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.
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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 (1 & 2 CPU configs) • • • •
Hyperthreading • • • •
Graphics Card (Video Card) (see footnote 2)
No Graphics Card
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
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NVIDIA Quadro FX380
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NVIDIA Quadro 400
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NVIDIA Quadro FX580
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NVIDIA Quadro 600
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NVIDIA Quadro FX1800
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NVIDIA Quadro 2000
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NVIDIA Quadro FX3800
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NVIDIA Quadro 4000
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NVIDIA Quadro FX4800
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NVIDIA Quadro 5000
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NVIDIA Quadro 6000
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ATI v2270 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v3700 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v5700 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v7750 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v3800 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v3900 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v4800 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v4900 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v5800 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v5900 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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ATI v7900 PCIe - Single Card Supported
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System RAM
Minimum (GB)
1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB)
48GB 48GB 48GB 48GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS Disk Drives 5 5 5 5
All Supported SSD Disk Drives
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All Supported SATA Disk Drives 5 5 5 5
All Supported USB Drive Keys
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Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5761 PCIe
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Intel Pro 1000 CT Gigabit PCI
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Intel NC360T PCIe Dual Port Gigabit NIC
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Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5764 10/100/1000
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Onboard Audio
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Onboard SATA RAID
5 5 5 5
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card
5 5 5 5
LSI 8888 ELP
5 5 5 5
LSI 9212-4i
5 5 5 5
LSI 9260-8i
5 5 5 5
IEEE 1394A PCI Card
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IEEE 1394A PCI-E Card
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IEEE 1394B PCI-E Card
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USB 3.0 PCI-E Card
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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
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Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
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HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW
4 4 4 4
HP BD-RE (writer)
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Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2
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HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2
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HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB
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HP Standard Keyboard, USB/PS2
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TPM Module/ Smart Card
22 in 1 Card Reader
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HP Printers
6 6 6 6
All Supported Monitors
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footnote 4 - 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.
footnote 5 - 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 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 Z600 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.
footnote 2 - Not orderable integrated into systems. Order AMO (After Market Only) kit.
footnote 3 - 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/z600. Under Download options, select Get drivers, software & firmware.
862609-009 Released May 2019