Equipment and Permissions - 2021.2 English

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing

Document ID
UG973
Release Date
2021-10-27
Version
2021.2 English

The following table lists related equipment, permissions, and network connections.

Table 1. Equipment and Permissions Requirements
Item Requirement
Directory permissions Write permissions must exist for all directories containing design files to be edited.
Monitor 16-bit color VGA with a minimum recommended resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels.
Ports To program devices, you must have an available parallel or USB port appropriate for your Xilinx programming cable. Specifications for ports are listed in the documentation for your cable.
Note: Installation of the cable driver software requires Windows 10. If you are not using one of these operating systems, the cables might not work properly.
Note: X Servers/ Remote Desktop Servers, such as Exceed, ReflectionX, and XWin32, are not supported.

Network Time Synchronization

When design files are located on a network machine, other than the machine with the installed software, the clock settings of both machines must be set the same. These times must be synchronized on a regular basis for continued proper functioning of the software.