Talos II/Hardware Compatibility List

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This is a collection of components known to work with the Talos™ II-based solutions. It's maintained by both Raptor CS and community members.

Cases

  • SuperMicro SC732i-500B
    • Not recommended for 12 core and higher CPUs
  • SuperMicro SC732D4-903B
    • Add-on sound card recommended
    • Add-on USB 2.0 card or USB 3.0 hub recommended
  • SuperMicro SC747TQ-R1400B
    • Hot swap drive capable; SAS recommended
    • Recommended for use with one or more high-end GPUs

Known problematic cases

Fractal Design Define XL R2 is missing standoff holes for the top-left and top-middle positions. Some alternative standoff in at least the top-middle position may be required to prevent too much bending of the motherboard while inserting RAM.

Power Supplies

When planning to run with both CPU sockets populated keep in mind that the power-supply should support also 2 8-pin EPS connectors.

  • Seasonic

Memory

Module Validation
Manufacturer Model Size Speed Type ECC Stepping Firmware Source
Pacific Sun X10723042S 8GB DDR4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot cc2d45a Official
Kingston KTH-PL424/16G 16GB DDR4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot cc2d45a Official
Micron MTA18ASF2G72PZ-2G3B1 16GB DDR4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 28927a7 Official
Micron MTA18ASF2G72PDZ-2G3D1 16GB DDR4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot cc2d45a Official
Samsung M393A4K40BB1-CRC 32GB DDR4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot 1e2221d Official

Known Incompatible Memory

NOTE: Memory may be removed from this table after firmware support has been added, or there may be a fundamental hardware incompatibility. If you have incompatible memory listed in the table below, you may want to bookmark and check this page from time to time to see if a firmware update has resolved the issue.

Module Test Conditions
Manufacturer Model Size Speed Type ECC Stepping Firmware Last Test
Samsung M386A8K40BMB-CRC 64GB DDR4-19200 Registered LRDIMM Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot 1e2221d 02/14/2018

SAS/SATA Storage Drives

Connected via optional on-board PM8068 controller, or via PCIe controller. NVMe cards are also supported.

PCIe Devices

Storage Controllers

  • LSI 9300 SAS HBAs
  • PM8068-based SAS HBAs

NVMe Storage Drives

  • Samsung 960 EVO / PRO (with M.2 to PCIe adapter)

Graphics Cards

  • Radeon R9 290X
  • AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 - Available pre-installed on Talos II workstation, server, and desktop configurations.

No display? Check out the GPU Troubleshooting page.

Sound Cards

  • Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX SB1570 PCIe 5.1 Sound Card
  • Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity PCIe Audio Sound Card (SB0880)

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CAPI Devices

  • Mellanox ConnectX-6 EN 200Gb/s Adapter Card