pld

Required Command-Line Mode = Configure

Use the pld command to perform an upgrade of programmable logic devices (PLDs) such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in GigaVUE‑HC3, GigaVUE-HCT, G-TAP A Series 2 and in GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus.

The following components in GigaVUE‑HC3 have an FPGA:

■   PRT-HC3-X24 module
■   PRT-HC3-C08Q08 module
■   PRT-HC3-C16 module
■   SMT-HC3-C05 module
■   BPS-HC3-C25F2G module
■   BPS-HC3-Q35C2G module
■   BPS-HC3-C35C2G module
■   SMT-HC3-C08 module
■   Control card (also referred to as the main board)

The following components in GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus have an FPGA:

■   HC1P-C04X08 module
■   BPS-HC1-D25A60 module
■   BPS-HC1-D35C60 module
■   SMT-HC1A- R module
■   Control card

The following components in GigaVUE-HCT have an FPGA:

■   BPS-HC1-D25A60 module
■   BPS-HC1-D35C60 module
■   Control/CPU card

FPGA images are bundled with the software image and upgraded with the software image upgrade, however, the pld command provides the ability to upgrade each FPGA individually. Refer to image for information on downloading the software image using the image fetch command. After a PLD upgrade, the node must be hard reloaded. This is also known as a hard power recycle. Issue the show pld command to display the PLDs that need to be upgraded, then only upgrade those.

The pld command for GigaVUE‑HC3, GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus, and GigaVUE-HCT has the following syntax:

pld
   upgrade slot <slot ID>

The pld command for G-TAP A Series 2 has the following syntax:

pld
   upgrade

The following table describes the arguments for the pld command :

Argument

Description
● GigaVUE‑HC3, GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus, and GigaVUE-HCT

upgrade slot <slot ID>

Upgrades the PLD image in the specified slot.

For example:

(config) # pld upgrade slot 2

To upgrade the PLD image on the control card:

(config) # pld upgrade slot cc1
● G-TAP A Series 2

(config) # pld upgrade

 

Upgrades the PLD image

Related Commands

The following table summarizes other commands related to the pld command:

Task

Command

Displays information about PLDs, such as, the current revision, and if an upgrade is needed or not.

show pld

Displays information about PLDs for a specific slot ID in GigaVUE‑HC3.

show pld slot 2