AMR Installing the Design onto the Card¶

After installing the AMR, the next step is to update the design in the OSPI flash. There are three methods available:

Method 1: Using ami_tool over PCIe¶

When the FPT is known to be the same, you can update the AMR design over PCIe® using the AMI tool. In this case, the amr_ospi.bin from the compiled build folder is used instead of the amr_ospi_fpt.bin. Only the PDI_BOOT partition is updated in flash (not the FPT).

The steps to do this are found in AMR Updating Design PDI in Flash.

Method 2: Using Vivado Hardware Manager via JTAG¶

As the FPT you are installing may not align with the FPT that is currently on your card, it is important that you update the OSPI flash with the amr_ospi-fpt.bin over JTAG using the AMD Vivado™ HW manager. This will ensure that the correct FPT is in flash.

The steps to do this are found in Updating AMR FPT Image in Flash.

Note: Especially when picking up a new card, it’s worth noting that the deployment archive will always contain a version of AMI which is compatible with the AMC FW which is in the amr_ospi_fpt.bin pdi. To avoid any confusion, updating the amr_ospi_fpt.bin over JTAG is the simplest and recommended approach.

Method 3: Using embpf-bootfw-update-tool (Command-Line JTAG)¶

This method provides a command-line alternative to the Vivado Hardware Manager GUI for programming OSPI via JTAG.

Steps:

Clone the embpf-bootfw-update-tool repository:

git clone https://github.com/Xilinx/embpf-bootfw-update-tool
cd embpf-bootfw-update-tool

Source the Vivado settings to set up the environment:
```
source /path/to/Vivado/2026.1/settings64.sh
```

Run the programming script with your board and OSPI image:

bash prog_spi.sh -d <v80|rave> -V -i <path/to/amr_ospi_fpt.bin>

Example for V80:

bash prog_spi.sh -d v80 -V -i /path/to/amr_ospi_fpt.bin

Example for RAVE:

bash prog_spi.sh -d rave -V -i /path/to/amr_ospi_fpt.bin

After programming completes, perform a cold reboot of the host server

Tool repository: https://github.com/Xilinx/embpf-bootfw-update-tool