Installing

There are a number of prerequisites for installing Napatech Link™ Capture Software for use with Intel® PAC A10 GX. You can then prepare the server for installation, and install the Napatech Link™ Capture Software.

Prerequisites

Ensure that:

Your Intel platform is from the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family or higher. This is because we require support for PCIe Access Control Services (ACS).
You have installed RHEL/CentOS 7.4 or later.
Use the lsb_release command to check the operating system release.
Install lsb_release and check your release version:
```
sudo yum install redhat-lsb
lsb_release -d
```
You will see output similar to this:
```
Description: CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)
```
You have installed one or more Intel® PAC A10 GX acceleration cards.
Use the lscpi command to list the installed Intel® PAC A10 GX acceleration cards and Napatech SmartNICs.
Install pciutils and check the installed cards:
```
sudo yum install pciutils
lspci -nn |grep -E '(8086:09c4|18f4:)'
```
You will see output similar to this:
```
04:00.0 Processing accelerators [1200]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:09c4]
82:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Napatech A/S NT40E3-4-PTP Network Adapter 4x10Gb [18f4:0145]
```
You have installed the QSFP+ 40G pluggables, optionally with breakout cables to 4×10G, in each Intel® PAC A10 GX acceleration card.

Preparing the server for installation of Napatech Link™ Capture Software

Complete these tasks to prepare the server:

Set BIOS and kernel options: Set up BIOS and Kernel Options
Install the OPAE framework: Installing the OPAE Framework

Installing Napatech Link™ Capture Software

Complete these tasks to install the software:

Install Napatech Link™ Capture Software: Installing Napatech Link™ Capture Software
Select 4×10G or 1×40G loadable AFU image: Selecting 1×40G or 4×10G
Request license keys: Requesting the License Key for Napatech Link™ Capture Software
Install license keys: Installing the License Key for Napatech Link™ Capture Software