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Revision History
The following table shows the revision history for this document.
Section Revision Summary
12/09/2020 Version 1.7
Chapter 1: Introduction Updated description for latest tools version.
Minimum System Requirements Updated supported operating system.
XRT and Deployment Platform Installation Procedures on
RedHat and CentOS
Updated installation procedure.
XRT and Deployment Platform Installation Procedures on
Ubuntu
Updated installation procedure.
xbutil validate Removed note about XRT installation on Ubuntu.
Known Issues Updated to remove a known issue about XRT installation.
Appendix D: Generating the xbmgmt flash --update
Command
Updated output log.
Appendix E: Regulatory and Compliance Information Added appendix.
06/04/2020 Version 1.6
Chapter 1: Introduction Updated the information.
Card Features Added new section.
Chapter 2: Card Interfaces and Details Added a caution.
Known Issues •Added a known issue about installing the U50 card
deployment package.
•Added a known issue about downgrading to a beta
platform.
Downgrading Packages Added information about downgrading to a beta platform.
Downgrading Packages Added information about downgrading to a beta platform.
02/27/2020 Version 1.5
XRT and Deployment Platform Installation Procedures on
RedHat and CentOS
Replaced steps 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to document the new
installation steps for U50. Replaced all mentions of zip files
with tar.gz.
XRT and Deployment Platform Installation Procedures on
Ubuntu
Replaced steps 1, 2, 3, and the log file of step 6 to document
the new installation steps for U50. Replaced all mentions of
zip files with tar.gz.
Running lspci Revised log file in step 2.
Running xbmgmt flash --scan Revised output, platform, and ID information in step 1.
Upgrading Packages Updated step 1 to include a link to chapter 4; removed steps
2-6.
Upgrading Packages Updated step 1 to include a link to chapter 4; removed steps
2-6.
01/07/2020 Version 1.4
Installing the Card Updated to add notes about UL Listed Servers and card
handling.
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Section Revision Summary
12/18/2019 Version 1.3
General Updated output logs.
Qualified Servers Updated the section and provided the web link to the
qualified servers information.
XRT and Deployment Platform Installation Procedures on
Ubuntu
Added a note about XRT installation.
10/31/2019 Version 1.2
General Updated to the Vitis™ unified software platform throughout.
Updated outputs throughout the document.
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software Replaced xbutil command with the new xbmgmt
command for card flashing. Updated output logs.
Running xbmgmt flash --scan Replaced xbutil command with the new xbmgmt
command when scanning card. Updated output logs.
Known Issues Added a link to Xilinx Answer Record 72766.
Added a known issue.
Appendix A: Changing XRT and Target Platform Versions Replaced xbutil command with the new xbmgmt
command for card flashing. Updated output logs.
09/18/2019 Version 1.1
General updates Updated sample outputs.
Chapter 2: Card Interfaces and Details Added card interface related information and updated
images.
Known Issues Included a link to Xilinx Answer Record 71752.
Added information about power.
08/05/2019 Version 1.0
Initial release N/A
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Table of Contents
Revision History...............................................................................................................2
Chapter 1: Introduction.............................................................................................. 6
Card Features...............................................................................................................................6
Minimum System Requirements...............................................................................................7
Qualified Servers......................................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: Card Interfaces and Details.............................................................. 9
Chapter 3: Card Installation Procedures......................................................... 11
Safety Instructions.................................................................................................................... 11
Before You Begin.......................................................................................................................13
Installing the Card.....................................................................................................................15
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment Software......................................... 17
XRT and Deployment Platform Installation Procedures on RedHat and CentOS............. 17
XRT and Deployment Platform Installation Procedures on Ubuntu...................................21
Chapter 5: Card Bring-Up and Validation........................................................25
Running lspci............................................................................................................................. 25
Running xbmgmt flash --scan................................................................................................. 26
xbutil validate............................................................................................................................ 27
Chapter 6: Next Steps.................................................................................................29
Chapter 7: Troubleshooting.................................................................................... 30
Known Issues.............................................................................................................................31
Appendix A: Changing XRT and Target Platform Versions....................34
RedHat and CentOS.................................................................................................................. 34
Ubuntu........................................................................................................................................35
Appendix B: Reverting the Card to Factory Image....................................37
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Appendix C: Creating a Vault Repository for CentOS...............................39
Appendix D: Generating the xbmgmt flash --update Command...... 41
Appendix E: Regulatory and Compliance Information............................43
Safety Compliance.....................................................................................................................43
EMC Compliance........................................................................................................................43
CE Directives.............................................................................................................................. 44
CE Standards..............................................................................................................................44
Other Compliance Statements................................................................................................ 45
Appendix F: Additional Resources and Legal Notices..............................49
Xilinx Resources.........................................................................................................................49
Documentation Navigator and Design Hubs.........................................................................49
References..................................................................................................................................50
Please Read: Important Legal Notices................................................................................... 50
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Chapter 1
Introduction
This document provides hardware and soware installaon procedures for the half-height, half-
length Xilinx® Alveo™ U50 data center accelerator card and applies to 2020.1.1 tools versions
and later. For installaon procedures using earlier tool versions, see v1.6 of Alveo U50 Data
Center Accelerator Card Installaon Guide (UG1370).
The Alveo U50 data center accelerator cards are PCIe® Gen3 x16 compliant and Gen4 x8
compable cards featuring the Xilinx 16 nm UltraScale+™ technology. The Alveo U50 card
recommends 8 GB HBM to provide high-performance, adaptable acceleraon for memory-
bound, compute-intensive applicaons including database, analycs, and machine learning
inference.
Dierent system conguraons are available for running, developing, and debugging applicaons
on your Alveo accelerator cards:
•Running Applicaons: To congure a system to run accelerated applicaons, install an Alveo
card into a system as described in Chapter 3: Card Installaon Procedures along with the
required deployment soware to support running applicaons as described in Chapter 4:
Installing the Deployment Soware.
•Developing Applicaons: To develop FPGA accelerated applicaons, it is necessary to install
both the deployment soware and the development soware. Development soware
installaon, described in Chapter 6: Next Steps, consists of installing both a development
target plaorm and the Vis™ environment. This conguraon does not have an Alveo card
installed and is used for development along with debugging in emulaon modes.
•Running, Developing, and Debugging Applicaons: By installing the Alveo card along with
both the deployment and development soware on a single machine, you can congure a
system for developing and running accelerated applicaons. With the card installed,
developers can debug applicaons in both emulaon modes and on the hardware.
Card Features
The Alveo U50 accelerator card features are as follows.
• UltraScale+™ XCU50 FPGA
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• 8 GB HBM memory - in two 4 gigabyte (GB) HBM memory stacks
○Split into 32 256 MB channels
• One gigabit (Gb) quad SPI ash memory for conguraon
• Ethernet networking interfaces
○One QSFP28 connector supporng 100 GbE, 40 GbE, or 4x10/25 GbE
• JTAG and UART access through the maintenance connector
• 16-lane integrated Endpoint block for PCI Express connecvity
○Gen3 x16 supporng to x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 lane conguraons
○Single or dual Gen4 x8
• Status LEDs
• I2C bus
• Power management with system management bus (SMBus) voltage, current, and temperature
monitoring
• 75W PCIe slot power only
Note: The Alveo U50 card has separate power rails for FPGA fabric and HBM memory. Developers must
ensure their designs do not draw too much power for each rail.
Related Information
Known Issues
Minimum System Requirements
The minimum system requirements for running the Alveo™ U50 Data Center accelerator cards
are listed in the following table.
Table 1: Minimum System Requirements
Component Requirement
Motherboard PCI Express® 3.0-compliant with one x16 slot.
System Power Supply 75W
Operating System Linux, 64-bit:
•Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
•CentOS 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2
•RHEL 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2
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Table 1: Minimum System Requirements (cont'd)
Component Requirement
System Memory For deployment installations, a minimum of 16 GB plus application memory
requirements is required.
For development installations, a minimum of 64 GB of system memory is
required, but 80 GB is recommended.
Internet Connection Required for downloading drivers and utilities.
Hard disk space Satisfy the minimum system requirements for your operating system.
Licensing None required for application deployment.
For the application development environment, see Vitis Unified Software
Platform Documentation: Application Acceleration Development (UG1393).
For details on the acceptable environmental condions, see Alveo U50 Data Center Accelerator
Cards Data Sheet (DS965).
Qualified Servers
A list of servers on which Alveo cards are fully qualied on can be found here:
hps://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/alveo/qualied-servers.html.
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Chapter 2
Card Interfaces and Details
The Alveo™ U50 accelerator card is available in a passive cooling conguraon and is designed
for installaon into a data center server where controlled air ow provides direct cooling to the
card. The card includes the following interfaces.
• A PCI Express® card connector
• One QSFP28 connector supporng 100 GbE, 40 GbE, or 4x10/25 GbE
• Maintenance Connector
Used to program the card in RTL ow through the programming cable. For more informaon
see the Alveo Programming Cable User Guide (UG1377).
Figure 1: Alveo U50 PQ Card with Half-Height Bracket
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Figure 2: Alveo U50DD ES Card with Half-Height Bracket
CAUTION! Alveo accelerator cards are designed to be installed into a data center server, where controlled
air ow provides direct cooling. If the cooling enclosure is removed from the card and the card is powered-
up, external fan cooling airow MUST be applied to prevent over-temperature shut-down and possible
damage to the card electronics. Removing the cooling enclosure voids the board warranty.
For card specicaons, dimensions, list of card features, and block diagram, see Alveo U50 Data
Center Accelerator Cards Data Sheet (DS965).
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