Appendix A: Programming The Shell Partition For Dfx-2Rp Platforms - Xilinx Alveo U200 Getting Started

Programming the Shell Partition for
DFX-2RP Platforms
Some Alveo Cards have DFX-2RP platforms that require the shell partition to be programmed
after a base partition has been programmed.
For more information regarding DFX-2RP platforms, refer to Alveo Data Center Accelerator Card
Platforms User Guide (UG1120).
For additional details on DFX technology, see
Documentation.
Use the following command to program the shell partition:
$ sudo /opt/xilinx/xrt/bin/xbmgmt program --device <management BDF> --shell
<partition file with path>
See Displaying Card BDF Values
Use the following command to get the partition file with path.
sudo xbmgmt examine --report platform --format json --output <output>.json
--device <management BDF>
Look for the value of the file key in the available_partitions section in the json file. For example:
"available_partitions":
FCB4E558E11F",
bd5fb8abab266c3265918257b5048e88\/partition.xsabin"
For our example the value of partition file with path is:
/lib/firmware/xilinx/bd5fb8abab266c3265918257b5048e88/partition.xsabin
UG1301 (v2.2) August 19, 2022
Getting Started with Alveo Accelerator Cards

Appendix A: Programming the Shell Partition for DFX-2RP Platforms

to obtain the management BDF.
[
{
"vbnv": "xilinx_u250_gen3x16_xdma_shell_3_1",
"logic-uuid": "BD5FB8AB-AB26-6C32-6591-8257B5048E88",
"interface-uuid": "695718EC-21A2-32E4-5E1A-
"file": "\/lib\/firmware\/xilinx\/
}
]
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