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DASH
(Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware)
Test Setup Guide

Scope
This document covers the process of setting up the setup to validate DASH functionality on R2000. The
process includes BIOS details, firmware and driver installation steps, hardware and software
requirements for setup and specific requirement detail for profiles.

Software Requirements
 Latest version of Ubuntu (at least 20.04.2)
 Latest version of Windows (21H1)
 Windows – Catalyst and chipset driver
 DASH CLI or AMC tool
 Realtek Management Console tool
 Realtek DASH NIC Driver
 Realtek NIC Firmware
 ASF tool
 DASH Enabled BIOS(8MB for Release BIOS and 16MB for KVM enabled BIOS (Part of our BIOS
Release)

Hardware Requirements
 Realtek DASH Enabled NIC Card – RTL8111EP
 Target Setup: R2312

Special Notes
 Setup must be connected to Lab network.
 All the Drivers, Realtek firmware, asf (Alert Standard Format) tool and BIOS must be installed on
R2312 setup
 DASH CLI or AMD Management Console tool or Realtek Management console must be installed
on Client/host machine.
 For KVM redirection profile only, we need a 16MB BIOS with KVM engine support.
 For Text redirection, we must flash internal DASH enabled BIOS

Hardware Setup – Target(R2312)

 Realtek DASH Enabled NIC card:-
 Connect Realtek DASH Enabled NIC Card RTL8111EP to one of the PCIe slot on target
 Make sure that lab network is connected.
 Connect SSD or M.2 or NVME SSD on Target
 Bootable USB Pendrive
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Software Setup – Target(R2312)

 BIOS Flash:-
 Copy or Download the DASH Enabled BIOS from shared location: \\[Link]\epebios\
BIOS_QA\BIOS\R2000 or Release Management System(RMS) respectively
 Flash DASH enabled BIOS on the target using any method – Dediprog or EFI shell
method
 Go to BIOS Setup Utility  Advanced  DASH Configuration  Select “Enabled”
**By default, DASH Configuration is “Disabled”
 Install Windows 21H1 OS

 Pre-Requisite for Realtek NIC Firmware installation: -

 Copy the latest firmware, asf parser tool and flash utility to pendrive from: \\
[Link]\epebios\BIOS_QA\DASH_Drivers
 Connect the USB drive which has firmware and flash utility to target
 Boot to Internal EFI shell and go to USB drive
 Fs0:
 Copy the Realtek NIC firmware to flash utility folder rename the firmware to
“[Link]”

 Realtek NIC Firmware installation:

Step 1: Generate [Link](Alert Standard Format): This table is required in order to perform
remote control operation(Power operations). Follow windows or EFI shell “[Link]” generation
method

 Copy the asf tool from location: \\[Link]\epebios\BIOS_QA\DASH_Drivers\

asfParser to USB drive
 On Windows: Go to “asfParser” folder  Double click on the “asfparser” application 
Click “Find ASF”
 “[Link]” file is generated
 Copy [Link] to Bootable pendrive
 EFI Shell: Go to Pendrive  Go to “asfParser” folder  Execute “[Link]”
 “[Link]” file is generated in EFI shell
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Step 2: efuse – This is one time activity

 Read Fuse: Go to Internal EFI shell  Go to pendrive “fs1:  Go to flash Utility 

execute “[Link] /efuse /r”

 Fuse: Go to Internal EFI shell  Go to pendrive “fs1:”  Go to flash Utility  execute

“[Link] /efuse ”
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o Power off and Power on after efuse

Step 3: Read and write Realtek DASH enabled NIC firmware

 Read the firmware: Go to Internal EFI shell  Go to pendrive “fs1/0/2:”  Go to flash

Utility folder execute “[Link] /flash /r or [Link] /flash /info”

 Flash the firmware: Execute “[Link] /flash /wr” in flash utility folder
 After successful flash, it will display “Flashing Ok”
 Read firmware: Execute “[Link] /flash /r or [Link] /flash /info” in flash
utility folder
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Step 4: Update asf table

 Copy the [Link] from USB drive to Flash utility folder

 Execute: “[Link] /flash /update_asftable” in flash utility folder

Step 5: Reboot  Boot to OS

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 Software installation

Step 1: AMD Catalyst and chipset driver

 Copy Latest Catalyst and Chipset driver from \\[Link]\epebios\BIOS_QA\BIOS\
R2000 and install on Windows OS

Step 2: Realtek NIC driver:

 Copy the Realtek NIC Driver from location to target (Windows OS): \\[Link]\
epebios\BIOS_QA\DASH_Drivers\
 Double click on the installer file , install using the installation wizard.
 Go to device manager  Network adapter 
 Realtek PCIe Gbe Family Controller must be detected
 DASH Status check: Go to C: \Program Files (x86) \ Realtek \ Realtek Windows NIC
Driver\RtDashService  Double click “RtkDashClientV2” application
 If DASH configuration is enabled, it will display “DASH = ON” else “DASH=OFF”

Software Setup – Host

1. Download:
 Use [Link] to download the latest – DASH CLI
 Latest DASH CLI version: AMD DASH CLI Setup_3.[Link]
 Copy AMD Management Console: [Link] tool to Client setup
from \\[Link]\epebios\BIOS_QA\DASH_Drivers\DASH-AMCTool
**Latest AMC tool: [Link] has issue in detecting the inventories. Hence, we are using
older AMC 6.0 tool

2. Tool Installation and configuration

 Connection check
 Ping -t <Target IP>  There should not be any packet loss
 Install DASH CLI and AMD Management Console on Client setup
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 Launch DASH CLI tool:

 Go to Windows Logo  Enter “DASH CLI”  Select “DASH CLI”  Launch “DASH
CLI” application
 Discover the target: Run “[Link] -h <R2312 Target IP> discover”

 Launch AMD Management Console tool

 Go to Windows Logo  Enter AMC  “Select AMC Console  Launch “AMC
Console”
 Go to Configuration menu  Settings ribbon  Global configuration window opens
 Enter “Auth Identifier: Realtek”; “Scheme: Digest”; “Username : Administrator” ;
“Password : Realtek”
 Management Port
 HTTP Port  623
 HTTPS Port  664
 Management transport
 Select “HTTP”
 TLS Certificate for HTTPS
 Default selection: Check box is selected for “Trust self-signed certificate”
 Select “Close”

 Discover target
 Select “Home”  “Discover” ribbon
 Enter the target IP Address in “Discovery window”  Click “Next”  Finish
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 Following target details are displayed

 Status of the DASH target connectivity is displayed on the bottom of the tool

 Once the inventory is completed, all the supported inventories will be

displayed
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Special BIOS requirement

Following profiles require special BIOS requirement for DASH validation

1. Text Redirection
2. KVM Redirection

Text Redirection

 BIOS Requirement: Internal BIOS

 BIOS Settings: Go to BIOS Setup Utility  Advanced 
 Console redirection option in BIOS

 Enable Console Redirection  Select Terminal type = “VT_100+” and leave the rest as
default
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KVM Redirection

 BIOS Requirement: 16MB BIOS with KVM engine support

 BIOS Settings: Go to BIOS Setup Utility  Advanced  DASH Configuration
 KVM Feature  Select “Enabled”

Dash Validation
Execute DASH test cases from ATM: [Link]