POWER9 Hardware Compatibility List/Memory

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Compatibility rules

The criteria for compatibility are essentially:

  • must be DDR4
  • must be ECC
  • must be registered (RDIMM)
  • must NOT be LRDIMM

The supported module sizes are 8GiB, 16GiB, 32GiB, 64GiB and 128GiB. 4GiB is expected to work (and is reported working by at least 1 user) but is not officially supported by Raptor.

The supported memory speeds are 1600, 1866, 2133, 2400, and 2666 MHz. Higher speeds are expected to work (and are reported working by at least 1 user; they will automatically downclock to a supported speed) but are not officially supported by Raptor.

RAM will be running at a potentially slower frequency (2666, 2400, or 2133 MHz) based on if there is 1, 2 or 4 DIMMs per channel.

Platform Slots Max. Capacity
Talos II Up to two sockets, each of 4 channels of 2 slots each 2TiB
Blackbird Two channels, one slot each 256GiB

Tested memory

Compatible memory

Module Validation
Manufacturer Model Size (GiB) Speed Type ECC Stepping Firmware Source Notes
Pacific Sun X10723042S 8 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot cc2d45a Official
Hynix HMA41GR7MFR4N-TF 8 PC4-17000R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 76f78f4 ernsteiswuerfel
Hynix HMA82GR7AFR8N-UH 16 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot e36ec63 Official
Hynix HMA82GR7CJR8N-VK 16 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 JeremyRand
Hynix HMA81GR7MFR8N-UH 8 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Self-compiled Hostboot (with PCIe patches that shouldn't matter for RAM) JeremyRand
Samsung M393A1G40DB0-CPB 8 PC4-17000 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 30dfd3b meklort Requires System Package v1.02
Kingston KTH-PL424/16G 16 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot cc2d45a Official
Micron MTA9ASF1G72PZ-2G6D1 8 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.3 Hostboot 28927a7 Official
Micron MTA18ASF2G72PZ-2G3B1 16 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 28927a7 Official
Micron MTA18ASF2G72PDZ-2G3D1 16 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot cc2d45a Official
Micron MTA18ASF2G72PDZ-2G6D1 16 PC4-21333 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 884b60b smaeul
Micron MTA36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D1 32 PC4-21333 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 6ffaeb4 cyrozap
Micron MTA9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 8 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Self-compiled Hostboot (with PCIe patches that shouldn't matter for RAM) JeremyRand
Nemix Ram 8 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 884b60b suertreus
Samsung M393A4K40BB1-CRC 32 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot 1e2221d Official
Samsung M393A8K40B22-CWD 64 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 884b60b Official tested 8 sticks/512GB@2666 total by Gyakovlev
Samsung M393A2K40BB2-CTD 16 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 0c8fa110 meklort Will run at 2400MT/s with System Package v1.00
Samsung M393A2K40CB2-CTD 16 PC4-21300V-R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 884b60b MarcusC
Samsung M393A4K40BB2-CTD8Q 32 PC4-21333 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 & DD2.3 Hostboot 28927a7 luke-jr
Samsung M393A2G40EB2-CTD 16 PC4-21300V-R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot 30dfd3b JSharp Tested extensively with System Package v1.02 but does boot on v1.00, Dual 8-Core POWER9, x8 DIMM Modules (RCS Recommended Slot Configuration) 128GiB total; also tested x4 DIMM Modules (RCS Recommended Slot Configuration) 64GiB total
Samsung M393A4K40CB2-CTD6Q 32 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 hostboot-884b60b kev009 8 DIMMs working well
Samsung M393A4K40CB2-CTD7Q 32 PC4-21300R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 hostboot-3beba24 MPC7500 2*32GB in Blackbird
Samsung M393A2K40BB2-CTD7Q 16 PC4-21300R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Avh 2*16GB in TalosII
Samsung M393A4K40CB2-CTD7Y 32 PC4-21300R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 hostboot-3beba24 mx08 2*32GB in Blackbird
Kingston KSM24RS8/8MAI 8 PC4-19200R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Hostboot d286337 ernsteiswuerfel
Kingston KVR24R17S8K4/32 8 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 1.04, PNOR d286337d sharkcz kit 4x 8GB, got 1 stick faulty, but 3x 8GB worked OK
Kingston KVR24R17D8/16MA 16 PC4-19200 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 1.04, PNOR d286337d sharkcz
Crucial CT32G4RFD4266 32 PC4-21300 Registered Yes drp Tested in Blackbird with 2x32GB
Crucial CT16G4RFD4266.36FE1 16 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 1.06 aperezbios tested with 2x16GB
Crucial CT4G4RFS8266 4 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Robbieab Purchased as the CT2K4G4RFS8266 8GB kit. Confirmed functional from the petitboot shell.
Crucial CT8G4RFS8266 8 PC4-21300 Registered Yes CT2K8G4RFS8266 16GB kit (8GBx2). DDR4 PC4-21300 • CL=19 • Single Ranked • x8 based • Registered • ECC • DDR4-2666 • 1.2V • 1024Meg x 72. Confirmed with a working Debian GNU and Devuan GNU+Linux installation.
Ventura (Samsung) D4-62JA402SV-15 16 PC4-17000 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 mosst
Kingston KSM26RD8/16HAI 16 PC4-21300R Registered Yes xkucf03 tested 2×16 GB in Blackbird
Samsung M393A1G43EB1-CTD 8 PC4-19200R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Red Hat
Samsung M393A4K40CB2-CTD 32 PC4-21300V-R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Red Hat
Samsung M393A4K40CB2-CVF 32 PC4-23466U-R Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.3 hostboot- a2ddbf3 Helen 4x 32GB @2666MHz in Talos II lite
Kingston KSM29RD4/64MER 64 PC4-23400 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 Self-compiled Hostboot (with PCIe patches that shouldn't matter for RAM) JeremyRand
Samsung M393A8G40MB2-CTD 64 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 hostboot-3beba24 Kmarek
Samsung M393AAK40B42-CWD7Y 128 PC4-21300 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.3 hostboot a2ddbf3 macro 2*128GiB in Talos II
Goodram (Hynix) W-MEM2666R4Q464G 64 PC4-21333 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.3 chatcannon Sold as 2666 MHz, lshw reports speed as 2932 MHz
Micron MTA36ASF8G72PZ-3G2B2 64 PC4-25600 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 JeremyRand AKA Supermicro MEM-DR464L-CL02-ER32
Hynix HMAA8GR7CJR4N-XN 64 PC4-25600 Registered Yes POWER9 DD2.2 JeremyRand AKA SuperMicro MEM-DR464L-HL03-ER32

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 (GB) Speed Type ECC Stepping Firmware Last Test
Samsung M386A8K40BMB-CRC 64 PC4-19200 Registered LRDIMM Yes POWER9 DD2.1 Hostboot 1e2221d 02/14/2018
Kingston KSM26RS8/8HAI 8 PC4-26600 Registered DIMM Yes 09/24/2020