For details on upgrading or downgrading the XRT and deployment plaorm, see Appendix A:
Changing XRT and Target Plaorm Versions.
1. XRT installaon requires Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) and a related repository.
If not already installed, install EPEL on your system by following the steps provided here.
2. Run the following two commands to install kernel headers and kernel development packages.
Ensure that uname is surrounded by backcks ( `) and not single quotes ('):
$ sudo yum install kernel-headers-`uname -r`
$ sudo yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r`
Note: If these yum commands fail because they cannot nd packages matching your kernel version, set
up a Vault repository. For more informaon, see Appendix B: Creang a Vault Repository for CentOS.
3. Aer the previous command completes, reboot your machine.
4. Download both the XRT and deployment plaorm installaon packages associated with your
card from the Geng Started tab on the Alveo U250 Product Page.
Note: For the U280 Alveo data center accelerator card, follow the instrucons in v1.5 of Geng Started
with Alveo Data Center Accelerator Cards (UG1301).
5. Install the XRT installaon package by running the following command from within the
directory where the XRT installaon packages reside.
$ sudo yum install ./xrt*.rpm
This will install the XRT and its necessary dependencies. Follow the instrucons when
prompted throughout the installaon.
6. Extract the deployment plaorm installaon packages into a single directory and from within
the directory run the following command to install the deployment packages.
$ sudo yum install ./xilinx*.rpm
Aer installing the deployment plaorm you will see the following message.
Partition package installed successfully.
Please flash card manually by running below command:
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash --update --shell <base_name> --
card <card_bdf>
Alternavely, you can install the ve deployment plaorm installaon packages individually.
If this is the case, install them in the following order.
• Satellite controller rmware
• Card management rmware
• Base paron rmware
• Plaorm validaon
• Shell paron rmware
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software
UG1301 (v1.8) February 5, 2021 www.xilinx.com
Getting Started with Alveo Accelerator Cards 22