Introduction

Napatech tools facilitate the programming of BMC/FPGA image files onto DPUs/SmartNICs through the JTAG interface with the Quartus® Prime Pro Programmer.

In this document

The Quartus® Prime Pro Programmer is used to configure, program and verify FPGA devices and other programmable components supported by Altera™ FPGAs. Napatech provides tools that simplify the process of programming DPUs/SmartNICs using the Quartus® Prime Pro Programmer. This document provides information on programming Napatech DPUs/SmartNICs with BMC firmware images and FPGA images via command-line tools using one or two Altera™ FPGA Download Cable II units.

This document covers the following topics:

How to update the BMC using an Altera™ FPGA Download Cable II.
How to update the FPGA using an Altera™ FPGA Download Cable II.
How to update the BMC and FPGA using two Altera™ FPGA Download Cable II units.

Note: This document applies to the following DPUs/SmartNICs.

F307xX DPUs
F207xX DPUs
N3070X SmartNICs

Note: The programming procedures have been tested and documented using the Quartus® Prime Pro Programmer 22.1.

Note: The configuration procedures have been tested and documented on CentOS Stream 8 for illustrative purposes. It is expected that derivatives of Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based distributions will operate similarly. It should be adjusted the process accordingly for other Linux distributions.

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Development kit options

The development kit (product name: PGM-DEVKIT-IFPGA-DF52-2XIDC-UART, product number: 802-0116-01-10) includes a Passive FPGA Download Cable converter box, a UART console cable and an Altera™ FPGA Download Cable II, as shown in the following table.

Accessory	Illustration
Passive FPGA Download Cable converter box
UART console cable (USB to Pico-EZMate)
Altera™ FPGA Download Cable II

Alternatively, for users who already have the Altera™ FPGA Download Cable II, the PGM-DEVKIT-DF52-2XIDC-UART kit (product number: 802-0115-01-10) is also available, which includes a converter box and a UART console cable only.