At A Glance
64-Bit Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Sequence (8 MB L2 cache) or Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 Sequence (4
MB L2 cache)
1066 & 1333 MHz Front Side Bus support
4-channel 667 MHz FB-DIMM memory subsystem
Up to 32 GB memory capacity
Choice of Operating Systems:
Genuine Windows® Vista™ Business 32 or 64
Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista™ Business 64-bit downgrade to Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64
Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista™ Business 32-bit downgrade to Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Genuine Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (see
http://www.hp.com/workstations/pws/windowsxp64/
for details)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux® WS 3 (32- or 64-Bit version)
Preloaded: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 (Update 4 or later) (32- or 64-Bit version)
HP Linux Installer Kit (see
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/321140-0-0-0-121.html
):
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 (Update 4 or later) (32- or 64-bit version)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 (Update 8) (32 or 64 bit version)
For detailed OS/hardware support information for Linux, see:
http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix
PCI Express I/O and graphics
Integrated Broadcom 5752 LAN-on-Motherboard (LoM)
6 channels of Serial ATA (SATA) and 4 channels of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 3.0Gb/s natively supported internally; SATA RAID
level 0, 1, 5 and 10 and SAS RAID level 0, 1 available on motherboard (Factory integrated RAID is Microsoft Windows only)
SATA DVD-RW, CD-RW and DVD-ROM
High Definition integrated audio with internal speaker
Pre-loaded Manageability Tools (Microsoft Windows only)
Protected by HP Services, including a 3 years parts, 3 years labor, and 3 years onsite service (3/3/3) standard warranty. Terms
and conditions vary by country. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply.
QuickSpecs
HP xw8400 Workstation
Overview
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