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
.
Different system configurations are available for running, developing, and debugging applications
on your Alveo accelerator cards:
• Running Applications: To run accelerated applications, install an Alveo card into a system as
Chapter 3: Card Installation Procedures
along with the required deployment
software to support running applications as described in
Chapter 4: Installing the Deployment
.
• Developing Applications: To develop FPGA accelerated applications, it is necessary to install
both the deployment software and the development software. Development software
installation, described in
, installs both a development target platform
and the Vitis environment. This configuration does not have an Alveo card installed and is
used for development along with debugging in emulation modes.
• Running, Developing, and Debugging Applications: By installing the Alveo card along with
both the deployment and development software on a single machine, you can configure a
system for developing and running accelerated applications. With the card installed,
developers can debug applications in both emulation modes and on the hardware.
Chapter 1: Introduction
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