Preliminary Setup - Xilinx KCU105 User Manual

Software
Vivado Design Suite 2017.1 is required. The Fedora 20 LiveDVD, on which the TRD software
and GUI run, is only required if a Linux operating system is used.

Preliminary Setup

Complete these tasks before bringing up the design.
Install the Vivado Design Suite
Install Vivado Design Suite 2017.1 on the control computer. Follow the installation
instructions provided in the Vivado Design Suite User Guide Release Notes, Installation, and
Licensing (UG973)
Download the Targeted Reference Design Files
1. Download rdf0307-kcu105-trd03-2017-1.zip from the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale
FPGA KCU105 Evaluation Kit - Documentation & Designs website. This ZIP file contains
the hardware design, software drivers, and application GUI executables.
2. Extract the contents of the file to a working directory.
3. The extracted contents are located at <working_dir>/kcu105_axis_dataplane.
The TRD directory structure is described in
Install TRD Drivers on the Host Computer (Windows 7)
This section provides steps to install KUCon-TRD drivers and is only applicable to a host
Note:
computer running Windows 7 64-bit OS. If running Linux, proceed to
Disable Driver Signature Enforcement
Windows only allows drivers with valid signatures obtained from trusted certificate
Note:
authorities to load in a Windows 7 64-bit OS computer. Windows drivers provided for this reference
design do not have a valid signature. Therefore, you have to disable Driver Signature Enforcement on
the host computer as follows:
1. Power up the host system.
2. Press F8 to go to the Advanced Boot Options menu.
3. Select the Disable Driver Signature Enforcement option shown in
press Enter.
PCIe Streaming Data Plane TRD
UG920 (v2017.1) June 01, 2017
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Appendix A, Directory
Set DIP Switches, page
Chapter 2: Setup
Structure.
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Figure 2-1, and
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