Altera Stratix V Advanced Systems - Manual (Page 10)

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Installing the Stratix V Advanced Systems Development Kit
Stratix V Advanced Systems Development Kit February 2013 Altera Corporation
User Guide
2. Consult the Activate Products table, to determine how to proceed.
a. If the administrator listed for your product is someone other than you, skip the
remaining steps and contact your administrator to become a licensed user.
b. If the administrator listed for your product is you, proceed to step 3 .
c. If the administrator listed for your product is Stocking, activate the product,
making you the administrator, and proceed to step 3 .
3. Use the Create New License page to license your product for a specific user (you)
on specific computers. The Manage Computers and Manage Users pages allow
you to add users and computers not already present in the licensing system.
1 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.
4. 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.
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For complete licensing details, refer to the Altera Software Installation and Licensing
Manual .
Installing the Stratix V Advanced Systems Development Kit
To install the Stratix V Advanced Systems Development Kit, perform the following
steps:
1. Download the Stratix V Advanced Systems Development Kit installer from the
Stratix V Advanced Systems 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. Run the Stratix V Advanced Systems Development Kit installer.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. Be sure that
the installation directory you choose is in the same relative location to the
Quartus II software installation.