FPGA Load

Napatech Link™ Capture Software Features

Platform
Intel® PAC
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
Feature Description
Capture Software Version
Link™ Capture Software 12.7

In this section

This section describes the FPGA load.

Loading the FPGA

The FPGA on the SmartNIC must be loaded when the host boots, so the SmartNIC can be assigned addresses in the host memory map. The FPGA is loaded automatically with an image from the flash memory on the SmartNIC.

Image at power up

The primary image is loaded at power-up of the host, but if loading of this image fails, then the secondary image is loaded instead.