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 U5 or later (x86 &
EM64T)
RHEL DT 5 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 CPU configs) • • •
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
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
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ATI v5600 PCIe
ATI v5700 PCIe
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ATI v7700 PCIe
ATI v7750 PCIe
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System RAM
Minimum (GB)
1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB)
8GB 8GB 8GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS Disk Drives 5 5 5
All Supported SSD Disk Drives • • •
All Supported SATA Disk Drives
4,6 4,6 4,6
All Supported USB Drive Keys • • •
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCIexpress
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Intel Pro 1000 PT Gigabit PCI
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Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5755 10/100/1000
2 2 2
Onboard Audio
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Onboard SATA RAID
5 5 5
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card • • •
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
All non-RAID U320 SCSI Controllers
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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
3 3 3
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
HP Printers
7 7 7
All Supported Monitors
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Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
HP xw4600 Workstation
Originally certified with RHEL4 Update 5 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86 & x86_64)
This page is not complete without the General Notes (first page of the matrix).
footnote 7 - 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, AB0 Taiwan, AK6 Europe A4, AC0 Belgium, ABS Sweden, ABB Int'l English).
footnote 2 - Get the latest drivers, "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8", and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3" ISO images
from http://www.hp.com/support/xw4600. Under
Download options, select Get drivers, software & firmware.
footnote 3 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on Red Hat EL WS 3 or later and SLED11 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe functionality, the labeling functionality is not supported.
footnote 4 - 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.
footnote 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only). SATA RAID is not supported.
footnote 6 - The xw4600 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.