Boot And Run; Connecting With Ssh; Connecting With Usb Console - SiFive HiFive Unleashed Getting Started Manual

Chapter 5

Boot and Run

Follow the steps from the previous section to power on the board. Once the heartbeat LED is
pulsing regularly, you can connect to the board.
There are two ways to connect to the HiFive Unleashed: ssh and serial. The serial interface is
slower and cannot receive files, so ssh is recommended.

5.1 Connecting with ssh

On power-on, the default
an ssh server. The MAC address of the board is
by the board number converted to hexadecimal. Ask your network administrator which IP
address your board has obtained. Add the following to your
address:
Host hifiveu
HostName
User
StrictHostKeyChecking
UserKnownHostsFile
To connect, run
ssh hifiveu

5.2 Connecting with USB console

With a USB cable connected to the HiFive Unleashed, you can access the console. The console
both shows the linux boot process and can be used to log in to the device.
From Mac OS, run:
sudo screen /dev/tty.usbserial-*01 115200
From Linux, run:
sudo screen /dev/serial/by-path/*-port0 115200
Hit enter a few times to see the login prompt. Username
image obtains an IP address from DHCP and starts
freedom-u-sdk
xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa
root
no
/dev/null
. The password is
70:b3:d5:92:fX:XX
.ssh/config
.
sifive
, password
root
11
, where is replaced
X:XX
, filling in the IP
.
sifive