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 4.6 or later (x86 & EM64T) RHEL DT 5.1 or later (x86 & 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) • •
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
ATI x1250 Onboard Graphics • •
No Graphics Card
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
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NVIDIA Quadro FX370
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NVIDIA Quadro FX570
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NVIDIA Quadro FX1700
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NVIDIA Quadro FX4600
ATI v5600 PCIe
System RAM
Minimum (MB)
1GB 1GB
Maximum
4GB 4GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SATA Disk Drives
5 5
All Supported USB Drive Keys • •
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCIe
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5755 10/100/1000
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Onboard Audio
• •
Onboard SATA RAID
6 6
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
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HP 16x dual-layer DVD+RW
4 4
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2
7 7
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2
7 7
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB
7 7
HP Standard Keyboard, USB
7 7
Modular Keyboard/ TPM Module/ Smart Card
HP Printers
8 8
All Supported Monitors
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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 - 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 6 - Hardware RAID is not supported on the xw4550.
footnote 8 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, please visit http://www.hplip.net
footnote 7 - Keyboard/Mouse interface must be either PS2 or USB; mixing is not supported.
Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
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 2 - 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/xw4550. 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 3 - 290 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'.
HP xw4550 Workstation
This page is not complete without the General Notes (first page of the matrix).