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)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, base
release or later (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 1
All Supported Processors
All supported v5 and v6 Intel Core
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i5, i7, and Xeon® processors
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Hyperthreading
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Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 14)
No Graphics Card
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Intel® Onboard graphics (HD 530/HD P530 for v5, HD 630/HD P630 for v6)
9 9 9 9 9 9
AMD FirePro W2100
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AMD FirePro W4300
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AMD FirePro W5100
• • • • • •
AMD FirePro W7100
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AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100
12 12 12 12 12 12
AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
12 12 12 12 12 12
NVIDIA NVS 310 1GB
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NVIDIA NVS 315
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NVIDIA NVS 510
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NVIDIA Quadro K1200
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NVIDIA Quadro K420 2GB
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NVIDIA Quadro K620
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NVIDIA Quadro K2200
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NVIDIA Quadro M2000 4GB
10 10 10 10 10 10
NVIDIA Quadro M4000
10 10 10 10 10 10
NVIDIA Quadro M5000 8GB
10 10 10 10 10 10
NVIDIA Quadro P400
10 10 10 10 10 10
NVIDIA Quadro P600
10 10 10 10 10 10
NVIDIA Quadro P1000
10 10 10 10 10 10
NVIDIA Quadro P2000
10 10 10 10 10
10
NVIDIA Quadro P4000
10 10 10 10 10
10
NVIDIA Quadro P5000
10 10 10 10 10 10
System RAM
Minimum (GB)
4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB
Maximum (GB)
64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
Hard Disks
All Supported Solid State Disk Drives • • • • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives less than 3TB • • • • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives 3TB and larger 3 3 3 3 3 3
All Supported USB Drive Keys
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HP Z Turbo Drive PCIe-attached storage 4 4 4 4 4 4
Intel 750 Series PCIe Storage 4 4 4 4 4 4
Network Cards (no modem support)
Aquantia Nbase-T PCIe NIC
13 13 13 13
Intel I210-T1 GbE PCIe NIC
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Intel I350-T2 Dual-Port and I350-T4 Quad-Port 1GbE PCIe NIC
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Intel X520 10GbE Dual Port Adapter (and HP SFP+ SR Transceiver)
• • • • • •
Intel X540 10GBase-T Dual Port Adapter (RJ45 -Copper)
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Intel 8260 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac & Bluetooth PCIe
11 11 11 11 11 11
Onboard Components
Wired LAN - Intel i219LM Gigabit Ethernet
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Onboard Audio (Realtek ALC221 codec)
8 8 8
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Onboard SATA RAID
2 2 2 2 2 2
Add Ons
Thunderbolt
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PCIe card (see footnote 15)
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP DVD-ROM Drive
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HP DVD RW Supermulti Drive
5 5 5 5 5 5
HP BD-RE (Blu-Ray writer)
5 5 5 5 5 5
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP Scroll Mouse, USB
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HP Standard Keyboard, USB
• • • • • •
HP Keyboard and Mouse, PS/2
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TPM Module/Smart Card
7 7 7 7 7 7
HP Media Card Reader
• • • • • •
HP Printers
6 6 6 6 6 6
All Supported Monitors
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Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP Z240 Tower Workstation
Certified on RHEL 6.8, 7.2. Certified on SLED 11/SP4, 12/SP1. Currently no Ubuntu certifications planned.
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 12 - AMD Radeon Pro graphics cards are supported by the newer amdgpu-pro vendor driver. OS streams are supported at specific release version levels, starting with these: SLED 12 SP2, RHEL 6.8, RHEL 7.3, Ubuntu 14.04.5,
and Ubuntu 16.04.1. There is no amdgpu-pro driver for SLED 11.
footnote 15 - Newer Linux kernels may provide device functionality through the Thunderbolt module. Such kernels are likely to be available in leading-edge distributions, but inclusion of the support with any Enterprise Linux
distribution is at the distributor's discretion. As an example, RHEL 7.2 enables more functionality than RHEL 7.1.
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 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 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.
footnote 10 - HP recommends the following minimum NVIDIA driver versions for M4000 and M5000 (352.41); M2000 (361.45.11); P400, P600, P1000, P2000, and P4000 (375.39); and P5000 (367.57).
footnote 11 - As the original OS release versions that supported this platform have been superseded, the enterprise distributions have added support for the Intel 8260 WLAN/BT combo device.
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. Other NVME storage devices have similar requirements.
footnote 5 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on the listed OSes.
footnote 6 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, go to http://www.hplip.net.
footnote 7 - Support for the TPM or other security devices varies by OS distribution.
footnote 13 - 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 https://www.aquantia.com/driver-download/.
footnote 14 - 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 z240 in the
Enter my HP model number field, select Find my product, and then select HP Z240 Tower 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.
862609-009 Released May 2019