Preliminary Setup - Xilinx KCU105 User Manual

Preliminary Setup

Complete these tasks before bringing up the design.
Install the Vivado Design Suite
Install Vivado Design Suite 2017.2 on the control computer. Follow the installation
instructions provided in Vivado Design Suite User Guide Release Notes, Installation, and
Licensing (UG973)
Download the Targeted Reference Design Files
1. Download rdf0305-kcu105-trd01-2017-2.zip from the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale
FPGA KCU105 Evaluation Kit - Documentation & Designs website. This ZIP file contains
the hardware design, software drivers, and application GUI executables.
2. Extract the contents of the file to a working directory.
3. The extracted contents are located at <working_dir>/kcu105_control_plane.
The TRD directory structure is described in
Install TRD Drivers on the Host Computer (Windows 7)
This section provides steps to install KUCon-TRD drivers and is only applicable to a host
Note:
computer running Windows 7 64-bit OS. If running Linux, proceed to
This section includes steps to set up and install KUCon-TRD drivers in a host computer
running the Windows 7 64-bit OS.
Disable Driver Signature Enforcement
Windows only allows drivers with valid signatures obtained from trusted certificate
Note:
authorities to load in Windows 7 64-bit OS. Windows drivers provided for this reference design do
not have a valid signature. Therefore, you have to disable driver signature enforcement on the host
computer, as follows:
1. Power up the host system. Press F8 to go to the Advanced Boot Options menu.
2. Select the Disable Driver Signature Enforcement option as shown in
press Enter.
PCI Express Control Plane TRD
UG918 (v2017.2) July 18, 2017
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Appendix A, Directory
Set DIP Switches, page
Chapter 2: Setup
Structure.
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Figure 2-1, and
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