System Configuration

KONA PC System Configuration

KONA for PC Supported System Configurations

The AJA support and engineering team target only Enterprise Class Workstations. The slot placement is based on an engineering analysis of the motherboard for performance and available bandwidth. These are the required 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD workflow configurations for the KONA product line.

Expansion Slot Placement for HP Z8

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For demanding workflows, like 4K, we advise the AJA Video I/O card and the storage adapter be on separate PCIe buses.

AJA recommended BIOS 1.42 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

For maximum utilization of available PCIe slots when using a dual height GPU we recommend slot 4 for the GPU.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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Expansion Slot Placement for HP Z6

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AJA recommended BIOS 1.42 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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Expansion Slot Placement for HP Z4

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AJA recommended BIOS 1.42 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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Expansion Slot Placement for Supermicro SYS-7039A-I / X11DAI

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For demanding workflows, like 4K, we advise the AJA Video I/O card and the storage adapter be on separate PCIe buses.

AJA recommended BIOS 3.3 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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Expansion Slot Placement for Supermicro SYS-7049GP-TRT / X11DPG

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For high-demand workflows such as 4K I/O or above, it is recommended that the AJA Video I/O card or device be on a separate PCIe bus from the media storage adapter.

AJA recommends BIOS 3.3 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

For maximum utilization of available PCIe slots when using a dual height GPU AJA recommends slot 2 for the GPU.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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Expansion Slot Placement for Supermicro SYS-5049A-T / X11SPA-TF

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For demanding workflows, like 4K, we advise the AJA Video I/O card and the storage adapter be on separate PCIe buses.

AJA recommended BIOS 3.3 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

For maximum utilization of available PCIe slots when using a dual height GPU we recommend slot 7 for the GPU.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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Expansion Slot Placement for Dell T7920

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For demanding workflows, like 4K, we advise the AJA Video I/O card and the storage adapter be on separate PCIe buses.

AJA recommended BIOS 1.4.1 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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Expansion Slot Placement for Dell T7820

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AJA recommended BIOS 1.4.1 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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Expansion Slot Placement for Dell T5820

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AJA recommended BIOS 1.4.0 or later for the full support of all PCIe slots.

*4-lane PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 1, KONA LHi, KONA LHe Plus

**8-lane or 16-lane Computer PCIe slots can support the following AJA cards: KONA 5, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA HDMI

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