Follow the steps from the previous section to power on the board. Once the heartbeat LED is
pulsing regularly, you can connect to the board.
There are two ways to connect to the HiFive Unleashed: ssh and serial. The serial interface is
slower and cannot receive files, so ssh is recommended.
On power-on, the default
freedom-u-sdk
image obtains an IP address from DHCP and starts
an ssh server. The MAC address of the board is
70:b3:d5:92:fX:XX
, where
X:XX
is replaced
by the board number converted to hexadecimal. Ask your network administrator which IP
address your board has obtained. Add the following to your
.ssh/config
, filling in the IP
address:
Host hifiveu
HostName xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa
User root
StrictHostKeyChecking no
UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null
To connect, run
ssh hifiveu
. The password is
sifive
.
With a USB cable connected to the HiFive Unleashed, you can access the console. The console
both shows the linux boot process and can be used to log in to the device.
From Mac OS, run:
sudo screen /dev/tty.usbserial-*01 115200
From Linux, run:
sudo screen /dev/serial/by-path/*-port0 115200
Hit enter a few times to see the login prompt. Username
root
, password
sifive
.
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