Hardware Support Matrix for Linux

Product Items/Features
(Blank box indicates the listed component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
SLED12 SP3 or later
(x86_64)
SLED 15
(x86_64)
RHEL 6.9 or later
(x86_64)
RHEL 7.4 or later
(x86_64)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 16.04.3
or later (x86_64)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later
(x86_64)
HP Workstation Base System
Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, Power Supply, etc.
• • 12 • • •
HP Localization Kit
1 1 1 1 1 1
All Supported Processors
All supported v5 (Skylake) and v6 (Cascade Lake) Intel Xeon Scalable Processors • • • • • •
Hyperthreading • • • • • •
Graphics Card (Video Card)
No Graphics Card
• • • • • •
AMD FirePro W2100 (2GB Frame buffer)
7 7 7 7 7 7
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 (4GB Frame buffer)
7 7 7 7 7 7
AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 (4GB Frame buffer)
7 7 7 7 7 7
AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 (8GB Frame buffer)
7 7 7 7 7 7
AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100 (16GB Frame buffer)
7 7 7 7 7 7
NVIDIA Quadro P400 (2GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro P600 (2 GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro P620 (2GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro P1000 (4GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro P2000 (5GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro P4000 (8GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro P5000 (16GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro P6000 (24GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro GP100 (16GB Frame buffer)
8 8 8 8 8 8
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 (8GB Frame Buffer)
13 13 13 13 13 13
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (16GB Frame Buffer)
13 13 13 13 13 13
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 (24GB Frame Buffer)
13 13 13 13 13 13
System RAM
Minimum (GB)
8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB
Maximum (GB)
384GB 384GB
384GB
384GB 384GB 384GB
Hard Disks
All Supported Solid State Drives
• • • • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives <= 2 TB
• • • • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives > 2 TB 2 2 2 2 2 2
All Supported M.2 NVMe PCIe Solid State Drives 10 10 10 10 10 10
All Supported SAS Disk Drives
HP Z Turbo Drive PCIe-attached storage 10 10 10 10 10 10
Network Cards
Aquantia Nbase-T PCIe NIC 11 11 11 11 11 11
Intel I210-T1 GbE PCIe NIC
• • • • • •
Intel i350-T2 PCIe Dual Port 1Gb NIC
• • • • • •
Intel i350-T4 PCIe Quad Port 1 Gb NIC
• • • • • •
Intel X550 10GbE Dual Port Adapter
• • • • • •
Intel X710-DA2 10GbE Dual Port Adapter (and HP SFP+ SR Transceiver)
• • • • • •
Intel 10GBase-T Dual Port Adapter (RJ-45 Copper)
• • • • • •
Intel 8265 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac & Bluetooth PCIe
• • • • • •
Integrated Components
LAN port 0 - Intel i219LM Gigabit Ethernet
• • • • • •
LAN port 1 - Intel x722 Gigabit Ethernet
• • • • • •
Intel AMT functionality on LAN port 0
9 9 9 9 9 9
Onboard Audio (Realtek ALC221 codec)
• • • • • •
Onboard Intel integrated SATA RAID (0/1/5/10)
• • • • • •
USB 3.1 G1 Type A ports
• • • • • •
USB 3.1 G2 Type C ports (on Front I/O Premium module)
• • • • • •
USB 2.0/3/1 G1 internal ports
• • • • • •
TPM 2.0 Module
6 6 6 6 6 6
Add Ons
MicroSemi SmartHBA2100-4i4e SAS controller
3 3 3 3 3 3
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP DVD-ROM Drive
• • • • • •
HP DVD RW Supermulti Drive
4 4 4 4 4 4
HP BD-RE (Blu-Ray writer)
4 4 4 4 4 4
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP USB mouse options
• • • • • •
HP USB keyboard options
• • • • • •
HP PS/2 keyboard/mouse
• • • • • •
HP Media Card Reader
• • • • • •
HP Printers
5 5 5 5 5 5
All Supported Monitors
• • • • • •
footnote 7 - AMD Radeon Pro graphics cards are now supported in Linux by the recently released amdgpu open source driver. OS streams are supported at specific release version levels, starting with these: SLED 12/SP2, RHEL 6.9, RHEL 7.4, and Ubuntu
16.04.2. The amdgpu pro driver is available on the AMD website. "Enterprise" drivers are posted quarterly, e.g. "18.Q2". For RHEL 6.9 and certain AMD cards, it may be necessary to remove "rhgb" from the boot line in order for the X server to start with the
amdgpu-pro driver.
footnote 8 - HP recommends using NVIDIA driver 384.111 or newer for NVIDIA graphics on this platform.
footnote 14 - Correct operation with the “Cascade Lake” family of processors may require a newer release of OS stream than the “Skylake” family. The following OS releases are known to be capable: SLED 12 SP5, SLED 15, RHEL 7.6.
footnote 9 - Intel support for AMT varies by distribution and requires additional software packages be added to the base OS. Please check with the distribution vendor of your choice.
footnote 10 - 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 11 - 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 12 - UEFI mode only. RHEL 6.9 currently does not support running in legacy BIOS on this platform.
footnote 13 - HP Recommends using NVIDIA driver 410.101 or newer for NVIDIA RTX graphics on this platform.
footnote 3 - The MicroSemi 2100-4i4e is not currently being supported on enterprise Linux distributions by HP Inc.
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on the listed OSes.
footnote 6 - Support for the TPM or other security devices varies by OS distribution. Any use of the TPM module does require additional software.
footnote 5 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, please visit http://www.hplip.net.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
Certified on RHEL 7.4 and SLED 12/SP3 (NVIDIA). Other 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 - 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.
HP Z6 G4 Workstation
862609-009 Released May 2019