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Alveo U55C Data Center
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UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021
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- Page 1 Accelerator Card Installation Guide UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 Xilinx is creating an environment where employees, customers, and partners feel welcome and included. To that end, we’re removing non- inclusive language from our products and related collateral. We’ve launched an internal initiative to remove language that could exclude people or reinforce historical biases, including terms embedded in our software and IPs.
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Page 2: Revision History
Revision History Revision History The following table shows the revision history for this document. Section Revision Summary 11/23/2021 Version 1.0 Initial release. UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Chapter 6: Next Steps ....................23 Chapter 7: Troubleshooting ..................24 Appendix A: Additional Resources and Legal Notices ......25 Xilinx Resources.........................25 Documentation Navigator and Design Hubs.................25 UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... - Page 4 References..........................25 Please Read: Important Legal Notices................... 26 UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide...
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Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction This document provides hardware and software installation procedures for the Xilinx ® Alveo™ U55C data center accelerator card and applies to XRT 2021.1 and later. If you encounter any issues during installation, see Chapter 7: Troubleshooting. -
Page 6: Chapter 2: Accelerator Card Overview
Alveo™ U55C data center accelerator card is PCI Express ® Gen3 x16 compliant featuring the Xilinx 16 nm UltraScale+™ technology. It has two QSFP28 interfaces and 16 GB of HBM to provide high-performance, adaptable acceleration for memory-bound, compute- intensive applications targeting high performance compute (HPC) and database applications. -
Page 7: Minimum System Requirements
Chapter 2: Accelerator Card Overview Minimum System Requirements The minimum system requirements for running the Alveo U55C data center accelerator card is as follows. Table 2: Minimum System Requirements Component Requirement Motherboard PCI Express 3.0-compliant with one x16 slot. ®... -
Page 8: Card Utilities
Removing the cooling enclosure voids the board warranty. For card specifications, dimensions, list of card features, and block diagram, see Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Cards Data Sheet (DS978) for additional information about airflow requirements. -
Page 9: Chapter 3: Card Installation Procedures
• Halten sie ihren Arbeitsbereich und den Computer / Server sauber und frei von Ablagerungen. • Ziehen sie vor dem Öeffnen der Computer / Systemabdeckung das Netzkabel ab. UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... - Page 10 • Put the card down only on an antistatic surface such as the bag supplied in your kit. • If you are returning the card to Xilinx Product Support, place it back in its antistatic bag immediately. Attention aux Décharge Électrostatique (ESD) L'ESD peut endommager les composants électroniques lorsqu'ils sont mal manipulés, et peut...
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Page 11: Before You Begin
• Legen sie die Karte nur auf einer antistatischen Oberfläche ab, z.B. dem antistatischen Beutel der mit dem Kit mitgeliefert wurde. • Wenn sie die Karte an den Xilinx Product Support zurücksenden, legen Sie sie bitte sofort wieder in den antistatischen Beutel. - Page 12 Do not force a connection to any power source other than PCIe Auxiliary Power. See Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Cards Data Sheet (DS978) for maximum power available for the various AUX power cable configurations.
- Page 13 $ sudo lspci -vd 10ee: If the card is successfully installed and found by the operating system, a message similar to the following will be displayed. This is a sample output for an installed Alveo U55C card. 86:00.0 Processing accelerators: Xilinx Corporation Device 505c...
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Page 14: Chapter 4: Installing The Deployment Software
Use the following steps to download and install the XRT and deployment platform using a .rpm installation package. For details on modifying the XRT and deployment platform, see Modifying XRT and Target Platform Versions. UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... - Page 15 $ sudo yum install kernel-headers-`uname -r` $ sudo yum install kernel-devel-`uname -r` 3. After the previous command completes, warm boot your machine. 4. From the Getting Started tab of the Alveo U55C Product page, use the selection tool to display and download the Xilinx ®...
- Page 16 11. Warm boot the system for XRT to recognize the new SC image. The installation for deployment is now complete. Chapter 5: Card Bring-Up and Validation provides steps to validate the card has been installed successfully. UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide...
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Page 17: Xrt And Deployment Platform Installation Procedures On Ubuntu
Getting Started tab of the Alveo U55C Product page, use the selection tool to display the desired Xilinx runtime (XRT) and deployment target installation package. Download the packages by clicking on the displayed package names. 2. Install XRT installation package by running the following command from within the directory where the installation packages reside. - Page 18 8. Warm boot the system for XRT to recognize the new SC image. The installation for deployment is now complete. Chapter 5: Card Bring-Up and Validation provides steps to validate the card has been installed successfully. UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide...
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Page 19: Chapter 5: Card Bring-Up And Validation
$ source /opt/xilinx/xrt/setup.csh Use the following command in bash shell: $ source /opt/xilinx/xrt/setup.sh Running lspci 1. Enter the following command: $ sudo lspci -vd 10ee: UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... -
Page 20: Confirm Firmware Installation
Version entries under Flashable partitions running on FPGA and Flashable partitions installed in system match. See Displaying Card BDF Values to obtain the device management BDF. $ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt examine --device <management BDF> UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... -
Page 21: Card Validation
$ /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbutil validate --device <user BDF> where user BDF is the card to be validated. See Displaying Card BDF Values to obtain the user BDF value. UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... - Page 22 : Throughput (Type: HBM) (Bank count: 1) : 12098.7MB/s Test Status : [PASSED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Test 7 [0000:5e:00.1] : vcu Validation completed. Please run the command '--verbose' option for more details UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide...
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Page 23: Chapter 6: Next Steps
For complete details on the development flow and getting started in Vitis, see Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation: Embedded Software Development (UG1400). For an introduction to Vitis methodology, see Vitis Unified Software Platform Documentation (UG1416). UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... -
Page 24: Chapter 7: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting For card installation support, debugging information, and known issues, see the Alveo Card Debug Guide. For known issues and general information, see AR71752. UG1468 (v1.0) November 23, 2021 www.xilinx.com Send Feedback Alveo U55C Data Center Accelerator Card Installation Guide... -
Page 25: Appendix A: Additional Resources And Legal Notices
• On Windows, select Start → All Programs → Xilinx Design Tools → DocNav. • At the Linux command prompt, enter docnav. Xilinx Design Hubs provide links to documentation organized by design tasks and other topics, which you can use to learn key concepts and address frequently asked questions. To access the Design Hubs: •... - Page 26 The information disclosed to you hereunder (the "Materials") is provided solely for the selection and use of Xilinx products. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law: (1) Materials are made available "AS IS" and with all faults, Xilinx hereby DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND...
- Page 27 IP cores may be subject to warranty and support terms contained in a license issued to you by Xilinx. Xilinx products are not designed or intended to be fail-safe or for use in any application requiring fail-safe performance; you assume sole risk and liability for...
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