HP Z6 G4

Using HP Recovery media (select products only) ............................................................................. 21
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................... 22
Using the HP Cloud Recovery Download Tool (select products only) ............................................... 23
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 23
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 23
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 23
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 24
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 25
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 25
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ......................................... 25
5 Setting up Linux .......................................................................................................................................... 26
Linux-ready systems ........................................................................................................................................... 26
HP Linux driver discs ............................................................................................................................................ 26
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ....................................................................................................... 27
HP driver disc ..................................................................................................................................... 27
Installing with the HP Red Hat Linux driver media ........................................................................... 27
Setting up SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) .............................................................................................. 27
Installing SLED with the HP driver disc ............................................................................................. 28
Setting up Ubuntu ................................................................................................................................................ 28
Using the HP driver disc .................................................................................................................... 28
Proprietary graphics drivers ................................................................................................................................ 28
6 Updating the computer ................................................................................................................................ 29
Updating the computer after rst boot ............................................................................................................... 29
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................................................ 29
Determining the current BIOS version .............................................................................................. 29
Upgrading BIOS .................................................................................................................................. 29
Upgrading device drivers ..................................................................................................................................... 30
7 Maintenance, diagnostics, and minor troubleshooting .................................................................................... 31
Turning o the computer ..................................................................................................................................... 31
If you encounter issues ........................................................................................................................................ 31
For more information ........................................................................................................................ 31
Visual inspection ............................................................................................................................... 32
At startup ........................................................................................................................ 32
During operation ............................................................................................................. 32
Customer Self Repair ...................................................................................................... 33
Blink or beep codes: interpreting POST diagnostic LEDs and audible codes ................................... 33
Basic troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................... 33
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