Chapter 1: Introduction - Xilinx Alveo U200 Getting Started

Introduction
This document provides hardware and software installation procedures for Xilinx
center accelerator cards U200/U250/U280 and applies to DFX-1RP and DFX-2RP platforms and
XRT 2021.1 and greater. For DFX-1RP and DFX-2RP platform features and types for your Alveo
card, see Alveo Data Center Accelerator Card Platforms User Guide (UG1120). For installation
procedures using previous XRT versions, see v1.9 of Getting Started with Alveo Data Center
Accelerator Cards (UG1301).
The Alveo U200/U250/U280 data center accelerator cards are PCIe
featuring the Xilinx Virtex
applications such as machine learning, data analytics, video processing, and more and are
available in passive and active cooling configurations.
Different system configurations are available for running, developing, and debugging applications
on your Alveo accelerator cards:
• Running Applications: To configure a system to run accelerated applications, install an Alveo
card into a system as described in
required deployment software to support running applications as described in
Installing the Deployment
• Developing Applications: To develop FPGA accelerated applications, it is necessary to install
both the deployment software and the development software. Development software
installation, described in
target platform and the Vitis™ environment. This configuration does not have an Alveo card
installed and is used for development along with debugging in emulation modes.
• Running, Developing, and Debugging Applications: By installing the Alveo card along with
both the deployment and development software on a single machine, you can configure a
system for developing and running accelerated applications. With the card installed,
developers can debug applications in both emulation modes and on the hardware.
UG1301 (v2.2) August 19, 2022
Getting Started with Alveo Accelerator Cards
® UltraScale+™ technology. These cards accelerate compute-intensive
Chapter 3: Card Installation Procedures
Software.
Chapter 6: Next Steps, consists of installing both a development

Chapter 1: Introduction

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® Alveo™ data
® Gen3 x16 compliant
along with the
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