Upgrade from 2018.2 to 2018.3 in RedHat and CentOS
Note: For links to the available plaorm and XRT revisions, see Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment
Soware.
To upgrade from the 2018.2 to the 2018.3 release, perform the following steps.
1. Remove the current XRT and plaorm versions.
$ sudo yum remove xrt
2. Download the XRT associated with the 2018.3 plaorm version and install it with the
following command:
$ sudo yum install < rpm-dir >/xrt_<version>.rpm
3. Download the desired deployment plaorm installaon package and install it with the
following command:
$ sudo yum install <rpm-dir>/xilinx-<card>-<version>.rpm
4. Run the following command and conrm that the value in Flashable partitions
installed in system eld matches what was just installed, and that the SC eld for
Flashable partition running on FPGA is not blank. See Running xbmgmt ash --
scan for an explanaon of the output.
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash --scan
If the package does not match, try to install the deployment plaorm package again.
If the SC eld for Flashable partition running on FPGA is blank, then follow the
instrucons in Xilinx Answer Record AR-71760.
5. Flash the rmware to the Alveo card.
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash -a all
6. To load the new rmware image on the FPGA, cold boot the machine.
7. Run the following command to conrm that the output under the Flashable partition
running on FPGA and Flashable partitions installed in system elds
match.
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash --scan
8. Validate the card as described in Chapter 5: Card Bring-Up and Validaon.
Downgrade from 2018.3 to 2018.2 in RedHat and
CentOS
Note: For links to the available plaorm and XRT revisions, see Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment
Soware.
Appendix A: Changing XRT and Target Platform Versions
UG1301 (v1.5) June 3, 2020 www.xilinx.com
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