Ubuntu on Lenovo ThinkPad P51

The Lenovo ThinkPad P51 laptop with the components described below has been awarded the status of certified pre-install for Ubuntu.

Please note that for pre-installed systems:

1. The system is available in some regions with a special image of Ubuntu pre-installed by the manufacturer. It takes advantage of the hardware features for this system and may include additional software. You should check when buying the system whether this is an option.
2. Standard images of Ubuntu may not work at all on the system or may not work well, though Canonical and computer manufacturers will try to certify the system with future standard releases of Ubuntu.

Hardware summary

This system was tested with these key components:

Processor	Intel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1505M v6 @ 3.00GHz
Video	nVidia GM206GLM [Quadro M2200 Mobile] Intel HD Graphics P630
Ethernet	Intel Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM
Wireless	Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275

Hardware details

Audio	nVidia Unknown Intel CM238 HD Audio Controller Intel Unknown nVidia Unknown
BIOS	Lenovo N1UET32W (1.06 )
Bluetooth	Intel Unknown
Board	Lenovo 20HHZ35RCN
Capture	Acer Integrated Camera
Cardreader	Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader Alcor Micro Corporation AU9540 Smartcard Reader
Chassis	Lenovo Notebook
Efi	Lenovo EFI v2.50
Keyboard	Aquantia Corp. AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Mouse	Aquantia Corp. TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint
Network	Intel Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM
Processor	Intel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1505M v6 @ 3.00GHz
Touchpad	Aquantia Corp. SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
Usb	Intel Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
Video	nVidia GM206GLM [Quadro M2200 Mobile] Intel HD Graphics P630
Wireless	Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275
Other	Aquantia Corp. HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10 Aquantia Corp. HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 Aquantia Corp. HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 Aquantia Corp. HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 Aquantia Corp. HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9 Aquantia Corp. HDA Intel PCH Headphone Aquantia Corp. HDA Intel PCH Mic Aquantia Corp. HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 Aquantia Corp. HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 Aquantia Corp. HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 Aquantia Corp. Lid Switch Aquantia Corp. Power Button Aquantia Corp. Sleep Button Aquantia Corp. ThinkPad Extra Buttons Aquantia Corp. Video Bus Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port Intel Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) Intel Sky Lake Gaussian Mixture Model Intel Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #9 Intel Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #13 Intel Sunrise Point-H PMC Intel Sunrise Point-H SMBus Intel Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem Intel Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 Intel Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller Intel Sunrise Point-H LPSS I2C Controller #0 Intel Sunrise Point-H KT Redirection X-Rite, Inc. X-Rite Pantone Color Sensor Validity Sensors, Inc. Unknown Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub