •
Integrated Components
Wired LAN - Intel i219LM Gigabit Ethernet
• • • • •
Intel AMT functionality on Wired LAN
11 11 11 11 11
Intel® 9560 Wireless LAN (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) and Bluetooth 5 Module
• • • 7 •
Onboard Audio (Conexant CX20632)
• • • • •
Onboard Intel integrated SATA RAID (0/1)
• • • • •
USB 3.1 G1 Type A ports
• • • • •
USB 3.1 G2 Type C ports
• • • • •
Flexible I/O port options (including Thunderbolt™ 3 options)
• • • • •
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP DVD-ROM Drive
• • • • •
HP DVD RW Supermulti Drive
8 8 8 8 8
HP BD-RE (Blu-Ray writer)
8 8 8 8 8
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP USB mouse options
• • • • •
HP USB keyboard options
• • • • •
HP Media Card Reader
• • • • •
HP Printers
9 9 9 9 9
All Supported Monitors
• • • • •
TPM Module/SmartCard
10 10 10 10 10
HP Serial Port Adapter
• • • • •
footnote 2 - The Intel HD graphics works with the in-box frame buffer drivers. Support for the "native" Intel driver and modesetting driver on v8 processors (CoffeeLake) is not available for most release streams as of this
edition of the table.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation
Certifications pending.
As of this edition of this matrix, some Enterprise-class Linux releases enable the Intel architecture used in this system.
HP considers enablement for the CPU, chipset, and the on-board LAN to be minimum requirements.
This page is not complete without the General Notes (first page of the matrix).
footnote 1 - Typical Linux distributions support many possible localizations. If you're installing the OS yourself, you can make selections for language and keyboard layout during that process. For a pre-loaded Linux OS,
similar choices can be made during the "firstboot" process. In some cases, extra font packages may be available. HP Workstations can be ordered with a variety of localization options that may vary by platform.
footnote 9 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, please visit http://www.hplip.net.
footnote 10 - Support for the TPM or other security devices varies by OS distribution. Any use of the TPM module requires additional software.
footnote 11 - Intel support for AMT varies by distribution and requires additional software packages be added to the base OS. Please check with the distribution vendor you have interest in.
footnote 12 - There are currently issues installing enterprise Linux distrIbutions on M.2 and Z Turbo Drive options when the system is running in legacy BIOS mode. HP recommends using the system in its default UEFI BIOS
mode when using these storage devices.
footnote 3 - AMD Radeon Pro graphics are supported by the amdgpu-pro driver stack. An 18.10 or later driver is recommended for this platform. Some OS distributions may have the amdgpu-open driver built in. AMD pro
driver support for Ubuntu 18.04 is available.
footnote 4 - HP recommends use of NVIDIA driver 390.77 (or newer) on NVIDIA graphics options.
footnote 5 - Single drives or volumes larger than 2.2 TB can only be fully accessed using GPT formatting. The OS's listed can create GPT formatted storage drives/volumes but this requires installation of the OS in UEFI
mode. Once formatted and installed, the OS can access the entirety of storage drives/volumes.
footnote 6 - The driver for the Aquantia Nbase-T AQN-108 aftermarket NIC is not in-box for most of the listed Linux streams. Driver source can be found at the Aquantia site www.aquantia.com/driver-download/.
footnote 7 - Intel 9560 Wireless support for WLAN on Ubuntu 16.04.5 is currently not functional due to firmware version incompatibility (although Bluetooth is supported on this release).
footnote 8 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on the listed OSes.
862609-009 Released May 2019