pld

Required Command-Line Mode = Configure

Use the pld command to upgrade programmable logic devices (PLDs) such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in GigaVUE‑HC3, G-TAP A Series 2, GigaVUE-HCT, and 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 allows you to upgrade each FPGA individually. Refer to theimage 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