Table of Contents
Revision History...............................................................................................................2
Chapter 1: Introduction.............................................................................................. 5
Minimum System Requirements...............................................................................................6
Validated Servers.........................................................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Unpacking...................................................................................................8
Product Registration................................................................................................................... 8
Accelerator Cards Overview.......................................................................................................8
Chapter 3: Card Installation Procedures......................................................... 11
Safety Instructions.................................................................................................................... 11
Before You Begin.......................................................................................................................13
Installing the Card.....................................................................................................................13
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software......................................... 20
XRT and Deployment Shell Installation Procedures on RedHat and CentOS.................... 20
XRT and Deployment Shell Installation Procedures on Ubuntu..........................................23
Upgrading, Downgrading, and Uninstalling XRT and Deployment Shell on RedHat
and CentOS............................................................................................................................26
Upgrading, Downgrading, and Uninstalling XRT and Deployment Shell on Ubuntu....... 30
Chapter 5: Card Bring-Up and Validation........................................................34
Running lspci............................................................................................................................. 34
Running xbutil flash scan......................................................................................................... 36
xbutil validate............................................................................................................................ 37
Chapter 6: Installing the Development Software...................................... 39
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting.................................................................................... 40
Known Issues.............................................................................................................................41
Appendix A: Required Dependencies................................................................ 43
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