Hardware Support Matrix for Linux

Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted -> component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
RHEL 6.8 or later
(x86_64)
RHEL 7.2 or later
(x86_64)
SLED 12/SP4 or later
(x86_64)
SLED 15
(x86_64)
Ubuntu 16.04.1
(x86_64)
HP Workstation Base System
Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, Power Supply, etc.
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HP Localization Kit
1 1 1 1 1
All Supported Processors
All supported 7th generation Intel Core
TM
i7, i5 and Xeon® processors
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Hyperthreading
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Graphics Card (Video Card)
Intel® HD Graphics 530 (on v5 Core
TM
i3/i5/i7-6xxx processors)
2, 5 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5
Intel® HD Graphics P530 for v5 Xeon® E3 processors based on Unified
Memory Architecture (UMA)
2, 5 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5
Intel® HD Graphics 630 (on v6 Core™ i3/i5/i7-6xxx processors) 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5
Intel® HD Graphics P630 for v6 Xeon® E3 processors based on Unified
Memory Architecture (UMA)
2, 5 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5 2, 5
NVIDIA Quadro M620 with 2 GB of graphics memory
3, 5 3, 5 3, 5 3, 5 3, 5, 6
System RAM
Minimum (GB)
4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB
Maximum (GB)
32GB 32GB 32GB 32GB 32GB
Hard Disks
All supported 2.5" AHCI SATA Drives
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All Supported SATA SSD's • • • • •
All Supported HP Z Turbo Drive NVMe PCIe-attached storage • • • • •
Onboard Components
Wired LAN - Intel i219LM Gigabit Ethernet
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Onboard Audio (Realtek HD ALC221-VB)
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Intel® 8265 Wireless LAN (802.11ac) and Bluetooth® 4.2 Module
7 7 7 7 7
USB 3.1 ports(premium model only)
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USB 3.0 ports
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Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
TPM Module
4 4 4 4 4
HP Serial Port Adapter
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footnote 7 - SUSE added support for the 8265 wlan/bt option in SLED 12/SP2. Kernel update 4.4.74-92.29.1 is required for the proper driver.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP Z2 Mini G3 Workstation
Performance & Entry models
Officially certified on RHEL 7.4, SLED 12/SP2, and SLED 12/SP3. No certification on Ubuntu 16.04 is planned at this time, but HP is supporting use of
16.04.1 (or newer) on this platform. Certification is underway and HP will update this document when each version completes the vendor's process.
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 2 - The Intel HD graphics works with the in-box frame-buffer drivers. Support for the "native" Intel driver on v5 processors(Skylake) is not available for most release streams
as of this edition of the table.
footnote 3 - HP recommends use of NVIDIA driver 375.20 (or newer) on NVIDIA graphics options.
footnote 4 - Support for the TPM or other security devices varies by OS distribution.
footnote 5 - On the performance model, at this time only the 3 DP outputs associated with the NVIDIA Quadro M620 will be usable with Linux distributions. You can enable the 4th DP
port for the Intel graphics, but it does not currently operate well in conjunction with the NVIDIA option. HP recommends that customers not use the Intel port until general
improvements are made in Linux for heterogeneous GPU support.
footnote 6 - In order to install Ubuntu 16.04.1 with the NVIDIA Quadro M620 graphics option, you will need to add 'nomodeset' to the boot line during installation and again post
installation with the installed kernel.
862609-009 Released May 2019