HP Xw6600 Hardware Support Matrix for Linux - Page 13

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Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations xw4400 Red Hat Linux Support First time support begins with RHEL 3 Update 8 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL4 Update 4 (x86 & x86_64), and RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64) Product Items/Features (Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT supported) 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 Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2) No Graphics Card NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 NVIDIA Quadro NVS440 NVIDIA Quadro FX560 NVIDIA Quadro FX1500 NVIDIA Quadro FX3500 NVIDIA Quadro FX4500 NVIDIA Quadro FX4600 G-Card (to be used with the FX4500) SLI Graphics Connector ATI v3300 PCI-E ATI v3350 PCI-E ATI v7200 PCI-E System RAM Minimum (MB) Maximum Hard Disks All Supported SAS disk drives All Supported SATA disk drives All Supported USB Drive Keys Network Cards (no modem support) Broadcom 5751 PCI-Express Onboard Components Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5755 10/100/1000 Onboard Audio Onboard SATA Raid Add Ons LSI 3041E SAS Card IEEE 1394 PCI Card All non-Raid U320 SCSI Controllers SATA Controllers Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Hardware Raid Removable CD/DVD Media HP 48x CD-ROM Drive HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive HP 48x DVD/CDRW Combo HP 16x dual-layer DVD+RW Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support) HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2 HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2 HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB HP Standard Keyboard, USB Modular keyboard/ TPM module/ Smart card All supported monitors RH EL WS 3 U8 or later RH EL WS 3 U8 or later RH EL WS 4 U5 or later RH EL DT 5 or later (x86 (x86) (EM64T) (x86 & EM64T) & x86_64) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 11 11 11 11 • • • • • • • • • • 512 8GB 512 8GB 512 8GB 512 8GB 5 5 5 5 5,7 5,7 5,7 5,7 • • • • • • • • 2 2 2 2 10 10 10 10 6 6 • • • • • • • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • • • • 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 and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 8" ISO images from http://www.hp.com/support/xw4400 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and software"; Select OS; Select file to download. See also http://hp.com/support/linux_user_manual -> 'Install Guide for Red Hat Linux on HP Linux Workstations' 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'. footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on Red Hat EL WS 3 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, 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 supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only) . SATA Raid is not supported. footnote 7 - The xw4400 can support up to 4 SATA drives, in order to support the 3rd and 4th SATA drive the customer will need the Optical Bay Conversion Kit for each drive. footnote 9 - Keyboard/Mouse interface must be either PS2 or USB; mixing is not supported footnote 10 - For RHEL3 U8, download the ALSA Sound Support softpaq from http://www.hp.com/support/xw4400. For RHEL4, use the built in ALSA Sound Support. footnote 11 - The accelerated graphics works very well. Vesa driver has issues with this card. This Month's Change Log: Will be offering Red Hat WS 4 U5 64bit preload on xw4400, xw4600, xw6400, xw8400, xw9400. Please refer to the Release Notes Chapter in http://www.hp.com/support/linux_user_manual.

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Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT supported)
RH EL WS 3 U8 or later
(x86)
RH EL WS 3 U8 or later
(EM64T)
RH EL WS 4 U5 or later
(x86 & EM64T)
RH EL DT 5 or later (x86
& x86_64)
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
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
No Graphics Card
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
NVIDIA Quadro NVS440
NVIDIA Quadro FX560
NVIDIA Quadro FX1500
NVIDIA Quadro FX3500
NVIDIA Quadro FX4500
NVIDIA Quadro FX4600
11
11
11
11
G-Card (to be used with the FX4500)
SLI Graphics Connector
ATI v3300 PCI-E
ATI v3350 PCI-E
ATI v7200 PCI-E
System RAM
Minimum (MB)
512
512
512
512
Maximum
8GB
8GB
8GB
8GB
Hard Disks
xw4400 Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL 3 Update 8 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL4 Update 4 (x86 & x86_64), and RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64)
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives
5
5
5
5
All Supported SATA disk drives
5,7
5,7
5,7
5,7
All Supported USB Drive Keys
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCI-Express
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5755 10/100/1000
2
2
2
2
Onboard Audio
10
10
10
10
Onboard SATA Raid
6
6
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
All non-Raid U320 SCSI Controllers
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Hardware Raid
6
6
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 48x CD-ROM Drive
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
HP 48x DVD/CDRW Combo
HP 16x dual-layer DVD+RW
4
4
4
4
Input/Output Devices
(no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2
9
9
9
9
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2
9
9
9
9
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB
9
9
9
9
HP Standard Keyboard, USB
9
9
9
9
Modular keyboard/ TPM module/ Smart card
All supported monitors
footnote 7 - The xw4400 can support up to 4 SATA drives, in order to support the 3rd and 4th SATA drive the customer will need the Optical Bay Conversion Kit for each drive.
footnote 9 - Keyboard/Mouse interface must be either PS2 or USB; mixing is not supported
footnote 10 - For RHEL3 U8, download the ALSA Sound Support softpaq from http://www.hp.com/support/xw4400.
For RHEL4, use the built in ALSA Sound Support.
This Month's Change Log: Will be offering Red Hat WS 4 U5 64bit preload on xw4400, xw4600, xw6400, xw8400, xw9400. Please refer to the Release Notes Chapter in
footnote 11 - The accelerated graphics works very well. Vesa driver has issues with this card.
footnote 6 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only) .
SATA Raid 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 2 - Get the latest drivers and
"HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 8"
(substitute correct platform name);
Select
"download drivers and software";
Select OS; Select file to download.
See also http://hp.com/support/linux_user_manual ->
'Install Guide for Red Hat Linux on HP Linux Workstations'
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'.
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on Red Hat EL WS 3 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, 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.