Alpha 2.0 Install Instructions

• Backup all user files and NetFPGA tree

• Remove NetFPGA packages

 yum remove netfpga-kernel

• Download the rpms from http://www.netfpga.org/betaplus/alpha_2_0.html
  • netfpga-kernel-2.0.0-alpha.i386.rpm (required)
  • netfpga-utils-2.0.0-alpha.i386.rpm (required)
  • netfpga-base-2.0.0-alpha.i386.rpm (required)
  • netfpga-full-2.0.0-alpha_full.i386.rpm (optional)

• Install perl XML parser

 yum install perl-XML-Parser

• Install NetFPGA RPMS
  • Note the full last package is optional

 rpm -i netfpga-kernel-2.0.0-alpha.i386.rpm
 rpm -i netfpga-utils-2.0.0-alpha.i386.rpm
 rpm -i netfpga-base-2.0.0-alpha.i386.rpm
 rpm -i netfpga-full-2.0.0-alpha_full.i386.rpm 

• Ensure IPv6 is disabled
  • Create disable_ipv6 file in /etc/modprobe.d/ with the following line 'install ipv6 /bin/true'
  • Reboot computer
  • 'lsmod | grep ipv6' should return nothing

• Run regression tests

 nf2_regress_test.pl --project reference_router
 nf2_regress_test.pl --project reference_nic

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