Artesyn Embedded Technology 6806800R89E, Assembly, Installation And Use

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Chapter 4
SharpMedia™ PCIE-8120 Installation and Use (6806800R89F)
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Software Installation
4.1 Prerequisites
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Before installing the PCIE-8120 card, ensure the following software packages are installed
on your host machine:
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vconfig
(This package is not required for CentOS 7.x/ RHEL 7.x)
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xinetd
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net-tools
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dhcp
–
tftp-server
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pciutils
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ethtool
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policycoreutils-python
(needed, if SELinux is installed and enabled)
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qt
(This package is required for Octasic SDK)
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Download the following packages from the SWORDS portal or you can contact your local
Artesyn Embedded Technologies support personnel to get them installed on your host:
– PCIE-8120 support package: PCIE8120-<version>.zip
– Octasic software package: octasic-sdk-<version>.zip
– Documentation package: PCIE8120-doc-<version>.zip
Note : If this package is not available, contact your local Artesyn Embedded
Technologies support personnel.
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Follow the steps below for software installation:
1. Mount the card in your system. For more information on PCIE-8120 card installation,
see Card Installation and Removal on page 36 .
2. Install the software. For software installation procedure, see Installing Software on
page 40 .
3. Run the demo.
Note : Before starting the demo, refer to known issues section in OctSetup Known Issues on page
93 .