Xilinx Alveo U250 - Compliance Markings

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5. Install the XRT installaon package using the following command, where <rpm-dir> is the
directory where the RPM packages were downloaded in the previous step, and <version>
is the laer part of the XRT le name.
$ sudo yum install <rpm-dir>/xrt_<version>.rpm
This will install the XRT and its necessary dependencies. Follow the instrucons when
prompted throughout the installaon.
6. Install the deployment shell installaon package required for the card.
• For U200:
$ sudo yum install <rpm-dir>/xilinx-u200-xdma-<version>.rpm
• For U250:
$ sudo yum install <rpm-dir>/xilinx-u250-xdma-<version>.rpm
• For U280:
$ sudo yum install <rpm-dir>/xilinx-u280-es1-xdma-<version>.rpm
The deployment soware sources are now installed on the system. The installaon of the
drivers, runme soware, and ulies are in the /opt/xilinx/ directory and contains the
xrt and dsa sub-directories. Note that the dsa folder contains the deployment shell
installaon.
7. Aer installing the deployment shell, the terminal instructs you to ash the card by running a
command listed in the output, as shown in the example below. Do NOT run this command.
You will manually generate the correct command in a subsequent step.
DSA package installed successfully.
Please flash card manually by running below command:
sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbutil flash -a <shell_name> -t <timestamp>
8. Cold boot your machine by fully powering it o and then on.
9. Follow the instrucons in Appendix C: Generang the xbul ash Command to manually
generate the correct xbutil flash command, which includes the -d opon to specify the
card in the server to be ashed, as shown below. The -a and -t opons specify the
deployment shell name and mestamp associated with the specic card ID.
sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbutil flash -a <shell_name> -t <timestamp> -d
<card_ID>
CAUTION! Not specifying the card ID within the xbutil flash command via the -d opon can
result in damage to the card.
10. Run the manually generated xbutil flash command.
If you have mulple cards installed on the server, you MUST run the xbutil flash
command separately for each card.
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software
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