First time support begins with RHEL4.7 (x86 & x86_64), RHEL5.3 (x86 & x86_64), and SLED 11 (x86_64)
Product Items/Features
unlisted means the component is NOT supported)
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)
Maximum (GB)
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)
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
Onboard SAS Raid
Add Ons
IEEE 1394 A/B PCI Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
LSI 8888 ELP
LSI 9260-8i
Removable CD/DVD Media
HP 16x DVD-ROM Drive
HP 16x Super Multi DVD+RW
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
All supported monitors
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/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.
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 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.
Hardware Support Matrix for Current HP Linux Workstations
HP Z800 Workstation Linux Support
(Blank box or
RH EL WS 4.8 or later (x86
RH EL DT 5.3 or later (x86 &
& EM64T)
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1GB
96GB
6
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6
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5
5
5
5
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4
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7
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SLED11 or later (x86_64)
x86_64)
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1GB
1GB
96GB
96GB
6
6
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6
6
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5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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4
4
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7
7
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