Hardware and operating system requirements

Because of the very specific nature of Kima's security model, explained in the validators intro and in the Kima White Paper, you need to ensure you meet the following hardware requirements before you become a Kima validator:

Must be an Intel XEON E-series or any other XEON supporting SGX-SPS (Server Platform Services). The motherboard must also support SGX.

CPU: 4vCPU (8vCPU recommended)

RAM: 16GB (32GB recommended)

Storage: 512GB HDD (1TB recommended)

Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04

SGX requirements

Must be an Intel XEON E-series or any other XEON supporting SGX-SPS (Server Platform Services). The motherboard must also support SGX. The below list of supported SGX-compliant CPUs List is current for the first half of 2024

Compliant CPUs

  • Intel XEON E-2174G

  • Intel XEON E-2176G

  • Intel XEON E-2178G

  • Intel XEON E-2186G

  • Intel XEON E-2188G

  • Intel XEON E-2274G

  • Intel XEON E-2276G

  • Intel XEON E-2278G

  • Intel XEON E-2286G

  • Intel XEON E-2288G

  • Intel XEON E-2334G

  • Intel XEON E-2386G

  • Intel XEON E-2388G

Compliant servers

ManufacturerModel

Supermicro

X11SCM-F

Supermicro

X11SCM-LN8F

Supermicro

X11SCW-F

Supermicro

X11SCZ-F

Supermicro

X11SSL-F

Supermicro

X11SCD-F

Supermicro

X11SCE-F

Supermicro

X11SCH-F

Supermicro

X11SCH-LN4F

Supermicro

X11SCL-F

Supermicro

X11SCL-LN4F

Supermicro

X12STW-TF

Supermicro

X12STW-F

Supermicro

X12STL-IF

Supermicro

X12STL-F

Supermicro

X12STH-SYS

Supermicro

X12STH-LN4F

Supermicro

X12STH-F

Supermicro

X12STE-F

Supermicro

X12STD-F

Dell

R240

Dell

R350

HP

DL20 G10

HP

DL20 G10+

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