HP Z230 User Manual

NVIDIA Graphics Workstations
Some workstation configurations come with NVIDIA Quadro graphics hardware. HP recommends the
use of NVIDIA drivers for best results on Linux systems.
HP provides recommended versions of the drivers with RPM-compatible installers for RHEL and
SLED distributions. These are available from the HP Installer Kit for Linux and from workstation driver
repositories on hp.com. When HP installers are used, their contents and documentation links are
located in the /opt/hp/nvidia folder.
When installing Linux on a workstation that contains an NVIDIA card, administrators should select a
VESA-compatible driver to avoid the instability that is experienced with some open-source versions of
the Nouveau and DRM drivers.
Open-source versions of Nouveau drivers and NVIDIA drivers cannot coexist in the same runtime
environment because they use the same hardware resources. If administrators create their own Linux
environments using NVIDIA drivers but choose not to use HP-packaged versions, HP recommends
that they manually append the following boot loader parameters to properly suppress the Nouveau
driver at runtime (grub example below):
kernel /vmlinuz ... rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0
This action is applied by HP installers but must be applied/restored under other circumstances.
To customize display characteristics and resolutions when the computer is using an NVIDIA driver,
execute the following command:
/usr/bin/nvidia-settings
To create and manipulate the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, execute:
/usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig
106 Appendix A Linux technical notes

HP Z230 Specifications

General

Product type	Workstation
Motherboard chipset	Intel® C226
ECC	Yes
Memory slots	4x DIMM
Internal memory	4 GB
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	1 x 4 GB
Chassis type	Desktop
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Placement supported	Vertical
Number of 3.5\" bays	1
Water cooling system	No
HDD speed	7200 RPM
RAID levels	0, 1
HDD interface	SATA
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi
Total storage capacity	500 GB
PS/2 ports quantity	2
DisplayPorts quantity	3
Serial ports quantity	-
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	0
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	4
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
On-board graphics card ID	0x412
Discrete graphics card model	Not available
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	1.74 GB
On-board graphics card base frequency	350 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	11.1
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1150 MHz
Power supply	240 W
Tcase	72.72 °C
Bus type	DMI2
Stepping	C0
Processor cache	6 MB
Processor model	i5-4570
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i5
Processor socket	LGA 1150 (Socket H3)
Processor codename	Haswell
Processor frequency	3.2 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	28 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.6 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	84 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1333, 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	25.6 GB/s
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Scalability	1S
Processor code	SR14E
Processor ARK ID	75043
Intel TSX-NI version	0.00
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 mm
Graphics & IMC lithography	22 nm
Supported instruction sets	AVX 2.0, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Thermal solution specification	PCG 2013D
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	1.00

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	384 mm
Width	337 mm
Height	100 mm
Weight	7200 g