User guide

3–2 Chapter 3: Software Installation
Installing the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit
Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit December 2014 Altera Corporation
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5. In the Find/Activate Products dialog box, enter your development kit serial
number and click Search.
6. When your product appears, turn on the check box next to the product name.
7. Click Activate Selected Products, and click Close.
8. When licensing is complete, Altera emails a license.dat file to you. Store the file on
your computer and use the License Setup page of the Options dialog box in the
Quartus II software to enable the software.
To license the Quartus II software, you need your computer’s network interface
card (NIC) ID, a number that uniquely identifies your computer. On the computer
you use to run the Quartus II software, type
ipconfig /all at a command prompt
to determine the NIC ID. Your NIC ID is the 12-digit hexadecimal number on the
Physical Address line.
f For complete licensing details, refer to Altera Software Installation and Licensing Manual.
Installing the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit
Perform the following steps:
1. Download the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit installer from the Stratix V GX
FPGA Development Kit page of the Altera website. Alternatively, you can request
a development kit DVD from the Altera Kit Installations DVD Request Form page
of the Altera website.
2. Start the Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit installer .exe, or unzip the
installation image for Linux.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. Choose an
installation directory in the same relative location to the Quartus II software
installation.