Node Provider Machine Hardware Guide

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What are the Hardware Requirements to be a Node Provider?

Presented here are the hardware requirements for all nodes that were purchased prior to Genesis. Hardware requirements for new nodes are currently under discussion as they must be approved by the NNS.

Gen 1

Node Type 1 - Dell

1 R6525
1 Chassis - Supports Up to 10 NVMe drives, 12 drives total
1 Dual 1 GB on Motherboard
3 Low Profile PCIe Slots
- 3 Year Basic NBD Support
- iDrac Enterprise
1 Dual port 10GbE Base - T Adapter Broadcom, PCIe Low Profile
10 3.2TB NVMe, Mixed Use, 2.5" with Carrier
16 32GB RDIMM (3200MT/s)
2 AMD 7302 3GHz, 16C/32T, 128M, 155W, 3200
1 Single Power Supply (800W)
1 C13-C14, 3M, 125V 15A Power Cored



Node Type 1 - SuperMicro

1 AS - 1023US - TR4
2 Rome 7302 DP/UP 16C/32T 3.0
16 32GB DDR4-3200 2Rx4 ECC REG DIMM
5 Samsung PM983 3.2TB NVMe PCIE/SATA Hybrid M.2 & 1 PCIE
2 800W Power Supply
1 Std LP 2-port 10G RJ45, Intel x540
5 Micron 5300 PRO 7.4TB, SATA, 2.5', 3D TLC, .6DWPD (with Caddie)
1 C13/C14 13A Power Cord



Node Type 2 - Dell

1 R6515
1 3.5" Chassis with up to 4 Hot-Plug Hard Drives and OS RAID
1 Dual 1 Gb on Motherboard
3 Low Profile PCIe Slots
1 Standard Fan
- 3 Year Basic NBD Support
- iDrac Enterprise
2 Dual Port 10GbE Base - T Adapter Broadcom, PCIe LOw Profile
2 480GB SSD SATA Mix Use 6Gbps 512 2.5in Hot-Plug AG Drive, 3.5in
4 8GB RDIMM, 3200 MT/s, Single Rank
1 AMD EPYC 7232P 3.10GHz, 8C/16T, 64M Cache (120W) DDR4-3200
1 Dual Hot-Plug Redundant Power Supply (1+1), 550W
2 Jumper Cord - C13/C14, .6M, 250V, 13A

Gen 2

Generic specification

Dual Socket AMD EPYC 7313 Milan 16C/32T 3 Ghz, 32K/512K/128M

optionally 7343, 7373, 73F3

16x 32GB RDIMM, 3200MT/s, Dual Rank
5x 6.4TB NVMe Mixed Mode
Dual Port 10G SFP or BASE-T
TPM 2.0


Validated configuration: ASUS

2 AMD EPYC 7313 (3,00 GHz, 16-Core, 128 MB)
16 32GB ECC Reg ATP DDR4 3200 RAM
5 6.4 TB NVMe Kioxia SSD 3D-NAND TLC U.3 (Kioxia CM6-V)
1 Asus Mainboard KMPP-D32 Series (without OCP 3.0, without Pike)
2 1600 Watt redundant PSU
1 Broadcom 25 Gigabit P225P SFP28 Dual Port Network Card