2.4. Monitor On-Board Sensors Using BWMonitor
BWMonitor is a BittWare tool that allows you to measure FPGA/board temperature, voltage, and current.
Prerequisite: You must install a micro-USB cable between the Intel® FPGA PAC and the server.
- Install the appropriate BittWorks II Toolkit-Lite software, firmware, and bootloader.
Table 3. OS-Compatible BittWorks II ToolkitLite Version Operating System Release BittWorks II Toolkit-Lite Version Install Command CentOS 7.4/RHEL 7.4 2018.6 Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit) bw2tk-lite-2018.6.el7.x86_64.rpm Ubuntu 16.04 2018.6 Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) bw2tk-lite-2018.6.u1604.amd64.deb Refer the Getting Started webpage to download the BMC firmware and tools:- BMC Firmware version: 26889
- BMC Bootloader version: 26879
Save the files to a known location on the host machine. The following script prompts for this location.
- Add Bittware tool to PATH:
Figure 1. Sample Measurements
