• Heavy-duty rack-mount chassis with redundant 720W power supplies
• A single Talos™ II EATX mainboard
• Two 18-core IBM POWER9 v2 CPUs (recommended)
• 18 cores per package
• All Core Turbo capable
• 32KB L1 data cache + 32KB L1 instruction cache / core
• 512KB L2 cache / core pair
• 10MB L3 cache / core pair
• 14nm FinFET process
• SMT4 capable
• POWER IOMMU
• Hardware virtualization extensions
• One or two 2U POWER9 heatsink assemblies (same as CPU count)
• 64GB DDR4 ECC registered memory (recommended, other options available)
• 8 hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays (full functionality requires 2 SAS controllers)
• 500GB Samsung internal NVMe storage (optional, recommended)
• Two LSI 9300-8i 8-port Internal SAS 3.0 HBAs (optional, recommended)
• Recovery DVD

The Talos™ II mainboard is the first modern (post-2013), owner-controllable, workstation- and enterprise-class mainboard. Built around the brand-new IBM POWER9 processor, and leveraging Linux and OpenPOWER™ technology, Talos™ II allows you to secure your data without sacrificing performance. Designed with a fully owner-controlled CPU domain, you can audit and modify any portion of the open source firmware on the Talos™ II mainboard, all the way down to the CPU microcode. This is an unprecedented level of access for any modern workstation- or enterprise-class machine, and one that is increasingly needed to assure safety and compliance with new regulations, such as the EU's GDPR.

An owner-controlled, CPU-based secure boot mode also is available at any time. When secure boot is properly configured, and if the mainboard is located in a physically secure environment (e.g., a datacenter or locked workstation case), you can be assured that only your pre-approved and pre-audited firmware, kernel, and user space components are executing on a Talos™ II system.

Specifications

• 2 POWER9-compatible CPU sockets
• EATX form factor
• 16 DDR4 ECC registered RAM slots
• Individual 128GB DDR4 DIMM support
• Supports up to 2TB total main system memory
• 3 PCIe 4.0 x16 slots
• 2 PCIe 4.0 x8 slots
• 2 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet ports
• 1 Microsemi SAS 3.0 controller (optional, upcharge on selection)
• 4 USB 3.0 ports
• 2 external
• 2 on internal header
• 1 USB 2.0 port
• 1 external RS-232 port
• 1 internal RS-232 port header
• 1 ASpeed BMC with OpenBMC
• 1 VGA video port

Secure and control your high-performance computing today with a modern, expandable Talos™ II system!

Resources

• Mainboard Users Guide
• Firmware Source
• Hardware Compatibility List

NOTE: To provide maximal PCIe bandwidth for all peripherals, each slot is serviced by a dedicated CPU. As such, two CPUs are required to activate all PCIe slots on the Talos™ II mainboard.

NOTE: POWER HSF assemblies use a unique high-pressure locking mechanism to ensure proper CPU contact. The installed HSF assemblies will require a 5/32" hex driver, such as our TL2HD1, for attachment and removal.

NOTE: Product images shown are representative of the product being sold, but may vary slightly from the product as shipped due to continuous improvement and related changes.