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EE Installation - 6 Installation - UNIX platforms - 7 Installation - Windows platforms - 10 Locating Documentation - 21 Tech Support, Updates & Licensing - 25

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Online References - 32

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• "Locating Docume ntation" (p21)

• "Tech Support, Upda tes & Licensing" (p25)

• "Online References" (p32)

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EE Installation - 6

System requirements for ModelSim EE - 6 Installation - UNIX platforms - 7 Installation - Windows platforms - 10

Windows platform installation details - 12

Regenerating your design libraries - 13 Installed dir ectori es and files - 13 Platform-specific directories - 19

Locating Documentation - 21

Online documentation - 21

Getting the most current PDF manuals - 22

Getti ng paper ma nuals - 22 EE documentation - 22 Using ModelSim’s PDF docum entation - 23

Getting the Acrobat Reader - 23

Searching PDF files - 23

Requirements for Acrobat Search - 24

Installing th e FLEXid security k ey - 10 Installatio n and setup f or a PC server - 10 Troubleshooting PC server setup - 12 Setup for a UNIX server - 12

Licensing - 12 How to find the security key ID - 13

Doc files for ModelSim EE - 24 Copy and Paste fr om PDF files - 24

Tech Support, Updates & Licensing - 25

ModelSim contact matrix - 25 Technical support - by telephone - 25

Mentor Graphics customers In North America - 25

Mentor Graphics customers outside North America - 26

Model Technology customers worldwide - 26 Techn ical support - electronic support ser vices - 26

Mentor G r ap hi cs cus t o m ers - 26

Model Technology customers - 27 Technical support - other channels - 28 Updates - 28

Mentor customers: getting the latest version via FTP - 28

Model Technology customers: getting the latest version via FTP - 29

Licenses - ModelSim EE - 29

Where to obtain your license - 29 If you have trou ble with licensing - 29 All customers: Mod elSim EE licensing - 29

A All customers: maintenance renewals and EE licenses - 32 All customers: license t ransfers and server changes - 32

license.dat

Online References - 32

Books an d pu blicati on s - 32 Partners - 32 Training partners - 32 Resources - 32

Model Tech nology License Agreement - 33

Softwa re Lic ense Agre ement - 33 Model Technology Software Licens e - 33 Important Notice - 34 Limited Warranty - 34

file example - 29

Table of Contents

EE Installation

System requir ements for Mode l

Platform Operating system &

interface

SPARCstation SunOS 4.1 &

OpenWindows

Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 & OSF/ Motif , OpenWindows, or CDE

IBM RISC/ 6000

HP 700 HP-UX 9x through 11.0 &

X86 network-ready (see note)

Platfo rm- s pe c if ic in s truc tions

Select your platf orm for installation ins tructions.

• Installation - UNIX platforms (p7)

AIX 4.1, 4.2 & OSF/Motif

HP VUE , OSF/Motif, or CDE

Windows NT 4.0 or 95/98

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Memory Storage

32 Mb minimum (memory need scales with size of circui t med to large gate design may need 256 Mb)

hard disk with at least 35 Mb spare capacit y

• Installation - Windows platforms (p10)

Note:

TCP/IP or IPX/SPX. If you are installing on an NT machine, make sure you are logged in as "admi nistrator" when runn ing the installation program.

Any PC client or server must be conne cte d to a network with

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Installation - UNIX platforms

Before you begin a new Model make sure you have a Globetrotte r license dat a file ( need the file to run Model

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EE installation on a UNIX machine,

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license.dat

file); you ’ll

. If you don’t have a license file see

"Licenses - ModelSim EE" (p29).

Your workstation’s ide ntification is required for a license; here are the commands that return the ID:

Syntax Platform

hostid SPARC /etc/lans can HP 700 uname -m RISC/6000

The commands used to install Model

are case - sen s i ti v e, so they m u st

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be entered exactly as shown in the following steps. (Note that neither the prompt nor the <Return> at the end of a line is shown in the examples.)

Model

you are installing it in the

can be installed in any directory. These instructions assume that

Sim

directory. You can change to the desired

/usr

installation directory by entering one of the following commands:

cd /usr

cd <pathname>

From a mounted Model

following syntax (this creates the top-level directory

tar xf /<CD-ROM>/WORKSTATION/install/<filename.tar>

CD, extract the file for your platform with the

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modeltech

where the <fil ename.tar > is :

Platform <filename.tar>

All platforms base.tar (extract for all platforms) Sun OS-4/Solaris 1. x sun4.tar Sun OS-5/Solaris 2. x sunos5.tar

EE Installation

Platform <filename.tar>

HP hp700.tar IBM rs6000.tar All platforms docs.tar ( Model

In addition to the platform-specific file you need to extract (common Model

Add the pathname of the Model

files) and

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docs.tar

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(documentation).

executable directory to your search

manuals in pdf format)

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base.tar

path (use one of the following):

/usr/modeltech/sun4 /usr/modeltech/sunos5 /usr/modeltech/hp700 /usr/modeltech/rs6000

If are using shell scripts that require platform inde pendence, you can use the

command within th e path of your she ll sc ript to retu rn th e plat form

vco

directory to your search path.

returns a path appropriate for the

Vco

hardware from which you are inv oking the simulator. The shell you are running determines how you add vco to your path:

• for csh:

set path = ( $path /usr/modeltech/‘/usr/modeltech/vco‘ )

• for sh (Bourne or Korn)

PATH=$PATH:/usr/modeltech/‘/usr/modeltech/vco‘ export PATH

If you are using SunOS 4, a nd are planning to load shared libraries, yo u’ll

need this path included in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable:

/usr/openwin/lib

Enter or edit the

license.dat

file in th e

modeltech

directory. Typically the

file looks like this (also see "Lic ense s - Mode lSi m EE " (p29)):

SERVER hostname nnnnnnnn 1650 DAEMON modeltech ./modeltech ./options FEATURE vsim modeltech 1997.090 dd-mmm-yyyy 2 \ 6C92577EC335F4C9568D ck=61 FEATURE vcom modeltech 1997.090 dd-mmm-yyyy 2 \ 6C92577EC335F4C9568D ck=61

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Note:

To enable starting the license daemon from any directory,

change the DAEMON line to use the full path. For example:

DAEMON modeltech /usr/modeltech/hp700/modeltech \ /usr/modeltech/hp700/options

For HP installation usi ng HP-UX version 9.x only: either the de vice /dev/

lan0 must be writable by the userID that starts the server, or the lmgrd daemon and the lmhostid utility must be made “setuid root”. The commands to do this are:

chmod a+w /dev/lan0

chown root lmgrd lmhostid chmod u+s lmgrd lmhostid

Start the license manager daemon by entering the following commands:

cd /usr/modeltech/<platform> START_SERVER

where <platform> can be sun4, suno s5, hp700, rs6000. If your system runs other applic ations that use Globetrotter Software’s

FLEXlm, a complete user ’s manual fo r FLEXlm is available at Globetrotter Software’s home page:

http://www.globetrotter.com/manual.htm

You may delete the executables you don’t want. Fo r example, if you don’t

need Model

cd /usr/modeltech/ rm -rf hp700

for HP machines:

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EE Installation

Installation - Windows platforms

Note:

IP or IPX/SPX. If you are installing on an NT machine, make sure you are logged in as "administrator" when running the installation program.

Model one of the following:

Installing the FLEXid security key

Attach the FLEXid security key (FLEXid is printed on the key) to the parallel port of the PC server or stand-alone PC (key drivers are loa ded during installation). If a printer or other device is using the parallel port, install the security key on th e port first, the n attach that de vice to the key. The security key will not interfere with normal device operations.

Please remember to protect your security key; Model Technology will replace a defective key, but not one that is lost or stolen.

Installation and setup for a PC server

Follow this process to set up a floating license server on a PC. If you are installing Model floating license. If you are using a UNIX server see: "Se tup fo r a UN IX

server" (p12).

Any PC client or server must be conne cte d to a network with TCP/

EE requires a server for proper installation. Your server can be

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• A stand-alone PC with a F LEX lm security key attached. (The PC acts as both server and client.)

• A Windows server (95/98/NT) with a security key attache d. (The client has no security key.)

• A UNIX server. (The client nor server have a security key; the server’s hostID provides the same locking function as the security key.)

on a stand-alone PC, the license is still a considered

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Run the Model

•

Install from the CD -

you can click on the CD icon.

•

Install from an FTP file

below.

The password-protected Model and documentation file (ee_docs.zip) are available within the versionnumbered directories at:

ftp.model.com/ pub/EE/

Place the unzipp ed doc ume ntation files in th e after Model

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install wil l au to-r un when yo u inse rt the CD, or

- run the installation executable as noted

instal la tion exe cutabl e (mti52ee.ex e )

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modelsim\docs

Troubleshooting PC server setup

Open a DOS window and go to the appropriate

modelsim\win32

For example, C:\modelsim\win32. Enter the command:

lmutil lmdiag

This allows you to verify each fe ature independently.

directory.

From a DOS window, and the same

lmutil lmstat -a

directory, enter the following:

win32

This shows you all li censes that are available.

Go to the

debug.log

inside the

directory. This may provide other

win32

informat ion about th e source o f the license server problems.

Setup for a UNIX server

Check with your system administrator for the server’s hostname and port# , then follow the installation instructions above (steps 5 through 7) to set the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable for your pl atform.

Windows platform installation details

Licensing

Model Globetrotter Softwa re. In a Windows-only environ ment, a FLEXid securit y key is installed that identifies the machine as the license server (a standalone PC acts as server the license server, and requires no security key because FLEXlm uses the UNIX server’s hostID as the identifier.

The license file ( or host ID), and is obtained from either Model Technology or Ment or Graphic s. (S ee "Lic ens es - Model Sim EE" (p29) if you n ee d a license file.)

licensing is handled by the FLEXlm license manager from

Sim

client). A UNIX machine may al s o be us ed as

and

license.dat

) is based on the serv er identifier (the FLEXid,

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