Hardware Support Matrix for Linux

Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
RHEL DT 5.8 or later
(x86 64)
RHEL WS 6.2 or later
(x86 64)
SLED11 SP2 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
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Software
Remote Graphics Software
All Supported Processors
All Supported Processors
9 9 •
Hyperthreading
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Firmware features
CSM (Compatibility Support Module) Mode
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2.1 UEFI Mode
• •
Intel AMT remote manageability
Graphics Card (Video Card)
No Graphics Card
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NVIDIA NVS 300
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NVIDIA NVS 310
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NVIDIA NVS 315
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NVIDIA Quadro 410
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
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NVIDIA NVS 510
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NVIDIA Quadro 600
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NVIDIA Quadro 2000
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NVIDIA Quadro 4000
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NVIDIA Quadro 5000
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NVIDIA Quadro 6000
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NVIDIA Tesla C2075
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NVIDIA Quadro K600
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NVIDIA Quadro K2000
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NVIDIA Quadro K4000
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NVIDIA Quadro K5000
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NVIDIA Quadro K6000
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NVIDIA Tesla K20C
10 10 10
NVIDIA Tesla K40
10
10 10
AMD 2270 PCIe
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AMD v3900 PCIe
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AMD v4900 PCIe
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AMD v5900 PCIe
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AMD v7900 PCIe
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AMD w7000
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System RAM
Minimum (GB)
2GB 2GB 2GB
Maximum (GB)
64GB 64GB 64GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS Disk Drives 5 5 5
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
All Supported USB Drive Keys
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Z Turbo Drive PCIe-attached storage 13 13 13
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5761 PCIe
• • •
Intel Pro 1000 CT Gigabit PCI
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HP NC360T and 361T PCIe Dual Port Gigabit NIC
2 2 2
HP X520 10GbE Dual Port Adapter (and SFP+ SR Transceiver)
• •
Intel i210-T1 GbE PCIe NIC
Wireless Intel 6205 802.110 a/b/g/n PCIex1 NIC
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Intel 52579LM Gigabit
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Onboard SATA RAID
5 5 5
Onboard SAS RAID
5 5 5
USB 3.0 Support 8
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Add Ons
IEEE 1394B PCI-E Card
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LSI 9212-4i and LSI 9217-4i4e
5 5 5
LSI 9260-8i and 9270-8i
2 2 2
Fusion ioFX 410GB PCIe Accelerator
12 12 12
Thunderbolt PCI-E Card (See footnote 11)
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
• • •
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW
4 4 4
HP BD-RE (Blu-Ray writer)
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Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2
• • •
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
HP Media Card Reader
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HP Printers
6 6 6
All Supported Monitors
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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 - 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 10 - The NVIDIA K20C and K40 are GPU-compute devices without graphics. The base OS will more or less ignore them. To make use of these devices, the
proprietary driver must be installed. The minimum driver version for support of K40 is 319.72.
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on Red Hat EL 5 Desktop or later, Red Hat EL WS 6 or later, and SLED11 or later. For drives that have
the Lightscribe functionality, please visit www.lightscribe.com for software to enable the labeling feature.
footnote 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 9212-4i and 9217-4i4e (RAID 0, 1, 10 SATA & SAS), and for the LSI 9260-8i and 9270-8i (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 SATA
& SAS). SATA RAID is now supported on AHCI ports(0,1,5,10) and SCU ports(0,1,5,10).
footnote 6 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, please visit http://www.hplip.net.
footnote 12 - The Fusion ioFX device requires proprietary kernel module and utilities not included in any open-source Linux distribution. Customers who order the device
from HP are entitled to downloads using their device serial number. Go to support.fusionio.com to get started.
footnote 3 - Get the latest drivers, "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5," "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 from http://www.hp.com/support/z420; select
"download drivers and software."
footnote 7 - In general, single drives or volumes larger than 2.2TB can only be fully accessed using GPT formatting. RHEL 6 and SLED 11 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 - USB 3.0 ports are completely non-functional under RHEL 5 due to absence of a driver for the port controller.
footnote 9 - This platform was originally certified with Intel "Sandy Bridge" CPUs. The minimum versions of RHEL needed to use Intel "Ivy Bridge" CPUs are RHEL 5.9 and
RHEL 6.4.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP Z420 Workstation
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 2 - May not be orderable integrated into systems. Order AMO (After Market Option) kit if that is the case.
Released June 2014