Hardware Support Matrix for Linux

Product Items/Features
(Blank box indicates the listed component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
SLED11 SP4 or later
(x86_64)
SLED12 SP1 or later
(x86_64)
RHEL 6.7 or later
(x86_64)
RHEL 7.2 or later
(x86_64)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 14.04.3
or later (x86_64)
HP Workstation Base System
Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, USB, Power Supply, etc.
• • • • •
HP Localization Kit
1 1 1 1 1
All Supported Processors
All supported v5 and v6 Intel Core
TM
i5, i7, and Xeon® processors
• • • • •
Hyperthreading
• • • • •
Graphics Card (Video Card) (see footnote 10)
No Graphics Card
• • • • •
Intel® Onboard graphics (HD 530/HD P530 for v5, HD 630/HD P630 for v6)
9 9 9 9 9
AMD FirePro W2100
• • • • •
NVIDIA NVS 315
• • • • •
NVIDIA Quadro K1200
• • • • •
NVIDIA Quadro K420 2GB
• • • • •
NVIDIA Quadro K620
• • • • •
System RAM
Minimum (GB)
4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB
Maximum (GB)
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SSD Disk Drives • • • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives less than 3TB • • • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives 3TB and larger 3 3 3 3 3
All Supported USB Drive Keys • • • • •
HP Z Turbo Drive PCIe-attached storage 4 4 4 4 4
Network Cards (no modem support)
Intel i210-T1 GbE PCIe NIC
• • • • •
Onboard Components
Wired LAN - Intel i219LM Gigabit Ethernet
• • • • •
Onboard Audio (Realtek ALC221 codec)
8 8 8 • •
Onboard SATA RAID
2 2 2 2
2
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP DVD-ROM Drive
• • • •
•
HP DVD+RW Supermulti drive
5 5 5 5 5
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP Scroll Mouse, USB
• • • • •
HP Standard Keyboard, USB
• • • • •
HP Keyboard and Mouse, PS/2
• • • • •
TPM Module/ Smart Card
7 7 7 7 7
HP Media Card Reader
• • • • •
HP Printers
6 6 6 6 6
All Supported Monitors
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footnote 7 - Support for the TPM or other security devices varies by OS distribution.
footnote 8 - An ALSA kernel "quirk" is required for the system built-in speaker to be usable. Not all listed distributions include it; some may provide it in an update.
footnote 10 - Get the latest drivers: "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD (or DVD) for Linux-distribution-name" ISO images from http://www.hp.com/support. Select your language, choose Software and Drivers, type z238 in
the Enter my HP model number field, select Find my product, and then select HP Z228 Microtower Workstation from the results. Under Download options, select Get drivers, software & firmware. HP Workstations can be ordered
with a variety of localization options that may vary by platform.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
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 2 - Hardware RAID is not supported on SATA drives. Software RAID is available in most Linux OSes and can be used with SATA or PCIe storage devices.
footnote 3 - In general, single drives or volumes larger than 2.2 TB can only be fully accessed using GPT formatting. OSes listed can format GPT for the boot drive or volume but may require installation of UEFI boot support, and
can access GPT-formatted data volumes.
footnote 4 - The Z Turbo Drive G2 PCIe-attached storage device has its own controller and is supported by the standard nvme kernel module in supported OSes. Updates are needed for SLED11 SP4 and SLED12 SP1 to operate
with these NVME devices.
footnote 5 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW media on the listed OSes.
footnote 6 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, go to http://www.hplip.net.
HP Z238 Microtower Workstation
footnote 9 - The Intel HD graphics works with the in-box frame-buffer drivers. Reliable behavior from the "native" Intel driver is not available for most release streams as of this edition of the table.
862609-009 Released May 2019