Archive Linux Hardware Matrix

Released December 2015
Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
RHEL WS 3 U7 or later (x86)
RHEL WS 3 U7 or later
(EM64T)
RHEL WS 4 U3 or later (x86
& EM64T)
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 & 2 CPU configs)
Hyperthreading
Dual-core Opteron (2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.8GHz)
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
No Graphics Card
NVIDIA Quadro FX3400 256MB PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro FX3450 256MB PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro FX4500 256MB PCIe
G-Card (to be used with the FX4500)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 64MB PCI (See footnote 3)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 64MB PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 64MB PCIe
NVIDIA Quadro FX540
NVIDIA Quadro FX1400
NVIDIA Quadro NVS400
NVIDIA Quadro NVS440 PCIe
SLI Graphics Connector
5 5 5
ATI v3100 PCIe
ATI v5100 PCIe
System RAM
Minimum (MB)
1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum
32GB 32GB 32GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SCSI Disk Drives 6 6 6
All Supported SATA Disk Drives 6,8 6,8 6,8
All Supported USB Drive Keys
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5782 NetXtreme Gigabit PCI
Broadcom 5751 PCIe
9 9 9
Intel Pro 1000 MT Gigabit PCI
Intel Pro 1000 GT Gigabit PCI
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Nvidia
Onboard Audio
Onboard SATA RAID
7 7 7
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
All non-RAID U320 SCSI Controllers
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Hardware RAID
7 7 7
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 48x CD-ROM Drive
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
HP 48x CD/RW Drive
HP 48x DVD/CDRW Combo
HP 16x dual-layer DVD+RW
4 4 4
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2
10 10 10
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2
10 10 10
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB
10 10 10
HP Standard Keyboard, USB
10 10 10
Modular Keyboard/ TPM Module/ Smart Card
All Supported Monitors
footnote 10 - Keyboard/Mouse interface must be either PS2 or USB; mixing is not supported.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP xw9300 Workstation
Originally certified with RHEL 3 Update 5 (x86), RHEL3 Update 4 (x86_64), and RHEL4 Update 1 (x86 & x86_64)
footnote 2 - Get the latest drivers and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 5" ISO images from http://www.hp.com/support/xw9300. Under
Download
options, select Get drivers, software & firmware. To locate the 'Install Guide for Red Hat Linux on HP Linux Workstations', select Manuals and then select Setup and install -
general.
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on Red Hat EL WS 3 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe functionality, the labeling functionality is not supported.
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 3 - 285 NVS PCI card may be used alone or with another card. See instructions at http://hp.com/support/linux_user_manual -> 'Multi-Monitor Configurations on HP Linux
Workstations'.
This page is not complete without the General Notes (first page of the matrix).
footnote 7 - Hardware RAID is not supported on Linux systems; this includes the Promise SATA RAID Card, Onboard SATA Chipset RAID, Adaptec 2120S SCSI RAID Card, LSI 20320 A-R
SCSI Card, Onboard SCSI Chipset RAID. The Linux kernel, with built-in software RAID, provides excellent functionality and performance. It is a good alternative to hardware-based RAID.
footnote 9 - Not orderable integrated into systems. Order AMO (After Market Only) kit.
footnote 5 - The SLI Graphics Connector is offered on the HPIKL (FreeDOS) configuration.
footnote 8 - The xw9300 is capable of supporting up to 4 SATA drives. The xw4300 can support up to 4 SATA drives. To support the 3rd and 4th SATA drives, you must acquire the Optical Bay
Conversion Kit for each drive.
footnote 6 - Mixed hard drives are not offered on the preload. Use SATA or SCSI, not both. We do offer mixed drives on the HPIKL (FreeDos) configuration.