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Chapter 3: Software Installation
Installing the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit
Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit
July 2012
Altera Corporation
User Guide
2. Consult the Activate Products table, to determine how to proceed.
a. If the administrator listed for your product is someone other than you, skip the
remaining steps and contact your administrator to become a licensed user.
b. If the administrator listed for your product is you, proceed to step
3
.
c. If the administrator listed for your product is
Stocking
, activate the product,
making you the administrator, and proceed to step
3
.
3. Use the
Create New License
page to license your product for a specific user (you)
on specific computers. The
Manage Computers
and
Manage Users
pages allow
you to add users and computers not already present in the licensing system.
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To license the Quartus II software, you need your computer’s network
interface card (NIC) ID, a number that uniquely identifies your computer.
On the computer you use to run the Quartus II software, type
ipconfig
/all
at a command prompt to determine the NIC ID. Your NIC ID is the
12-digit hexadecimal number on the
Physical Address
line.
4. When licensing is complete, Altera emails a
license.dat
file to you. Store the file on
your computer and use the
License Setup
page of the
Options
dialog box in the
Quartus_II software to enable the software.
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For complete licensing details, refer to
Altera Software Installation and Licensing Manual
.
Installing the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit
To install the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit, perform the following steps:
1. Download the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit installer from the
Stratix V GX
FPGA Development Kit
page of the Altera website. Alternatively, you can request
a development kit DVD from the
Altera Kit Installations DVD Request Form
page
of the Altera website.
2. Run the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit installer.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. Be sure that
the installation directory you choose is in the same relative location to the
Quartus II software installation.
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