HP Z420

Product Items/Features
(Blank box or unlisted means the component is NOT supported)
RH EL DT 5.8 or later
(
x86
_
64
)
RH EL WS 6.2 or later
(
x86
_
64
)
SLED11 SP2 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 •••
Firmware features
CSM (Compatibility Support Module) Mode •••
2.1 UEFI Mode ••
Intel AMT remote manageability
Graphics Card (Video Card)
No Graphics Card
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 310
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NVIDIA Quadro 410
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
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NVIDIA Quadro 600
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NVIDIA Quadro 2000
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NVIDIA Quadro 4000
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NVIDIA Quadro 5000
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NVIDIA Quadro 6000
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NVIDIA Tesla C2075
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ATI v2270 PCIe
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ATI v3900 PCIe
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ATI v4900 PCIe
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ATI v5900 PCIe
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ATI v7900 PCIe
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System RAM
Minimum (GB)
2GB 2GB 2GB
Maximum (GB)
64GB 64GB 64GB
Hard Disks
All Supported SAS Disk Drives 555
All Supported SSD Disk Drives •••
All Supported SATA Disk Drives 555
All Supported USB Drive Keys •••
Network Cards (no modem support)
Broadcom 5761 PCIe
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Intel Pro 1000 CT Gigabit PCI
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HP NC360T PCIe Dual Port Gigabit NIC
222
Onboard Components
Onboard LAN - Intel 52579LM Gigabit
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Onboard SATA RAID
555
Onboard SAS RAID
555
Add Ons
IEEE 1394B PCI-E Card
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LSI 9212-4i
555
LSI 9260-8i
222
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
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HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW
444
HP BD-RE (writer)
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Input/Output Devices (no spaceball support)
HP 3-Button Mouse, PS/2
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HP Scroll Mouse, PS/2
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HP Optical Scroll Mouse, USB
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HP Standard Keyboard, USB/PS2
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TPM Module/ Smart Card
22 in 1 Card Reader
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HP Printers
666
All Supported Monitors
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footnote 6 - For more info about Linux driver support for HP printers, please visit http://www.hplip.net.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
HP Z420 Workstation Linux Support
First time support begins with RHEL5.8 (x86_64), RHEL6.2 (x86_64) and SLED 11 SP2 (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.
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 5", "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6" and "HP Installer Kit for Linux - HP Driver CD for SuSE Linux Enterpise Desktop 11" ISO images from http://www.hp.com/support/z420 (substitute
correct platform name); select "download drivers and software".
footnote 4 - Linux growisofs supports DVD+RW and Blu-ray media on Red Hat EL 5 Desktop or later, Red Hat EL WS 6 or later, and SLED11 or later. For drives that
have the Lightscribe functionality, please visit www.lightscribe.com for software to enable the labeling feature.
footnote 5 - Hardware RAID is supported using the LSI 9212-4i (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS only), LSI 9260-8i (RAID 0, 1, 5 SAS only). SATA RAID is now supported on AHCI
ports(0,1,10)