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.
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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) •••
Hyperthreading
Graphics Card (Video Card) (See footnote 3)
No Graphics Card
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS440
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS450
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NVIDIA Quadro FX370
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NVIDIA Quadro FX380
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NVIDIA Quadro FX570
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NVIDIA Quadro FX580
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NVIDIA Quadro FX1700
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NVIDIA Quadro FX1800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX3700
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NVIDIA Quadro FX3800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX4600
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NVIDIA Quadro FX4800
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NVIDIA Quadro FX5800
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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
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Intel Pro 1000 PT Gigabit PCI
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Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Broadcom 5755 10/100/1000
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Onboard Audio
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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
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HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
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HP 48x DVD/CDRW Combo
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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
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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-English.
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 functionality, 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.