NI Real-Time Hypervisor 2.10 Quick Start Guide
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Getting Started with Your NI Real-Time Hypervisor
System
Complete the following steps to become familiar with your system’s configuration utility,
known as the NI Real-Time Hypervisor Manager, and begin developing applications.
1.
Power on or restart your system.
2.
Depending on your system, select
Windows
or
Linux
from the boot menu to boot into your
general-purpose OS.
3.
Use the NI Real-Time Hypervisor Manager to view the devices assigned to each OS.
a.
(Windows)
Select
Start»National Instruments»NI Real-Time
Hypervisor»NI Real-Time Hypervisor Manager
to launch the NI Real-Time
Hypervisor Manager.
(Linux)
Right-click the desktop and select
Open Terminal
. Then, navigate to
/usr/local/natinst/hypervisor/ConfigurationUtility
and run the
NIHypervisorManager
application to launch the NI Real-Time Hypervisor
manager.
b.
Review the OS partition settings.
•
The
Basic
tab displays each device and the OS to which each device is assigned.
•
The
Advanced
tab displays each device, the OS to which each device is assigned,
and the PCI Interrupt Request Line (PIRQ) that each device uses.
4.
(Optional) Change the OS partition settings.
a.
Click the
Basic
tab to display the list of devices and the OS to which each one is
assigned.
b.
Use the pull-down menus next to each device to change the OS to which each device
is assigned.
c.
Right-click the
Memory
row and select
Set Memory Allocation
to partition the
system memory between the OSes according to your application needs.
d.
Use the pull-down menus next to each CPU core to assign CPU cores to OSes
according to your application needs.
e.
Click the
Apply
button to apply the partitioning configuration. The NI Real-Time
Hypervisor Manager generates a set of instructions.
f.
Follow the instructions generated by the NI Real-Time Hypervisor Manager to ensure
that each hardware device is connected to the correct card slot.
5.
Power on or restart your system.
6.
Select
NI Real-Time Hypervisor
from the boot menu to boot into hypervisor mode.
7.
Develop and run applications just as you would with a normal host and real-time system.
