Hardware Support Matrix for Linux

Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
RHEL WS 4.8 or later
(x86 & EM64T)
RHEL DT 5.3 or later
(x86 & x86_64)
RHEL WS 6.0 or later
(x86 & x86_64)
SLED11 or later
(x86_64)
HP Workstation Base System
Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, USB, Power Supply, etc.
Localization Kit (see footnote 1)
HP Localization Kit
Software
Remote Graphics Software
All Supported Processors
All Supported Processors (1 CPU configs)
Hyperthreading
Graphics Card (Video Card) (see footnote 2)
No Graphics Card
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
NVIDIA Quadro FX380
NVIDIA Quadro 400
NVIDIA Quadro FX580
NVIDIA Quadro 600
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800
NVIDIA Quadro 2000
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
NVIDIA Quadro FX4800
NVIDIA Quadro 5000
NVIDIA Tesla C2075
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ATI v2270 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v3700 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v5700 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v7750 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v3800 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v3900 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v4800 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v4900 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v5800 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v5900 PCIe - Single Card Supported
ATI v7900 PCIe - Single Card Supported
System RAM
Minimum (GB)
1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB)
24GB 24GB 24GB 24GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS Disk Drives 4 4 4 4
All Supported SSD Disk Drives
All Supported SATA Disk Drives 4,5 4,5 4,5 4,5
All Supported USB Drive Keys
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5761 PCIe
Intel Pro 1000 CT Gigabit PCI
Intel NC360T PCIe Dual Port Gigabit NIC
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5764 10/100/1000
Onboard Audio
Onboard SATA RAID
4 4 4 4
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card
4 4 4 4
LSI 8888 ELP
4 4 4 4
LSI 9212-4i
4 4 4 4
LSI 9260-8i
4 4 4 4
IEEE 1394A PCI Card
IEEE 1394A PCI-E Card
IEEE 1394B PCI-E Card
USB 3.0 PCI-E Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW
3 3 3 3
HP BD-RE (writer)
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB
HP Standard Keyboard, USB/PS2
TPM Module/ Smart Card
22 in 1 Card Reader
HP Printers
6 6 6 6
All Supported Monitors
footnote 4 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS only), LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS only), LSI 9212 (RAID 0,1 SAS only) and the LSI 9260-8i (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS only). SATA RAID is not supported.
footnote 5 - The Z400 can support up to 4 SATA drives. To support the third and fourth SATA drives, you must acquire the Optical Bay Conversion Kit for each drive.
footnote 6 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, go to http://www.hplip.net.
footnote 7 - Hyperthreading is supported on platforms when the processor allows it. There are one or two low-end processors which do not support turbo mode or hyperthreading.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP Z400 Workstation
This page is not complete without the General Notes (first page of the matrix).
footnote 1 - Localization supported: (ABA US English, ABC French Canadian, ABD Germany, ABE Spain, ABF France, ABG Australia, ABU UK English, ABJ Japan, AB2 China (PRC), AB4 Singapore/ Malaysia, ABZ Italy, AB5 Hong
Kong, ACF Japan-English, ACJ India-English, AB0 Taiwan, AK6 Europe A4, AC0 Belgium, ABS Sweden, ABB Int'l English).
footnote 2 - Get the latest drivers, "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7", "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3", and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP
Driver CD for SUSE Linux Enterpise Desktop 11" ISO images from http://www.hp.com/support/z400. Under Download options, select Get drivers, software & firmware.
footnote 3 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on Red Hat EL WS 4 or later, Red Hat EL 5 Desktop or later and SLED11 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe functionality, go to
www.lightscribe.com for software to enable the labeling feature.
862609-009 Released May 2019