HP Z8 G4 User Manual

5. Click I Accept to accept the terms of the license agreement.
6. Download the software ISO image and burn it to a high-quality blank DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, or DVD
+R DL disc using an external optical drive with DVD writer capability. This disc is your HP driver disc.
NOTE: Do not use rewritable discs such as CD±RW, DVD±RW, double-layer DVD±RW, or BD-RE
(rewritable Blu-ray) discs; they are not compatible with HP Recovery Manager software. A compatible
external optical drive may be purchased from HP.
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
HP Z series computers are certied and supported on RHEL streams appropriate to the hardware technology.
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For details of RHEL support for a particular platform, see the Linux Hardware Matrix for HP Workstations
at http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix.
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For information about Red Hat certications on HP computers, go to https://access.redhat.com/
ecosystem, select Certied Hardware, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
HP driver disc
Recent versions of Red Hat Linux typically require only driver updates with minor xes to support HP
computers. These releases can usually be supported with the appropriate driver USB ash drive or optical disc
from the HP website, which can be used as a post-installation utility for the standard Red Hat Linux install.
For more information, see HP Linux driver discs on page 26.
After you complete the standard Red Hat install and restart the system, a Red Hat rst-boot utility runs. After
you specify a number of settings (such as the security level, time and date, ‘root’ password, and user
accounts), the utility lets you load an additional USB ash drive or optical disc.
The driver media is used during this phase. All content added by HP is in the /HP directory on the media. You
can use it to build your own image or to browse the HP content.
Please see the /HP directory on the media for any last-minute README pointers for elements on the disc.
Installing with the HP Red Hat Linux driver media
1. If you do not have the appropriate HP driver media for a supported stream, create one (see HP Linux
driver discs on page 26.)
2. Install the operating system using the media included in the Red Hat Linux box set.
3. If you have a Red Hat driver USB ash drive or optical disc for the OS version you are installing, type
linux dd when the initial install splash screen appears, and then press Enter.
4. When asked if you have a driver disc, select Yes. Place the Red Hat driver USB ash drive or optical disc in
the drive, and select the appropriate drive:hd[abcd]. Continue the normal installation.
5. After successfully installing the operating system, reboot the computer.
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RHEL 6 or RHEL 7: Insert your HP driver USB ash drive or optical disc. The driver installation
software automatically starts. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the contents.
Setting up SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED)
HP supports 64-bit SLED on some computers.
Various versions of SLED are certied and supported by SUSE on HP computers. For more information, go to
the SUSE certication bulletin search page at https://www.suse.com/yessearch/Search.jsp.
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 27

HP Z8 G4 Specifications

General

Display included	No
Keyboard included	Yes
Power supply	1125 W
Operating system architecture	64-bit
Audio chip	Realtek ALC221
Product type	Workstation
Market positioning	Business
Motherboard chipset	Intel C622
Chassis type	Tower
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Number of 3.5\" bays	4
Number of 5.25\" bays	2
PCI Express x8 slots	3
Headphone outputs	1
HDMI ports quantity	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	8
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
HDD speed	7200 RPM
HDD interface	SATA
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi
Card reader integrated	-
Total storage capacity	1000 GB
Memory slots	24x DIMM
Internal memory	8 GB
Memory channels	Hepta-channel
Memory clock speed	2666 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	- GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	1 x 8 GB
Tcase	77 °C
Stepping	U0
Processor cache	11 MB
Processor model	4108
System bus rate	- GT/s
Processor socket	LGA 3647 (Socket P)
Processor threads	16
Processor codename	Skylake
Processor frequency	1.8 GHz
Processor cache type	L3
Processor lithography	14 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	48
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	2400 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	768 GB
Scalability	2S
Processor code	SR3GJ
Processor ARK ID	123544
Intel TSX-NI version	1.00
Processor package size	76.0 x 56.5 mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE4.2

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	551.2 mm
Width	215.9 mm
Height	444.5 mm
Weight	22400 g