Hardware Support Matrix for Linux

Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted -> component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
SLED11 SP3 or later
(x86 64)
RHEL 6.5 or later (x86_64)
HP Workstation Base System
Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, USB, Power Supply, etc.
• •
Base system with Touch capability (see footnote 13)
HP Localization Kit
1 1
Software
Remote Graphics Software
All Supported Processors
All Supported Processors (single-CPU configs) • •
Hyperthreading
• •
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
Intel Onboard Graphics
8 8
NVIDIA Quadro K610M
10 10
NVIDIA Quadro K2100M
10 10
NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
10 10
NVIDIA Quadro K4100M
10 10
System RAM
Minimum (GB)
2GB 2GB
Maximum (GB)
32GB 32GB
Hard Disks (See footnote 5)
All Supported Solid State Drives • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives less than 3TB
• •
Supported SATA Disk Drives 3TB and larger 12 12
All Supported USB Drive Keys • •
Network Cards (no modem support)
Wireless LAN (Intel Centrino 7260)
• •
Onboard Components
Wired LAN - Intel i217LM Gigabit Ethernet
• •
Integrated Media Card Reader
• •
Onboard Audio (IDT 92HD68 codec)
9 9
Onboard SATA RAID
4 4
Add Ons
Thunderbolt Module (see footnote 11)
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP DVD-ROM Drive
• •
HP DVD RW Supermulti Drive
• •
HP BD-RE (Blu-Ray writer)
• •
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP Laser Scroll Mouse, USB
• •
HP Standard Keyboard, USB
• •
HP Wireless AIO Keyboard/Mouse
• •
TPM Module/ Smart Card
HP Printers
6 6
All Supported Monitors
• •
footnote 8 - Depending on the OS release, the kernel DRM and X.org "intel" driver may not support the Z1 G2 built-in display correctly.
footnote 3 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on RHEL 5 Desktop or later and SLED11 or later.
footnote 4 - Hardware RAID is not supported on SATA drives.
footnote 5 - The Z1 G2 all-in-one can support up to two 2.5-inch SATA drives or one 3.5-inch SATA drive. It can also support mSATA devices in the
mPCIe/mSATA slots.
footnote 6 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, please visit http://www.hplip.net.
footnote 7 - Hyperthreading is supported on all platforms when the processor allows it.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP Z1 G2 All-in-one Workstation
Originally certified with SLED 11 SP3 (x86_64) and RHEL 6.5 (x86_64)
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.
footnote 2 - Get the latest drivers: "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6" and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11" iso images by going to http://www.hp.com/support, selecting your language, choosing “Drivers and Downloads”, and
searching for product “z1 g2” (with the blank space character in the string). HP Workstations can be ordered with a variety of localization options that may vary
by platform.
footnote 9 - Depending on the OS release, the kernel ALSA driver may enable all audio functions; some earlier kernels enable headphones but not speakers.
footnote 10 - For NVIDIA Quadro graphics on Linux, HP requires NVIDIA driver versions 319.60 or later for proper Z1 G2 built-in display support.
footnote 11 - 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 13 - Basic Linux Touch support requires very recent kernel (recommended 3.10 or greater) and X server versions for proper USB HID recognition and
multi-touch event translation. Robust gesture libraries, touch-aware display managers, and touch-capable applications will emerge with time for desktop
distributions (but not at this time for enterprise releases of SLED 11 SP3 or RHEL 6.5).
footnote 12 - 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.
Released June 2014