1. Shut down the host computer and unplug the power cord.
2. Open your computer by removing the casing.
3. If necessary, remove the adjacent PCIe
®
slot cover corresponding to the PCIe slot in which
you are installing the Alveo card.
4. Plug the Alveo card into the PCIe x8 or x16 slot on the motherboard.
5. Re-install the computer casing.
6. Connect the power cord and turn on the computer.
WARNING! Do not power-on a passively cooled card without adequate forced airflow across the card
with proper air flow direction, otherwise the card can be damaged. This card can heat up after use in
the server. Use caution when handling. For more information, see Alveo U30 Data Center Accelerator
Cards Data Sheet (
7. To verify that the device has been installed correctly, enter the following Linux command in
the terminal:
$ sudo lspci -vd 10ee:
If the card is successfully installed and found by the operating system, a message similar to
the one below will be displayed.
00:08.0 Processing accelerators: Xilinx Corporation Device d03c (rev 02)
Subsystem: Xilinx Corporation Device 000e
Physical Slot: 8
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Memory at fe050000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
If you do not see a similar message, see
Chapter 2: Card Installation Procedures
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