Archive Linux Hardware Matrix

Released December 2015
Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted -> component is NOT functional w/ as-is OS)
RHEL WS 4.6 or later (x86 &
EM64T)
RHEL DT 5.1 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 3)
No Graphics Card
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS440
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS450
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NVIDIA Quadro FX370
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NVIDIA Quadro FX380
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NVIDIA Quadro FX570
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NVIDIA Quadro FX580
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NVIDIA Quadro FX1700
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NVIDIA Quadro FX1800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX3700
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NVIDIA Quadro FX3800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX4600
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NVIDIA Quadro FX4800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX5800
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ATI v3700 PCIe
ATI v5600 PCIe
ATI v5700 PCIe
ATI v7700 PCIe
ATI v7750 PCIe
ATI RV560 PCIe
System RAM
Minimum (MB)
512 512 512
Maximum
32GB 32GB 32GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS Disk Drives 6 6 6
All Supported SATA Disk Drives 6 6 6
All Supported USB Drive Keys • • •
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCIe
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Intel Pro 1000 PT Gigabit PCI
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Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5755 10/100/1000
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Onboard Audio
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Onboard SATA RAID
5 5 5
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card
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IEEE 1394 PCI Card
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Hardware RAID
5 5 5
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 48x CD-ROM Drive
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HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
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HP 48x DVD/CDRW Combo
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HP 16x dual-layer DVD+RW
4 4 4
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2
7 7 7
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2
7 7 7
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB
7 7 7
HP Standard Keyboard, USB
7 7 7
Modular Keyboard/ TPM Module/ Smart Card
HP Printers
8 8 8
All Supported Monitors
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Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP xw6600 Workstation
Originally certified with RHEL4.5 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64)
This page is not complete without the General Notes (first page of the matrix).
footnote 7 - Keyboard/Mouse interface must be either PS2 or USB; mixing is not supported.
footnote 8 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, please visit http://www.hplip.net.
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 6 - Mixed hard drives are not offered on the preload. Use SATA or SAS, not both. We do offer mixed drives on the HPIKL (FreeDos) configuration.
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 4.6", and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1" ISO
images from http://www.hp.com/support/xw6600. Under
Download options, select Get drivers, software & firmware.
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 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E card (RAID 0,1 SAS Only). SATA RAID is not supported.