HP Workstation xw6000 User manual

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 •••
NVIDIA Quadro FX5800 •••
Tesla C1060 •••
ATI v3700 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
ATI v5700 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
ATI v7750 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
System RAM
Minimum (GB) 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB) 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 •••
Intel Pro 1000 GT Gigibit PCI •••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5764 10/100/1000 •••
Onboard Audio •••
Onboard SATA RAID 555
Onboard SAS Raid 555
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 A/B PCI Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
LSI 8888 ELP 555
LSI 9260-8i 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/PS2 •••
TPM module/ Smart card
22 in 1 Card Reader
HP Printers 777
All supported monitors •••
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), LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS Only), LSI 9260-8i (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS Only), and the 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
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 from http://www.hp.com/support/z800 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers
and software";
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media 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, please visit www.lightscribe.com for software to enable the labeling feature.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
HP Z800 Workstation 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.

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 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 - Single Card Supported •••
ATI v5700 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
ATI v7750 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
System RAM
Minimum (GB) 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB) 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
LSI 9260-8i 555
IEEE 1394 A/B PCI Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
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/PS2 •••
TPM module/ Smart card
22 in 1 Card Reader
HP Printers 888
All supported monitors •••
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.
HP Z600 Workstation 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 and Blu-ray media 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, please visit www.lightscribe.com for software to enable the labeling feature.
footnote 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only), LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS Only), and the LSI 9260-8i (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS Only). SATA Raid is not
supported.
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 from http://www.hp.com/support/z600 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and
software";

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 syste
m
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 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 - Single Card Supported •••
ATI v5700 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
ATI v7750 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
System RAM
Minimum (GB) 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB) 16GB 16GB 16GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 444
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 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
LSI 9260-8i 555
IEEE 1394 A/B PCI Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive •••
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW 333
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/PS2 •••
TPM module/ Smart card
22 in 1 Card Reader
HP Printers 777
All supported monitors •••
footnote 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only), LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS Only) and the LSI 9260-8i (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS Only). SATA Raid is not supported.
footnote 6 - 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 7 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP Printers please visit http://www.hplip.net
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.
footnote 3 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media 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, please visit www.lightscribe.com for software to enable
the labeling feature.
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.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
HP Z400 Workstation 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 images from http://www.hp.com/support/z400 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and software";

Product Items/Features (Blank box or
unlisted means the component is NOT supported) 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 CPU configs) ••
Hyperthreading ••
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 2)
No Graphics Card ••
Intel Onboard Graphics Vesa Driver Only Vesa Driver Only
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 ••
NVIDIA Quadro FX380 ••
NVIDIA Quadro FX580 ••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800 ••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800
ATI v3700 PCI-E - Single Card Supported ••
ATI v5700 PCI-E - Single Card Supported ••
ATI v7750 PCI-E - Single Card Supported
System RAM
Minimum (GB) 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB) 16GB 16GB
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 22
Onboard Audio ••
Onboard SATA Raid 44
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 A/B PCI Card
SATA Controllers 55
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive ••
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW 33
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/PS2 ••
TPM module/ Smart card
22 in 1 Card Reader
HP Printers 66
All supported monitors ••
footnote 7 - Hyperthreading is supported on all platforms when the processor allows it.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
HP Z200 Workstation 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 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on Red Hat EL 5 Desktop or later and SLED11 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, please visit
www.lightscribe.com for software to enable the labeling feature.labeling functionality is not supported.
footnote 4 - Hardware RAID is not supported on SATA drives.
footnote 5 - The z200 can support up to 3 SATA drives.
footnote 6 - 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 4.6 or later (x86 & EM64T) RH EL 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. •••
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 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 •••
SLI Graphics Connector
ATI v5600 PCI-E
ATI v5700 PCI-E
ATI v7700 PCI-E
ATI v7750 PCI-E
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 512 512 512
Maximum 128GB 128GB 128GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 666
All Supported SATA disk drives 666
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 •••
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 48x CD-ROM Drive •••
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive •••
HP 48x DVD/CDRW Combo •••
HP 16x dual-layer DVD+RW 444
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2 777
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2 777
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB 777
HP Standard Keyboard, USB 777
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 2 - Not orderable integrated into systems. Order AMO (After Market Only) kit.
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
HP xw8600 Workstation Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL4.5 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64)
footnote 7 - Keyboard/Mouse interface must be either PS2 or USB; mixing 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.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current 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 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/xw8600 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and software";
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.

Product Items/Features (Blank box or
unlisted means the component is NOT supported) RH EL WS 4.6 or later (x86 &
EM64T
)
RH EL 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. •••
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 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
ATI RV560 PCI-E
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 512 512 512
Maximum 32GB 32GB 32GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 666
All Supported SATA disk drives 666
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 •••
Onboard Audio •••
Onboard SATA Raid 555
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card •••
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Hardware Raid 555
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
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2 777
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2 777
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB 777
HP Standard Keyboard, USB 777
Modular keyboard/ TPM module/ Smart card
HP Printers 888
All supported monitors •••
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
HP xw6600 Workstation Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL4.5 (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-Engli
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 (substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and software";
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 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only). SATA Raid is not supported.

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 syste
m
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 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 (GB) 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB) 8GB 8GB 8GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 555
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 PCI-Express •••
Intel Pro 1000 PT Gigibit PCI •••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5755 10/100/1000 222
Onboard Audio •••
Onboard SATA Raid 555
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 555
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 333
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/PS2 •••
TPM module/ Smart card
HP Printers 777
All supported monitors •••
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
HP xw4600 Workstation Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL4 Update 5 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86 & x86_64)
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
(substitute correct platform name); Select "download drivers and software";
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 funtionality, 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, in order to support the 3rd and 4th SATA drive the customer will need the Optical Bay Conversion Kit for each drive.

Product Items/Features (Blank box o
unlisted means the component is NOT supported) 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 s
y
ste
m
Base system includes: Chassis, System Board, USB, Power Supply, et
c
••••
Localization Kit (See footnote 1)
HP localization ki
t
••••
Software
Remote Graphics Software ••••
All Supported Processors
Hyperthreading
Single-Core Opeteron ••••
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) 999
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 777•
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 - Single Card Supported •••
ATI v5600 PCI-E
ATI v5700 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
ATI v7700 PCI-E
ATI v7750 PCI-E - Single Card Supported •••
System RAM
Minimum (GB) 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB
Maximum (GB) 64GB 64GB 64GB 64GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 4444
All Supported SSD disk drives
All Supported SATA disk drives 4444
All Supported USB Drive Keys ••••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCI-Express ••••
Intel Pro 1000 GT Gigibit PC ••••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN eth0 - Nvidi
a
••••
Onboard LAN eth1 - Nvidi
a
••••
Onboard Audi
o
6•••
Onboard SATA/SAS Raid 5555
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 A/B PCI Card
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
LSI 8344 555
LSI 8888 ELP 555
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 3333
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/PS2 ••••
TPM module/ Smart card
22 in 1 Card Reader
HP Printers 8888
All supported monitors ••••
footnote 7 - The accelerated graphics works very well. Vesa driver has issues with this card.
footnote 8 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP Printers please visit http://www.hplip.net
footnote 9 - 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 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 8344 ELP (RAID 0,1, 5 SAS Only), LSI 8888 ELP (RAID 0,1, 5 SAS Only), and Onboard SAS Raid (RAID 0,1). SATA Raid is not supported.
footnote 3 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on Red Hat EL WS 3 or later. For drives that have the Lightscribe funtionality, please visit www.lightscribe.com for software to enable the labeling feature.
footnote 6 - 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.
HP xw9400 Workstation 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'

Product Items/Features (Blank box o
unlisted means the component is NOT supported) RH EL WS 3 U7 or later (x86) RH EL WS 3 U7 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 ki
t
••••
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 285 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS440 22
NVIDIA Quadro FX560 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4600 9999
NVIDIA Quadro FX5500 ••••
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 32GB 32GB 32GB 32GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives 6666
All Supported SATA disk drives 6666
All Supported USB Drive Keys ••••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCI-Express ••••
Intel Pro 1000 GT Gigibit PC ••••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5752 10/100/100
0
••••
Onboard Audi
o
8888
Onboard SATA/SAS Raid 55
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
LSI 8344 55
Hardware Raid 55
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
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2 7777
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2 7777
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB 7777
HP Standard Keyboard, USB 7777
Modular keyboard/ TPM module/ Smart card
All supported monitors ••••
footnote 2 - Not orderable integrated into systems. Order AMO (After Market Only) kit.
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)
HP xw8400 Workstation Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL 3 Update 7 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL4 Update 3 (x86 & x86_64), and RHEL5 (x86 & x86_64)
Hardware Support Matrix for Current 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 3 - 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/xw8400 (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 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 8344 ELP (RAID 0,1, 10 SAS Only) and Onboard SAS Raid (RAID 0,1,). SATA Raid is not supported.
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.
footnote 8 - For RHEL3 U8, download the ALSA Sound Support softpaq from http://www.hp.com/support/xw8400. For RHEL4, use the built in ALSA Sound Support.
footnote 7 - Keyboard/Mouse interface must be either PS2 or USB; mixing 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 9 - The accelerated graphics works very well. Vesa driver has issues with this card.

Product Items/Features (Blank box o
unlisted means the component is NOT supported) RH EL WS 3 U7 or later (x86) RH EL WS 3 U7 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, et
c
••••
Localization Kit (See footnote 1)
HP localization ki
t
••••
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 ••••
G-Card (to be used with the FX4500) ••••
SLI Graphics Connector
NVIDIA Quadro NVS285 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro NVS440 ••
NVIDIA Quadro FX560 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX1500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX3500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4500 ••••
NVIDIA Quadro FX4600 9999
ATI v3300 PCI-E ••
ATI v3350 PCI-E ••
ATI v7200 PCI-E ••
System RAM
Minimum (MB) 512 512 512 512
Maximum 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS disk drives
All Supported SATA disk drives 6666
All Supported USB Drive Keys ••••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5751 PCI-Express ••••
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5752 10/100/100
0
••••
Onboard Audi
o
8888
Onboard SATA Rai
d
55
Add Ons
LSI 3041E SAS Card ••••
IEEE 1394 PCI Card
SATA Controllers
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Hardware Raid 55
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
Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2 7777
HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2 7777
HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB 7777
HP Standard Keyboard, USB 7777
Modular keyboard/ TPM module/ Smart card
All supported monitors ••••
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.
footnote 2 - Not orderable integrated into systems. Order AMO (After Market Only) kit.
footnote 3 - 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/xw6400 (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 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 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 3041E (RAID 0,1 SAS Only). SATA Raid is not supported.
HP xw6400 Workstation Red Hat Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL 3 Update 7 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL4 Update 3 (x86 & x86_64), and RHEL5 (x86 & 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 9 - The accelerated graphics works very well. Vesa driver has issues with this card.
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 - Keyboard/Mouse interface must be either PS2 or USB; mixing is not supported
footnote 8 - For RHEL3 U8, download the ALSA Sound Support softpaq from http://www.hp.com/support/xw8400. For RHEL4, use the built in ALSA Sound Support.