# Appliance hardware requirements
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A SMPTE 2022-6 input requires an Elemental Live appliance with a high-speed network interface card (NIC). Therefore, to set up a SMPTE 2022-6 input, you must create the event on one of the following appliances.


| Appliance | Network interface card (NIC) | 
| --- | --- | 
| L800 series Elemental Live appliance | 25 GbE NIC | 
| A bare-metal appliance | 25 GbE Mellanox NIC. You must make sure that the NIC is licensed for use with the RiverMax SDK. |