Xilinx Alveo U250 Getting Started Guide

4. 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>
5. Cold boot your machine by fully powering it o and then on.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. You will be asked to conrm the update, as shown below. Type y and enter.
Probing board[0]: DSA on FPGA needs updating
DSA on below cards will be updated:
Card [0]
Are you sure you wish to proceed? [y/n]
Flashing will take up to 10 minutes. Successfully ashing a new card results in a message
similar to the one shown below. If you do not see one, refer to Chapter 7: Troubleshoong.
Updating DSA on card[0]
INFO: ***Found 880 ELA Records
Idcode byte[0] ff
Idcode byte[1] 20
Idcode byte[2] bb
Idcode byte[3] 21
Idcode byte[4] 10
Enabled bitstream guard. Bitstream will not be loaded until flashing is
finished.
Erasing flash............................................
Programming flash............................................
Cleared bitstream guard. Bitstream now active.
1 Card(s) flashed succesfully
Cold reboot machine to load the new image on FPGA
If you have previously updated the card, you will see a message similar to the following:
Probing card[0]: DSA on FPGA is up-to-date
0 Card(s) flashed successfully.
9. Cold boot the machine to load the new rmware image on the FPGA.
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software
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Xilinx Alveo U250 Specifications

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Brand	Xilinx
Model	Alveo U250
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English