Table 2: Minimum System Requirements
Component
Requirement
Motherboard
PCI Express
®
3.0-compatible with one dual-width x16 slot.
System Power Supply
225W via PCI Express Slot connection and 8-pin PCI Express Auxiliary Power
cable.
Operating System
Linux, 64-bit:
•
Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
•
CentOS 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2
•
RHEL 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2
System Memory
For deployment installations, a minimum of 16 GB plus application memory
requirements is required.
For development installations, a minimum of 64 GB of system memory is
required, but 80 GB is recommended.
Internet Connection
Required for downloading drivers and utilities.
Hard disk space
Satisfy the minimum system requirements for your operating system.
Licensing
None required for application deployment.
For the application development environment, see Vitis Unified Software
Platform Documentation: Application Acceleration Development (
For additional specifications and details on the acceptable environmental conditions, see Alveo
U200 and U250 Data Center Accelerator Cards Data Sheet (
) and Alveo U280 Data Center
Accelerator Cards Data Sheet (
).
Qualified Servers
A list of servers on which Alveo cards are fully qualified on can be found here:
https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/alveo/qualified-servers.html
.
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