Guidance on Installing XDMA Shell on FABRIC U280 FPGA

[Arash SARABI]

Hello everyone,

I am seeking guidance on installing the XDMA shell on the FABRIC U280 FPGA. During my exploration of the FABRIC testbed, I came across the following note in the Jupyter notebook:

 

“Note that you SHOULD NOT attempt to program the FPGA at this point unless previously discussed with FABRIC staff. Generally changing the bitfile may change the BAR sizes and PCI functions of the device, which in turn may cause the underlying Dell server to automatically reboot. The net effect of this is your actions may affect experiments of other users who may have VMs sharing the same server.

It is only safe to change the bitfile of the FPGA you just provisioned if you know that the PCI functions and BAR sizes in the FPGA are the same as in the bitfile you are trying to load – in this case a simple reboot of the VM will activate that bitfile and your experiment can proceed.”

 

Given this caution, I would like to confirm the correct procedure for installing the XDMA shell on the U280 FPGA. My understanding is that using the XDMA shell might not require a manual restart after uploading the bitstream, which could be beneficial for my experiments.

Any guidance or insights on this process would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Thank you

• This topic was modified 5 months ago by Arash SARABI.

[Mert Cevik]

Arash,

I created a ticket for this. We can use the ticket for the steps for your experiment. You should receive emails from FIP-1522

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