xbmgmt Utility

Xilinx® Board Management (xbmgmt) utility is a standalone command line tool that is included with the Xilinx Runtime (XRT) installation package. The xbmgmt command supports both Alveo Data Center accelerator cards, and embedded processor-based platforms.

This utility is used for card installation and administration, and requires sudo privileges when running it. The xbmgmt supported tasks include flashing the card firmware, and scanning the current device configuration.

The xbmgmt command line format is:

xbmgmt <command> [options]

Where the available commands and options are given below.

TIP: You can use the help command to list the available xbmgmt commands and options. However, not all of the commands returned by the help are supported.
Setup the xbmgmt command using the following scripts:
  • For csh shell:
    $ source /opt/xilinx/xrt/setup.csh
  • For bash shell:
    $ source /opt/xilinx/xrt/setup.sh