Successfully ashing a new card results in a message similar to the one shown below. If the
command returns Card Not Found, perform a cold reboot, and retry. Otherwise, see the
Troubleshoong secon.
Updating shell on card[0000:73:00.0]
INFO: ***Found 351 ELA Records
Enabled bitstream guard. Bitstream will not be loaded until flashing is
finished.
Erasing flash........................
Programming flash........................
Cleared bitstream guard. Bitstream now active.
Successfully flashed Card[0000:65:00.0]
1 Card(s) flashed successfully.
Cold reboot machine to load the new image on card(s)
7. Cold boot the machine to load the new rmware image on the FPGA.
IMPORTANT! Be sure to perform a cold boot to fully power o the machine and then power it on
again. The image will not boot from ash if the machine is only rebooted.
IMPORTANT! Inier un démarrage a froid en appuyant sur le bouton d’alimentaon de la machine,
puis rallumer la machine. L’image ash ne démarrera pas sans un démarrage a froid.
WICHTIG! Führen Sie einen Kaltstart aus, indem Sie das Gerät vollständig aus und wieder
einschalten. Das Image startet nicht von Flash, wenn der Computer nur neu gestartet wird.
8. Update the SC rmware by re-running the update command in the previous update step.
sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt flash --update --shell <shell_name>
To regenerate the command, follow the steps given in the related topic, Generang the
xbmgmt ash --update Command.
If the SC is up to date, you will see the following message and no addional upgrade steps
are necessary.
Status: shell is up-to-date
Card(s) up-to-date and do not need to be flashed.
If the SC needs updang it will report the following message.
Status: SC needs updating
Current SC: <current_sc_version>
SC to be flashed: <new_sc_version>
Are you sure you wish to proceed? [y/n]: y
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software
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