HP Workstation xw4100 Mounting instructions

HP Installer Kit for Linux: Important Red Hat
Linux installation information
Your HP Workstation was configured without a Linux Operating System (OS) as you requested. Hewlett-
Packard has offered this solution to allow you more flexibility in installing the Red Hat Linux OS of your
choice. To install your Linux OS, you must purchase a Red Hat Linux box set and install the OS according
to the following instructions.
Supported operating systems
Hewlett-Packard supports multiple versions of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux on HP Pentium® 4 and Intel
Xeon® Workstations. These versions include:
●SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64)
●Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 x86 (32-bit).
●Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 AMD64/EM64T (64-bit).
●Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 x86 (32-bit).
●Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 AMD64/EM64T (64-bit).
●Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop (x86).
●Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop (x86-64).
To provide flexibility in installing the Red Hat OS version of choice, HP has created Installer and Driver
CDs. These CDs are included in the HP Linux Installer Kit, and the OS images (the .iso images) for
these CDs can be downloaded from the HP support web site at www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport.
NOTE: The HP Installer Kit does not include an OS. The OS must be downloaded from the web or
purchased as a Red Hat box set with the desired Red Hat version in order to be used with the Installer
or Driver CD in this kit.
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Hardware Support Matrix
Before installing Red Hat Linux, refer to the Hardware support matrix at the end of this document to
verify that the hardware components installed on your workstation are supported by the specific release
of Red Hat Linux you want to install. For the most recent matrix, visit http://hp.com/support/
linux_hardware_matrix.
NOTE: For the most recent release notes for your hardware platform and Red Hat Linux OS, see the
release notes chapter of the Linux Workstation user manual at http://www.hp.com/support/
linux_user_manual.
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (32-bit and 64-bit) on
the HP xw Workstation series or HP Z Workstation series
This section shows you how to install your Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS by using the CDs included in
your Red Hat Linux (32-bit or 64-bit) box set.
NOTE: If you do not have the Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 install CDs, first complete the procedures
shown in the Using your Red Hat Network Entitlement to obtain required CDs section in this
document to obtain them before you continue with the procedures in this section.
To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (32-bit or 64-bit) on supported HP Linux-enabled workstations with
the HP Driver CD, complete the following:
1. Install the operating system using the CDs included in your Red Hat Enterprise Linux (32-bit or 64-
bit) box set.
2. After successfully installing the Red Hat Linux OS, reboot your system.
3. The Red Hat Setup Agent (also known as “firstboot”) interactively sets up system parameters such
as networking, time/date, and new user. Complete this process by responding to the setup agent
where requested.
4. When the “Additional CDs” screen is displayed, insert the HP Driver CD.
NOTE: The HP Driver CD is designed to work logically with both the x86 (32 bit) and AMD64/
EM64T (64 bit) versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3/WS 4/ Desktop 5. The HP Driver CD
will automatically install the correct components for either version (32 bit or 64 bit) of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux WS 3/WS 4/Desktop 5.
5. When prompted, click Install for the “Additional CD” option.
6. When the driver installation task is completed, finish the Firstboot Setup.
7. Respond to the prompts until the OS is successfully installed.
NOTE: Some drivers might require you to reboot your system to handle proper post-install
configuration. To fully realize all additional enhancements after completing the above procedure,
reboot your system.
Using your Red Hat Network Entitlement to obtain required
CDs
If you do not have the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4, or Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop install CDs, use your Red Hat Network Entitlement to download the
latest “Update” version of install CD .iso images as follows:
2 HP Installer Kit for Linux: Important Red Hat Linux installation information ENWW

NOTE: If you do not have a Red Hat Network Entitlement, you can purchase one at
www.rhn.redhat.coml.
1. Visit the Red Hat web site at www.rhn.redhat.com/network/software.
2. Select the appropriate OS to download for your system:
●For Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3: Under “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86 or AMD64/
EM64T),” select downloads for Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.
●For Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4: Under “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x86 or AMD64/
EM64T),” select downloads for Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4.
●For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: Under “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86 or x86_64),”
select downloads for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.
3. Record the downloaded .iso images to CD, then use these CDs to install the Red Hat Linux OS as
shown in “Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (32-bit and 64-bit) on the HP xw Workstation series”
section, in this document.
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Product Items/Features
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Blank box or unlisted means the com
p
onent is NOT su
pp
orted
)
RH EL DT 5.4 or later (x86 & x86_64) SLED11 or later (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 295 • •
NVIDIA Quadro NVS450
NVIDIA Quadro FX380 • •
NVIDIA Quadro FX580 • •
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 • •
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800
ATI v3700 PCI-E • •
ATI v5700 PCI-E • •
ATI v7750 PCI-E
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 1GB 1GB
Maximum 16GB 8GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives
All Supported SSD disk drives • •
All Supported SATA disk drives • •
All Supported USB Drive Keys • •
Network Cards (no modem support)
Intel Pro 1000 CT Gigibit PCI • •
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Intel 82578DM Gigabit Ethernet 2 2
Onboard Audio • •
Onboard SATA Raid 5 5
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
SATA Controllers 6 6
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Hardware Raid 5 5
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive • •
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW 4 4
HP BD-RE (writer) • •
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
HP Printers 7 7
All supported monitors • •
footnote 8 - Hyperthreading is supported on all platforms when the processor allows it.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
Z200 Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL5.4 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64)
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 5.4", and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11" ISO images from http://www.hp.com/support/z200 (substitute correct platform name);
Select "download drivers and software";
footnote 3 - 295 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 5 Desktop or later and SLED11 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, the labeling functionality is not supported.
footnote 5 - Hardware RAID is not supported on SATA drives.
footnote 6 - The z200 can support up to 3 SATA drives.
footnote 7 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP Printers please visit http://www.hplip.net

Product Items/Features
(
Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT supported
)
RH EL WS 4.8 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5.3 or later (x86 & x86_64) SLED11 or later (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 295 •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS450 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX380 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX580 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4800 •••
ATI v3700 PCI-E •••
ATI v5700 PCI-E •••
ATI v7750 PCI-E •••
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum 16GB 16GB 8GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 555
All Supported SSD disk drives •••
All Supported SATA disk drives 5,7 5,7 5,7
All Supported USB Drive Keys •••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5761 PCI-Express •••
Intel Pro 1000 CT Gigibit PCI •••
Intel NC360T PCIe Dual Port Gigibit NIC •••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5764 10/100/1000 222
Onboard Audio •••
Onboard SATA Raid 666
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card 666
LSI 8888 ELP 666
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
All non-Raid U320 SCSI Controllers •••
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Hardware Raid 666
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive •••
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW 444
HP BD-RE (writer) •••
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2 ••8
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2 ••8
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB ••8
HP Standard Keyboard, USB ••8
Modular keyboard/ TPM module/ Smart card
HP Printers 889
All supported monitors •••
footnote 9 - Hyperthreading is supported on platforms when the processor allows it. There are one or two low-end processors which don't support turbo mode or hyperthreading.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
Z400 Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL4.7 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5.3 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64)
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 4.7", "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3", and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for SuSE Linux Enterpise Desktop 11" ISO image
s
http://www.hp.com/support/z400 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and software";
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'.
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on Red Hat EL WS 4 or later, Red Hat EL 5 Desktop or later and SLED11 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) and the LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0,1, 5 SAS Only). SATA Raid is not supported.
footnote 7 - The xw4600 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 8 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP Printers please visit http://www.hplip.net

Product Items/Features
(
Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT supported
)
RH EL WS 4.8 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5.3or later (x86 & x86_64) SLED11 or later (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 3)
No Graphics Card •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS450 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX380 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX580 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4800 •••
ATI v3700 PCI-E •••
ATI v5700 PCI-E •••
ATI v7750 PCI-E •••
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum 24GB 24GB 24GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 555
All Supported SSD disk drives •••
All Supported SATA disk drives 5,7 5,7 5,7
All Supported USB Drive Keys •••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5761 PCI-Express •••
Intel Pro 1000 CT Gigibit PCI •••
Intel NC360T PCIe Dual Port Gigibit NIC •••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5764 10/100/1000 •••
Onboard Audio •••
Onboard SATA Raid 555
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card 555
LSI 8888 ELP 555
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Hardware Raid 555
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive •••
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW 444
HP BD-RE (writer) •••
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
HP Printers 888
All supported monitors •••
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux 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-Engli
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 4.7", "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3", and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for SuSE Linux Enterpise Desktop 11" ISO images
f
http://www.hp.com/support/z600 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and software";
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 7 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP Printers please visit http://www.hplip.net
footnote 8 - Hyperthreading is supported on platforms when the processor allows it. There are one or two low-end processors which don't support turbo mode or hyperthreading.
Z600 Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL4.7 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5.3 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64)
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on Red Hat EL WS 4 or later, Red Hat EL 5 Desktop or later and SLED11 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, the labeling functionality is not supported.
footnote 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only) and the LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0,1, 5 SAS Only). SATA Raid is not supported.

Product Items/Features
(
Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT supported
)
RH EL WS 4.8 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL DT 5.3 or later (x86 & x86_64) SLED11 or later (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 3)
No Graphics Card •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS450 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX380 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX580 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX5800 •••
Tesla C1060 999
ATI v3700 PCI-E •••
ATI v5700 PCI-E •••
ATI v7750 PCI-E •••
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum 96GB 96GB 96GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 666
All Supported SSD disk drives •••
All Supported SATA disk drives 666
All Supported USB Drive Keys •••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5764 PCI-Express •••
Intel Pro 1000 CT Gigibit PCI •••
Intel NC360T PCIe Dual Port Gigibit NIC •••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5764 10/100/1000 •••
Onboard Audio •••
Onboard SATA/SAS Raid 555
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
LSI 8888 ELP 555
Hardware Raid 555
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive •••
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW 444
HP BD-RE (writer) •••
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
HP Printers 777
All supported monitors •••
footnote 9 - To check which configurations are supported with Tesla C1060, please visit the online version of the HW Matrx at http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
Z800 Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL4.7 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5.3 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64)
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-Engli
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 4.7", "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3", and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for SuSE Linux Enterpise Desktop 11" ISO images
f
http://www.hp.com/support/z800 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and software";
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on Red Hat EL WS 4 or later, Red Hat EL 5 Desktop or later and SLED11 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, the labeling functionality is not supported.
footnote 8 - Hyperthreading is supported on platforms when the processor allows it. There are one or two low-end processors which don't support turbo mode or hyperthreading.
footnote 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0,1, 5 SAS Only) and Onboard SAS Raid (RAID 0,1,). SATA Raid is not supported.
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 7 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP Printers please visit http://www.hplip.net

Product Items/Features
(
Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT supported
)
RH EL WS 4 U5 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL 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. •••
Localization Kit (See footnote 1)
HP localization kit •••
Software
Remote Graphics Software
All Supported Processors
All Supported Processors (1 & 2 CPU configs) •••
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
No Graphics Card •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS440 •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS450 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX370 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX380 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX570 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX580 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4600 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX5800 •••
ATI v3700 PCI-E •••
ATI v5600 PCI-E
ATI v5700 PCI-E •••
ATI v7700 PCI-E
ATI v7750 PCI-E •••
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum 8GB 8GB 8GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 555
All Supported SSD disk drives •••
All Supported SATA disk drives 5,7 5,7 5,7
All Supported USB Drive Keys •••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCI-Express •••
Intel Pro 1000 PT Gigibit PCI •••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5755 10/100/1000 222
Onboard Audio •••
Onboard SATA Raid 666
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card •••
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
All non-Raid U320 SCSI Controllers •••
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Hardware Raid 666
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 444
HP BD-RE (writer) •••
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
HP Printers 888
All supported monitors •••
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,
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 (substitute correct platform name);
Select "download drivers and software";
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'.
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW on Red Hat EL WS 3 or later and SLED11 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 xw4600 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.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
xw4600 Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL4 Update 5 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86 & x86_64)

Product Items/Features
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p
onent is NOT su
pp
orte
d
RH EL WS 3 U8 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL WS 4 U5 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL 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. ••••
Localization Kit (See footnote 1)
HP localization kit ••••
Software
Remote Graphics Software ••••
All Supported Processors
Hyperthreading
Single-Core Opteron ••••
Dual-core Opeteron (1.8 GHz, 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.6Ghz, and 2.8GHz) ••••
Quad core
Opeteron
(2.1GHz,
2.2GHz,
2.3GHz,
2.4GHz,
2.5GHz,
2.7GHz,
2.8GHz, 2.9GHz, 3.1GHz) 11 11 11
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
No Graphics Card ••••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 •••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX370 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX380 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX560 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX570 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX580 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4600 9999
NVIDIA Quadro FX4800 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX5500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX5600 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX5800 •••
G-Card (to be used with the FX4500) ••••
SLI Graphics Connector
ATI v3300 PCI-E
ATI v3350 PCI-E
ATI v7200 PCI-E
ATI v3700 PCI-E •••
ATI v5600 PCI-E
ATI v5700 PCI-E •••
ATI v7700 PCI-E
ATI v7750 PCI-E •••
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum 64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 5555
All Supported SSD disk drives
All Supported SATA disk drives 5555
All Supported USB Drive Keys ••••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCI-Express ••••
Intel Pro 1000 GT Gigibit PCI ••••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN eth0 - Nvidia ••••
Onboard LAN eth1 - Nvidia ••••
Onboard Audio 8888
Onboard SATA/SAS Raid 6666
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
All non-Raid U320 SCSI Controllers
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
LSI 8344 666
Hardware Raid 666
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 4444
HP BD-RE (Writer) ••••
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
HP Printers 10 10 10 10
All supported monitors ••••
footnote 9 - The accelerated graphics works very well. Vesa driver has issues with this card.
footnote 10 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP Printers please visit http://www.hplip.net
footnote 11 - Nvidia Drivers (169.17/173.14/177.61) do not work on RHEL4.x and 5.x 32bit. Nvidia Drivers (169.17/173.14/177.61) will work on RHEL4.x and 5.x 64bit. Nvidia Driver 177.82 or newer will work on both RHEL4.x and RHEL5.x (32/64bit)
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 8344 ELP (RAID 0,1, 5 SAS Only) and Onboard SAS Raid (RAID 0,1). SATA Raid is not supported.
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 7 - Not orderable integrated into systems. Order AMO (After Market Only) kit.
footnote 8 - For RHEL3 U8, download the ALSA Sound Support softpaq from http://www.hp.com/support/xw9400. For RHEL4, use the built in ALSA Sound Support.
xw9400 Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL 3 Update 8 (x86_64), RHEL4 Update 4 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64)
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux 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,
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/xw9400 (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'