Hardware Support Matrix for Linux
Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
SLED11 SP3 or later
(x86_64)
RHEL 6.5 or later
(x86_64)
RHEL 7.0 or later
(x86_64)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or
later (x86_64)
HP Workstation Base System
Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, USB, Power Supply, etc.
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Localization Kit (see footnote 1)
HP Localization Kit
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Software
Remote Graphics Software
All Supported Processors
All Supported Processors (single-CPU configs) • • • •
Hyperthreading
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Firmware Features
CSM (Compatibility Support Module) Mode
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2.1 UEFI Mode
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Intel AMT remote manageability
Graphics Card (Video Card) (see footnote 2)
No Graphics Card
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Intel Onboard Graphics
8 8 8 8
NVIDIA NVS 310
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NVIDIA NVS 315
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NVIDIA Quadro 410
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NVIDIA NVS 510
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NVIDIA Quadro K420
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NVIDIA Quadro K600
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NVIDIA Quadro K620
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NVIDIA Quadro K1200
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AMD FirePro v3900
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AMD FirePro W2100
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System RAM
Minimum (GB)
2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB
Maximum (GB)
32GB 32GB 32GB 32GB
Hard Disks
SATA Controllers
5 5 5 5
All Supported SAS Disk Drives
All Supported SSD Disk Drives
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All Supported SATA Disk Drives less than 3TB
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All Supported SATA Disk Drives 3TB and larger 7 7 7 7
All Supported USB Drive Keys • • • •
Z Turbo Drive PCIe-attached storage 10 10 10 10
Network Cards (no modem support)
Intel i210-T1 GbE PCIe NIC
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Wireless Intel 6205 or 7260 802.110 a/b/g/n PCiex1 NIC
11
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HP X520 10GbE Dual Port Adapter (and SFP+ SR Transceiver)
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Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Intel i217LM Gigabit Ethernet
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Onboard Audio
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Onboard SATA RAID
4 4 4 4
Onboard USB 3.0
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Add Ons
IEEE 1394B PCI-E Card
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Thunderbolt
TM
PCI-E Card (see footnote 9)
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
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HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW
3 3 3 3
HP BD-RE (Blu-Ray writer)
3 3 3 3
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP Mouse, PS/2 or USB
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HP Standard Keyboard, USB/PS2
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TPM Module/ Smart Card
HP Media Card Reader
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HP Printers
6 6 6 6
All Supported Monitors
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footnote 2 - 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 z230 in the Enter my HP model number field, select Find my product, and then select HP Z230 Small Form Factor 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
HP Z230 SFF Workstation
Originally certified with SLED 11 SP3 (x86_64), RHEL 6.5 (x86_64). Also certified with RHEL 7.0.
This page is not complete without the General Notes (first page of the matrix).
footnote 1 - HP systems can usually be ordered with a localization that affects documentation, keyboards, and other components. Typical Linux distributions are not installed as pre-
localized, but the user can choose a language and keyboard layout during post-installation configuration, or during the "first boot" when the OS comes preloaded on the system.
footnote 9 - 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. For example, neither SLED 11 SP3 nor RHEL 6.5 incorporates significant Thunderbolt support.
footnote 10 - The Z Turbo Drive PCIe-attached storage device has its own controller and is supported by the standard ahci kernel module in supported OSes.
footnote 11 - Support for this device is available in updates from SUSE or from the HP Installer Kit for Linux disk image (see footnote 2).
footnote 3 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on the listed OSes. For drives that have the Lightscribe functionality, go to www.lightscribe.com for software to enable
the labeling feature.
footnote 4 - Hardware RAID is not supported on SATA drives. Software RAID is available in most Linux OSes.
footnote 5 - The Z230 SFF can support up to 2 SATA drives.
footnote 6 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, go to http://www.hplip.net.
footnote 7 - In general, single drives or volumes larger than 2.2TB can only be fully accessed using GPT formatting. Newer Linux OSes can format GPT for the boot drive or volume but may
require installation of UEFI boot support. OSes listed can all access GPT-formatted volumes.
footnote 8 - Depending on the OS release, the kernel DRM and X.org "Intel" driver may not support the Intel graphics correctly.
862609-009 Released May 2019