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1. Installation and Licensing FlexNet Licenses Table 1 6 Exact Access Dates for ModelSim Releases cont ModelSim Release Exact Access Date year month 6 4a 2008 08 6 4 2008 06 2008 10 2008 09 2008 07 2008 04 2008 03 2008 02 2007 11 2007 09 2007 08 2007 06 2007 05 2007 12 2007 10 2007 07 2007 05 2007 02 2007 01 2006 11 2006 10 2006 08 2006 08 2006 06 2006 04 2007 05 2006 08 2006 05 2006 03 6 1d 2006 01 26 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing FlexNet Licenses Table 1 6 Exact Access Dates for ModelSim Releases cont ModelSim Release Exact Access Date year month 2005 11 2005 09 2005 07 2005 06 2005 06 2005 03 2005 02 2004 11 2004 09 2004 09 2004 07 2004 06 2004 03 2004 01 License File Examples A node locked icense dat file for FLEXid keys INCREMENT qhsimvh mgcld 2007 220 12 dec 2007 0 BD8652099FD3BC2ACFOD VENDOR STRING 520BCO0CA HOSTID FLEXID 9 542226d9 SN 7188197 SIGN2 1A00 1 7 4D54 9232 BC8E D685 6FCD 3B8D 5E00 BBE8 AF51 BB4A 59C4 7551 AACA 0B41 8048 87DD CB3B A72E B1A3 36F6 FE9C 096C 51F3 6BA4 6C01 8E19 765A F9FB INCREMENT qghsimvl mgcld 2007 220 12 dec 2007 0 3D968239F07091363556 VENDOR STRING E9EF2145 HOSTID FLEXID 9 542226d9 SN 7188196 SIGN2 2 07D1 C7CE 2 0 0639 AAF5 9A1A 3C8C 542D 298F D2A6 13D3 7FBO 8C2
2. The installation instructions on subsequent pages tell you how to install the license file Keep in mind that you should modify the license file only as directed in these instructions Make sure you do not inadvertently add spaces or line breaks to the file this may prevent ModelSim from running Licensing on Windows Platforms Noe ________ _ _ _ _ _ The Windows directions refer to the Start button If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 you should use the Windows logo in place of the Start button On Windows platforms the hardware identifier may be either a hardware security key or an Ethernet ID To determine a security key ID number check the number printed on the key To determine the Ethernet ID select Start gt Run then Open cmd to open a command prompt At the command prompt type ipconfig all more Check the configuration listing for your Ethernet Physical Address 10 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing Licensing Licensing on UNIX Platforms On UNIX platforms you ll need your workstation ID to obtain a license Here are the commands that return the ID Table 1 4 Determining UNIX Workstation ID Platform Ethernet HWaddr 00 00 00 00 00 00 Remove the colons and you have the required 12 digit Mentor Graphics Licensing on UNIX Platforms To use this version of ModelSim in a Me
3. IPW114 IPW116 IPW118 IPW122 Installation and Licensing Mentor Graphics Install Table 1 8 Troubleshooting Common Errors cont Problem A file write error occurred An error occurred while attempting to write to a file An error occurred while attempting to write to a file A file write error occurred The Install program cannot write to the specified file The Install program could not write to the specified file and installation is being cancelled The Install program could not write to the specified file and installation is being cancelled The Install program cannot write to the specified file Solution The file or directory the file is in may not have Write permissions Verify that permissions are open on the file directory and select Retry to continue the installation Selecting Cancel will cancel the installation Verify the path to the file If the path was correct contact Customer Support and provide them with the Details and Error IPW116 Verify the path to the file If the path was correct contact Customer Support and provide them with the Details and Error IPW118 The file or directory the file is in may not have write permissions Verify that permissions are open on the file directory and select Retry to continue the installation Selecting Cancel will cancel the installation IPW 123 A file read error occurred The Install program cann
4. RS6000 AIX 5 1 5 2 discontinued RedHat Linux 7 2 7 3 and 8 0 RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2 1 discontinued discontinued RedHat Linux Enterprise version 2 1 discontinued Windows 2000 Itanium 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 discontinued discontinued Solaris 8 and 9 discontinued Solaris 10 x86 and UItraSPARC RedHat Linux Enterprise version 3 discontinued discontinued SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 9 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c discontinued Installation and Licensing Licensing Licensing ModelSim uses FlexNet licenses which are tied to a workstation or hardware ID see below for how to locate your ID The following is an abbreviated example of a license file SERVER serverl 117234f39g1m 1650 DAEMON mgcld install dir win32 mgcld INCREMENT mgcld 2007 220 4 dec 2007 1 DD35265192B8C3224364 VENDOR_STRING 66E0B055 SN 6264745 IGN2 1688 0801 FAEC 27CE A6AD 0C2D F9DB C37D 1E9C 7B5A F483 67BE 4F11 2 B7FC 135B 50AE 6C20 1 A991 2BCC 51BB 756D E2D5 CFB7 C801 FCE7 68F4 A24A A499 INCREMENT qhsimvlog mgcld 2007 220 4 dec 2007 1 8D05E6017C8E0DE044AB VENDOR STRING 1AF05984 SN 6264744 SIGN2 071F 2C8E F935 C771 9COA 763A CE62 9424 9800 6810 7C5A E8C5 3BD3 ODF7 9 04 1511 233E 9A52 B8BO FD65 CFCB 8B30 1384 CF3D 8323 444F 51F0 177B 79DC ui
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7. trustInfo gt lt dependency gt lt dependentAssembly gt assemblyIdentity type win32 name Microsoft VC90 CRT version 9 0 21022 8 processorArchitecture amd64 publicKeyToken 1fc8b3b9ale18e3b gt 8 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing Discontinued and Retiring Operating Systems lt dependentAssembly gt lt dependency gt lt assembly gt 2 Create a test res file from the test rc file using the windres program located in your c Ming W bin directory shell windres input test rc output test res output format coff 3 Link the test res file to test exe gcc exe o test exe test o test res Discontinued and Retiring Operating Systems The following is a list of discontinued operating systems and their last supported ModelSim release Technical support will answer questions regarding discontinued operating systems but no patches are available subsequent to the last supported ModelSim release Also please be aware of the operating systems that Mentor Graphics has scheduled to retire Retiring operating systems will receive patches through the number release indicated Table 1 3 Discontinued and Retiring Operating Systems Operating System Windows 98 ME and NT 4 0 Solaris 2 6 and 2 7 Status discontinued discontinued Last supported ModelSim release 6 1x AIX 4 3 discontinued HP 700 HP UX 11 0 11i discontinued discontinued
8. 5 6 3 6 3j 6 2 62k 6 1h 6 1 6 1g FLEXnet 10 8 FLEXIm 9 5 6 0 6 0e FLEXIm 8 2 5 8b 5 8e FLEXIm 8 2 Where to Obtain Your License See http supportnet mentor com licenses for details Troubleshooting Common Licensing Problems What licenses are needed for mixed language simulation To simulate a mixed language design two licenses are required The msimhdlmix and msimhdlsim licenses together or TWO msimhdlsim licenses will allow mixed language simulation With just one msimhdlsim license only one language at a time can be used ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 23 Installation and Licensing FlexNet Licenses What can I do if get an error message that states that the encryption code has been modified The most likely causes and solutions for this error are the following o Extra space characters at the end of the line Remove these characters o Invalid characters added to the end of the line Remove these characters o Incorrect split in the line Rejoin the lines Solution If the original version of the license file is available 1n an e mail archive or elsewhere compare the modified license file to the original file If extra SERVER lines were added this also throws off the decryption of the license You should remove those extra SERVER lines and restart the server If you cannot remove the lines contact your account manager to request a license file tran
9. Help Home Products gt gt Mentor Graphics Install Mentor Graphics Install Click here n O0 to begin Install Products m Install or update Mentor Graphics products from CD RO or a previously installed product directe o Verify Installation erify an existing installation SupportNet Exit All Rights Reserved License Agr Copyright Mentor Grap Tip After the Mentor Graphics Install program displays the wizard instructions for performing each of the following tasks are available in the online help 3 Click the icon next to Install Products on the first screen ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 31 Installation and Licensing Mentor Graphics Install 4 Read Mentor Graphics Licensing Agreement and click Agree to accept 5 In the Source and Target screen select the source and target for your installation and click Next 6 In the Releases window select the releases to install and click Next 7 In the Product Selection window select the products to install and platform and click Next 8 In the Confirm Selections window confirm your product selections and click Install Troubleshooting Common Errors Table 1 8 lists some of the more common errors encountered during installation Error CP0008 CP00030 IPW112 Table 1 8 Troubleshooting Common Errors Problem The current version of the Install program on your system is out of date There is a newer v
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11. display s name not known to X host May not be pointing at the appropriate Target location The sensitivity setting for your mouse is set incorrectly for this Java application ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Add name to host database Verify that correct Target location has been indicated on Product Removal Selection window Decrease the sensitivity of your mouse so the mouse moves slower in your Control Panel Refer to technote mg48980 in SupportNet Installation and Licensing Mentor Graphics Install Table 1 9 Troubleshooting Common Problems cont Problem Unable to uninstall the Mentor Graphics Install program Possible Cause ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Solution Navigate to the directory where Install exe is located 1 Open the bin directory and double click on Uninstall exe This does not fully remove all of the Mentor Graphics Install program but it does remove the registry entries so that the install program can be re installed 2 Delete the install directory This removes all targets 35 Installation and Licensing Mentor Graphics Install 36 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Symbols 7 exe 7 A Automated installation 18 autorefreshing design libraries 21 B Batch file for repeated installation 18 CF Compiling C prog
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15. 2c Installation and Licensing Installation 1 If you received a hardware security key dongle install it on the parallel or USB port of your PC Skip this step if you licensed ModelSim to the PC s Ethernet ID 2 Install ModelSim from the CD or via a downloaded installation executable 3 Once the software is done installing you will be prompted to install a hardware security key driver Choose Yes if you installed a security key in step 1 choose No if you licensed ModelSim to the PC s Ethernet ID 4 After installation is complete save the license dat file to install dir Nwin32Nicense dat Make sure there are no extra spaces or line breaks in the license file It must exactly match the license you received by e mail including upper and lower case and any backslashes V 5 Verify the name of your PC via the Windows Control Panel by System Computer Name 6 Open the license dat file and change the server name to the name of your PC Use a text editor like Notepad rather than a word processor Word processors may add extra hidden formatting characters to the file and cause problems Edit the DAEMON line to point to the full path for the mgcld exe for example SERVER serverl 123456789123 1717 DAEMON mgcld C lt install_dir gt win32 mgcld exe 7 Set the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable with the port and hostname o For Windows XP right click the My Computer icon and select Properties then select the Advan
16. 6 6D31 B906 1A92 1CE4 83F8 2178 DC4A 7D31 184C 8439 3E3A 8337 BCB5 273A BOD2 4C2A DA3E A floating license dat file SERVER serverl 00065B4213F2 1717 DAEMON mgcld C Modeltech_6 3 win32 mgcld exe INCREMENT mgcld 2007 220 4 dec 2007 1 DD35265192B8C3224364 VENDOR_STRING 66E0B055 SN 6264745 SIGN2 1688 0801 FAEC 27CE A6AD 0C2D F9DB C37D 1E9C 7B5A F483 67BE 4F11 2 B7FC 135B 50AE 6C20 A991 2BCC 51BB 756D E2D5 CFB7 C801 FCE7 68F4 A24A A499 INCREMENT qhsimvlog mgcld 2007 220 4 dec 2007 1 8D05E6017C8E0DE044AB VENDOR STRING 1AF05984 SN 6264744 SIGN2 071F 2C8E F935 C771 9COA 763A CE62 9424 9B00 6810 7C5A E8C5 3BD3 ODF7 9E04 1511 233E 9A52 B8BO FD65 CFCB 8B30 1384 CF3D 8323 444F 51F0 F6EE 177B 79DC JO ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 27 Installation and Licensing FlexNet Licenses An Flexera Software FlexNet floating license file contains information about the license SERVER the DAEMON required to authorize the feature and a line for each product FEATURE you are authorized
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23. ced tab and then Environment Variables For Windows Vista or 7 right click the Computer icon and select Properties then select Advanced System settings and then select Environment Variables Add LM LICENSE FILE with a value of 1650 hostname where hostname is the name of your PC The software does not look for licensing variables in the registry therefore you must set either LM LICENSE FILE or MGLS LICENSE FILE environment variable 8 Reboot your PC 9 Launch mtools exe from the install dir Nwin32 directory 10 Choose the Config Services tab and add the pathnames for mgrd exe license dat and debug log Typical entries might look like this lmgrd exe install dir Wwin32Mlmgrd exe License file install dir Nwin32Mlicense dat Debug log file install dir Nwin32Ndebug log Click Save Setup when you finish entering the pathnames ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 13 Installation and Licensing Installation 11 12 13 Choose the Start Stop Reread tab and click Start Server To verify that the server started choose the Config Services tab and click View Log Look for two lines similar to the following 00 lmgrd Starting vendor daemons 00 lmgrd Started mgcld pid 1088 4 3 4 3 Close Imtools once the server is started Invoke ModelSim through the Windows Start menu Windows PC Client Obtains License from a Server Use this setu
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25. d Verilog design units you would use both of these commands vcom work mylib refresh vlog work mylib refresh Rebuild Libraries Without Source Code An important feature of refresh is that it rebuilds the library image without using source code This means that models delivered as compiled libraries without source code can be rebuilt for a specific release of ModelSim In general this works for moving forwards or backwards on a release Moving backwards on a release may not work if the models used compiler switches or directives Verilog only that do not exist in the older release or if a bug was fixed that makes it impossible to do a backwards refresh Note LLL You do not need to regenerate the std ieee modelsim_lib vital and verilog libraries as these are provided with each release of ModelSim However if you have your own copies of these libraries you will need to refresh them AutoRefreshing ModelSim 10 2 library files can be used by any 10 2 simulator type with the help of AutoRefresh AutoRefresh works during simulation loading to build the library files needed by the current simulator type AutoRefresh builds only the files needed by the loading simulation and then only refreshes files for design units that have changed leaving the rest of the library files untouched The Binary Details AutoRefresh regenerates the binaries for PE DE psm SE asm and SE 64 bit asm64 that are stored in the ModelSi
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28. ersion of the Install program available on the latest installation media The Mentor Graphics Install program encountered an error while trying to read the startup data An error occurred when the Install program tried to open a script archive file Result You must update your version of the Mentor Graphics Install program from the latest installation media The Install program will not proceed further The Installation script archive could not be found therefore the Install program will not proceed Solution Exit the Mentor Graphics Install program and refer to either the web based Installation Instructions on the SupportNet download web page or the CD booklet available with all installation media The installData xml gz file needs to be in the Mentor Graphics Install data directory On UNIX this file name is case sensitive If you are installing source from CD ROM make sure the Volume 1 CD ROM is available and click Retry Selecting Cancel will cancel the installation IPW113 32 An error occurred when the Install program tried to open a script archive file The Installation script archive could not be found therefore the Install program will not proceed If you are installing source from CD ROM make sure the Volume 1 CD ROM is available and click Retry Selecting Cancel will cancel the installation ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Error
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30. file for installing ModelSim again in the same location 18 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c B ou om 10 et OR Installation and Licensing Installation Invoke the Mentor Graphics Install interface wizard On the opening page click Install Products On the License Agreement page click Agree On the Source and Target page click the Browse buttons to navigate to the source and target locations for the installation Click Next On the Product Selection page select all products that you want to install Click Next On the Confirm Selections page click Save In the Save dialog box use the Save in and File Name fields to specify the location and name of a text file that contains your installation settings The next time you want to run the same installation run the following in a command shell install linux batch filename Stand Alone UNIX Workstation Use this setup if you are running ModelSim on a stand alone UNIX workstation ModelSim and the license server run on the same system 1 After installation is complete save the license dat file into the install path2 directory Open the license dat file and change the server name to the hostname of your workstation Start the license manager daemon with the following commands cd install path platform START SERVER Set the LM LICENSE FILE environment variable to the hostname setenv LM LICENSE FILE 1650 ho
31. from v10 1x or earlier you will need to regenerate your design libraries after installing the software For more information refer to the section Regenerating Your Design Libraries Release 10 2c of ModelSim uses version v11 10 of FlexNet Sites that have existing license servers running an older version must shut down the servers and restart them using the license server Imgrd and vendor daemon mgcld provided in this release Supported Platforms Table 1 1 Supported Platforms Platform Binary VCO name Memory capacity SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 linux 3GB 11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 5 6 linux x86 64 terabytes Windows XP Vista win32 2GB 32 bit only 3GB Windows 7 32 bit win32 2GB Windows 7 64 bit terabytes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 5 6 3GB e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 3GB 11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 5 6 Maus REGEA 1 The VCO name refers to the platform directories that are created during installation 2 Memory usage is limited to the maximum process size allowed by the Linux kernel 3 The product is now LARGEADDRESSAWARE by default This applies to Windows configurations that include the 3GB or userva boot switches for XP and Vista respectively 4 ModelSim 32 bit win32 installs and runs on Windows 7 64 bit OS though it only runs as a 32 bit binary ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 5 Installation a
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33. im PE VHDL simulator msimpevsimvlog PE Verilog simulator msimsystemcnl Enables SystemC simulation node lock msimsystemc Enables SystemC simulation qhsimvh Enables VHDL simulation qhsimvl Enables Verilog simulation msimcompare Enables simulation results comparison waveform compare msimcoverage Enables code coverage msimprofile Enables code profiling msimviewer Enables the GUI peproassertions Enables SystemVerilog and PSL assertions txanalysis Enables transaction viewing ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 29 Installation and Licensing FlexNet Licenses Table 1 7 Feature Names cont Feature name Description ModelSim X Standard Option mtiverification Enables PSL and SystemVerilog assertions PE DE svverification qpasim Enables functional coverage constrained random stimulus generation and Program Blocks Enables Power Aware verification zncwmbase Enables checker and monitor functionality qvrm Enables the Verification Run Manager qvman Enables the Verification Management features including triage report vcover report trend vcover report html Testplan analysis mc2sim Enables multi core multi processor simulation msimreguvm Enables the Register Assistant UVM tool 1 Linux platform only Finding License Features for Your Sit
34. ing ModelSim are case sensitive so you must enter them exactly as shown If you are upgrading from a previous release it is recommended that you install your upgrade in its own directory to avoid overwriting your old files and libraries License Specific Instructions The following sections describe how to install ModelSim depending on the license specific to your operating system environment or platform Floating License on a Stand Alone Windows PC Windows PC Client Obtains License from a Server Windows PC License Server Stand Alone UNIX Workstation UNIX Client Obtains License From a Server UNIX License Server Windows Installation Instructions ModelSim uses Mentor Graphics Install for installation on Windows machines When installing multiple Windows products use separate folders for each product Installing multiple Windows products into the same folder will cause problems uninstalling the product The main product executable is named modelsim win32 ver exe win32 modelsim_win64 lt ver gt exe win64 and the gcc compiler is named modelsim gcc 4 2 1 mingw32vc9 zip win32 modelsim gcc 4 5 0 mingw64 zip win64 Floating License on a Stand Alone Windows PC Use this setup if you are installing on a stand alone Windows PC with a floating license When stand alone PCs use a floating license ModelSim and the license server run on the same system 12 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10
35. l 123456789123 1717 DAEMON mgcld C lt install_dir gt win32 mgcld exe Set the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable with the port and hostname o For Windows XP right click the My Computer icon and select the Advanced tab and then Environment Variables Add LM_LICENSE_FILE with a value of 1650 hostname where hostname is the name of your server The software does not look for licensing variables in the registry therefore you must set either LM_LICENSE_FILE or MGLS_LICENSE_FILE environment variable Reboot the server Launch mtools exe from the lt install_dir gt win32 directory Choose the Config Services tab and add the pathnames for Imgrd exe license dat and debug log Typical entries might look like this lmgrd exe lt install_dir gt win32 lmgrd exe License file install dir Nwin32Mlicense dat Debug log file install dir Nwin32Ndebug log Click Save Setup when you finish entering the pathnames ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 15 Installation and Licensing Installation 11 Choose the Start Stop Reread tab and click Start Server 12 To verify that the server started choose the Config Services tab and click View Log Look for two lines similar to the following 00 lmgrd Starting vendor daemons 00 lmgrd Started mgcld pid 1088 4 3 4 3 Close Imtools once the server is started Troubleshooting Windows PC Server Setup The Lice
36. library are no longer included Technical Support Visit the following web sites for support software updates and many other information sources Support Mentor Graphics support supportnet mentor com FlexNet Licenses ModelSim uses Flexera Software s FlexNet license manager and files Flexera Software FlexNet license files contain lines that can be referred to by the word that appears first on the line Each kind of line has a specific purpose and there are many more kinds of lines that MTI does not use 22 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing FlexNet Licenses This version of ModelSim uses version v11 10 of FlexNet Sites that have existing license servers running an older version must shut down the servers and restart them using the license server Imgrd and vendor daemon mgcld provided in this release License Transfers and Server Changes There is a charge for server changes or license transfers For details please contact your local Mentor Graphics sales office License Server Versions The following table lists the FlexNet version that should be used with each version of ModelSim Using an outdated version of the Flex m software may produce errors Table 1 5 License Server Versions Supported for ModelSim FlexNet Version ModelSim Release Number 10 2 FlexNet v11 10 10 0 10 1 FLEXxnet v11 6 1 6 6 6 6g 6 5 6 5g 6 4 6 4g FLEXnet 10 8
37. m libraries ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 21 Installation and Licensing Technical Support For example if a module is changed and recompiled on PE DE the next time an SE simulator tries to use that library ModelSim automatically regenerates the necessary asm files One library can contain the code for both formats For example for each design unit in a work library there can be an SE and PE DE version co existing In fact if you run a PE DE compiled design on SE it will auto refresh itself when you invoke vsim The library format that SE needs is generated on the fly from the PE DE format After that point both formats exist in the library and no more format conversion will occur Why two different formats The SE compiler has several performance optimizations that aren t in the PE DE compiler Consequently the generated code for SE has to be different Library Compatibility Between Versions Libraries are compatible between different letter versions of the tool as long as the version number is the same For example 10 2 libraries are compatible with 10 2a but not 10 14 Library Notes Pre compiled versions of some non standard libraries and packages are no longer provided The ARITHMETIC library which contained a package for doing signed and unsigned vector arithmetic is no longer included The packages NUMERIC EXTRA NUMERIC SIGNED NUMERIC UNSIGNED and STD LOGIC 1164 EXTENSIONS all from the IEEE
38. mgcld usr mtil10 1 1inux mgcld usr mtil0 1 linux options Note The options line is only necessary if you are using a FlexNet options file The INCREMENT Line An INCREMENT line describes how many licenses tokens are available it contains the feature name daemon required most current build date authorized to run token expiration date number of tokens for the feature license code and a checksum 28 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing FlexNet Licenses If an INCREMENT entry is too long to fit on a single line a backslash V appears at the end of the line A UNIX system interprets that as joining the next line with the current line that is treating both lines as one without a linefeed or carriage return Therefore never delete a backslash at the end of a line when you are transcribing a license file Similarly do not insert another character after a backslash License Feature Names The names on the feature lines in the license file correspond to particular functions in the ModelSim and Questa products Table 1 7 Feature Names Feature name Description ModelSim X Standard PE Option msimcdebug Enables C debugging msimdataflow Enables Dataflow and Schematic Window msimhdlmix Second license for mixed simulation regardless of language msimhdlsim Language Neutral License LNL simulation can act as either VHDL or Verilog msimpevs
39. n Licensing Problems Maintenance Renewals and Licenses License File Examples The SERVER The DAEMON The INCREMENT Line License Feature 5 Mentor Graphics Troubleshooting Common Errors Troubleshooting Common Problems Index End User License Agreement ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Table of Contents List of Tables Table 1 1 Supported Platforms ou 2e sao y A ex EY Y ve ab X rq we E ERE Bes Eos 5 Table 1 2 Supported Platforms for SystemC 6 Table 1 3 Discontinued and Retiring Operating Systems 9 Table 1 4 Determining UNIX Workstation ID 11 Table 1 5 License Server Versions Supported for ModelSim 23 Table 1 6 Exact Access Dates for ModelSim Releases 24 Table 1 7 Feature Names uus doe accede E ERR ARX edes dac ede rade bn ma s ds 29 Table 1 8 Troubleshooting Common Errors 32 Table 1 9 Troubleshooting Common Problems 34 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Chapter 1 Installation and Licensing Upgrading to a New Release When you upgrade to ModelSim v10 2c
40. n and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing Installation Uninstalling from a Windows Machine To remove any or all products installed with the Mentor Graphics Install 1 From the Start Menu select Start gt Programs gt Mentor Graphics gt Mentor Uninstall Uninstall Mentor Products Select from o Sort by Target Choose this sort option to list all targets you have installed to o Sort by Product Choose this sort option to list all installed products Select individual multiple or Select products to be removed Click Next to proceed to the Confirm Removal Selection window Click Remove The Install program will prompt you to remove itself after the last product is removed Click Done Linux and UNIX Installation Instructions ModelSim uses the Mentor Graphics Install program for installation on Linux and UNIX platforms You will need to acquire either from the CD or via download the following files Installer executable install platform the executable for the Mentor Graphics Install interface You should acquire the Installer executable specific to the platform from which you will be performing the installation Base install file lt productname gt base mis contains the base functionality for all platforms Documentation install file lt productname gt docs mis contains the documentation for all UNIX and Linux platforms Using this file you could install onl
41. nd Licensing Supported Platforms SystemC Supported Platforms SystemC runs on a subset of supported platforms as shown in Table 1 2 Refer to SystemC Simulation in the User s Manual for more details Table 1 2 Supported Platforms for SystemC Platform OS Supported compiler versions 32 bit 64 bit support support Intel and AMD x86 based gcc 4 3 3 and 4 5 0 yes architectures 32 and 64 bit VCO is linux 32 bit binary SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 VCO is linux_x86_64 64 bit 11 binary Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 5 6 Windows XP Vista and 7 Minimalist GNU for Windows MinGW gcc 4 2 1 VCO is win32 1 32 bit executable and 32 bit gcc can be used with 64 bit Windows systems though they only run as 32 bit binaries Note __ ModelSim SystemC has been tested with the gcc versions provided in the install tree It is strongly recommended to use the gcc version that came with your installation customized versions of gcc may cause problems For the Windows platform you must install the compilers manually The following steps describe how to obtain and install your required compiler 1 Install the product This installs the base product and the documentation 2 Navigate to the following site www mentor com supportnet 3 Locate the appropriate MinGW zip file o modelsim gcc 4 2 1 mingw32vc9 zip 4 Extract the contents of the zip file to the top level of your install directory Operati
42. ng System Specific Information This section provides information specific to the various supported platforms 6 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing Supported Platforms Windows Operating Systems The following section provides information specific to the supported Windows operating systems Creating dll or exe Files using Compiled lib files This section describes information you require to create dll or exe files using lib files supplied with ModelSim These scenarios typically involve DPI VPI PLI FLI or the UCDB API To create a dll or exe file using ModelSim lib files found in the install dir win32 directory you must be aware of the following You must be using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 sometimes referred to as VC 9 0 to create your dll or exe files You cannot use any earlier versions of Visual Studio because our lib files were compiled using Visual Studio 2008 o Install Visual Studio 2008 on the machine from which you create your dll and exe files rather than working from a remote server This is due to the requirements of Visual Studio 2008 o Ensure your environment is correctly pointing to Visual Studio 2008 by running a compile command and analyzing the output Review the examples we ve created and placed in the install dir examples c windows ucdb static directory for information on compiling and linking lib files into a dll or exe using Vi
43. nsing Wizard located in the ModelSim program group can help you solve ModelSim licensing problems Run the wizard on a client machine to check the availability of the license from your PC server In addition to running the Licensing Wizard try the following e Open a DOS window and go to the appropriate lt install_dir gt win32 directory Enter the command lmutil exe lmdiag This allows you to verify each feature independently From a DOS window and the same win32 directory enter the following lmutil exe lmstat a This shows you all licenses that are available Go to the debug log inside the win32 directory This may provide other information about the source of the license server problems Verify that FlexNet v11 10 was installed on the server Launch mtools exe from the install dir 2Nwin32 directory and select Help gt About Increasing Process Space for the Windows OS Your machine may be set up to allow an extra gigabyte of process space up to a total of 3GB This is controlled with the 3GB Windows XP or userva Windows Vista boot switches ModelSim executables are linked with the LARGEADDRESSAWARE switch to allow the use of this extra process space Noe 2 __ _ __ Do not use the GUI if you ve set this boot switch on your machine This is because the application will most likely exceed the process space limit when displaying many windows containing lots of data 16 ModelSim SE Installatio
44. nstallation This procedure allows you to specify your installation location b To display online help for the wizard click the Help button at the top of the window After installation is complete save the icense dat file into the install dir directory Open the license dat file and change the server name to the hostname of your server Start the license manager daemon with the following commands cd install path platform START SERVER where platform can be linux linuxle or linux x86 64 Set the LM LICENSE FILE environment variable with the port and hostname setenv LM LICENSE FILE 1650 hostname where hostname is the name of the license server ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing Regenerating Your Design Libraries Regenerating Your Design Libraries When you upgrade between number versions for example from 10 1 to 10 2 you must regenerate your design libraries This is not true for letter versions for example 10 1a to 10 d Regenerating Methods Explicit Refresh You can easily regenerate your design libraries with refresh You must use the vcom compiler with the refresh option to update the VHDL design units in a library and vlog with the refresh option to update Verilog design units By default the work library is updated use work library to update a different library For example if you have a library named mylib that contains both VHDL an
45. ntor Graphics environment you must be running Mentor Graphics Standard Licensing MSL v2012 2patchl with MGLS v9 7 2 3 and PCLS v9 7 2 4 or newer and Packaging Information version v3 1 0 2a or newer To check your current versions do the following 1 Make sure the MGLS HOME environment variable is set to install directory platform mgls 2 Execute MGLS HOME bin mgls admin v If you are running a license server with an earlier version you need to shut down the license server and restart it using the license server Imgrd and vendor daemon mgcld found in MGLS Platform specific MGLS is included in the ModelSim installation at install directory platform mgls In ModelSim the MGLS HOME environment variable is set in a non persistent way inside the simulation environment If MGLS HOME is already set it will be changed temporarily to point at the known good mgls tree while ModelSim is invoked The persistent setting of MGLS HOME will not be changed The mgcld daemon is automatically installed into the binary directory when you install ModelSim ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 11 Installation and Licensing Installation Installation ___ _____________________________________________________ The instructions for Windows refer to the Start button If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 you should use the Windows logo in place of the Start button The commands for install
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47. ot read the specified file ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c The file or directory the file is in may not Read permissions Verify that permissions are open on the file directory and select Retry to continue the installation Selecting Cancel will cancel the installation 33 Installation and Licensing Mentor Graphics Install Troubleshooting Common Problems Table 1 9 shows some frequently encountered problems with their possible causes and solutions For additional help consult applicable vendor manuals or contact the Mentor Graphics SupportCenter Table 1 9 Troubleshooting Common Problems Problem Can t open display or similar message received on attempt to execute first remote client During Product Removal Product or Release is not visible in the Install program Unable to click in a checkbox Possible Cause No value set for the DISPLAY environment variable Solution Set the DISPLAY environment variable In a Bourne or Korn shell type DISPLA Y lt your_X_display_name gt 0 export DISPLAY DISPLAY environment variable lacking 0 Display machine not permitting access Reset the DISPLAY environment variable so it includes the 0 syntax Open a new command window on the display machine and run the xhost command Refer to the xhost 1 manual page for workstations and the vendors documentation for terminals and PCs X
48. p if you are installing on a Windows PC that will obtain a license from a Windows PC or UNIX license server 1 2 5 6 Install ModelSim from the CD or via a downloaded installation executable Once the software is done installing you will be prompted to install a hardware security key driver Choose No since you are obtaining the license from a server Once installation is complete check with your system administrator for the license server s hostname the network machine name and port 1650 is the default port number Set the LM LICENSE FILE environment variable with the port and hostname given you by the system administrator o For Windows XP right click the My Computer icon and select Properties then select the Advanced tab and then Environment Variables For Windows Vista or 7 right click the Computer icon and select Properties then select Advanced System settings and then select Environment Variables Add LM LICENSE FILE with the value port hostname reflecting the data given you by your system administrator such as 1650 Gserverl The software does not look for licensing variables in the registry therefore you must set either LM LICENSE FILE MGLS LICENSE FILE environment variable Reboot your PC Make sure the license server is running then invoke ModelSim through the Windows Start menu Windows PC License Server Use this setup if you are installing a Windows PC license server that checks o
49. period For the avoidance of doubt this warranty applies only to the initial shipment of Software under an Order and does not renew or reset for example with the delivery of a Software updates or b authorization codes or alternate Software under a transaction involving Software re mix This warranty shall not be valid if Products have been subject to misuse unauthorized modification improper installation or Customer is not in compliance with this Agreement MENTOR GRAPHICS ENTIRE LIABILITY AND CUSTOMER S EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE AT MENTOR GRAPHICS OPTION EITHER A REFUND OF THE PRICE PAID UPON RETURN OF THE PRODUCTS TO MENTOR GRAPHICS OR B MODIFICATION OR REPLACEMENT OF THE PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT MEET THIS LIMITED WARRANTY MENTOR GRAPHICS MAKES NO WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO A SERVICES B PRODUCTS PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE OR C BETA CODE ALL OF WHICH ARE PROVIDED AS IS 7 2 THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 7 ARE EXCLUSIVE NEITHER MENTOR GRAPHICS NOR ITS LICENSORS MAKE ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WITH RESPECT TO PRODUCTS PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT MENTOR GRAPHICS AND ITS LICENSORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIMITATION OF LIABILITY EXCEPT WHERE THIS EXCLUSION OR RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY WOULD BE VOID OR INEFFECTIVE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW IN NO EVENT SHALL MENTOR GRAPHICS OR ITS
50. rams with gcc on Windows 8 with Visual Studio 2008 7 CP00030 32 CP0008 32 p DAEMON line 28 design libraries autorefreshing 21 regenerating 21 DISPLAY environment variable 34 E Error CP0006 34 explicit refresh 21 FEATURE line 28 feature names described 29 FLEXid security key key ID number 10 FLEXIm license license example 27 obtaining 11 floating licenses 12 14 Frequently encountered problems 34 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Index gcc 4 2 1 mingw32vc9 8 H hardware ID 11 Installation automated 18 batch file 18 installation PC client 14 PC floating licenses 12 14 Installation quick reference 31 IPW112 32 IPWI113 32 IPWI114 33 IPW116 33 IPW118 33 IPW 122 33 IPW 123 33 L libraries 22 compatibility between PE and SE 22 compatibility between versions 22 license dat file 27 licensing feature name descriptions 29 license file examples 27 Macrovision FLEXIm 22 Mentor Graphics customers 11 obtaining a license file 11 PC floating licenses 12 14 transfers 23 UNIX platforms 11 Windows platforms 10 Licensing Wizard 16 Linking to msvcr90 dll 8 37 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ M maintenance renewals 24 memory capacity 5 Mentor Graphics licensing 11 MGLS 11 Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 7 MTI MODE environment variable using 18 P PATH environment variable
51. setting the 18 PC platforms licensing 10 platforms supported 5 Q Quick reference for UNIX installation 31 Re refresh switch 21 regenerating design libraries 21 renewals 24 Si security key 10 SERVER line 28 servers changing license servers 23 troubleshooting PC server setup 16 std logic arith library 22 supported platforms 5 T tech support 22 transferring licenses 23 troubleshooting PC server setup 16 U UNIX platforms licensing 11 upgrading regenerating design libraries 21 V VC 9 0 7 vhdl src mentor library 22 38 W Windows platforms licensing 10 windres program 9 workstation ID obtaining 11 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c End User License Agreement The latest version of the End User License Agreement is available on line at www mentor com eula IMPORTANT INFORMATION USE OF ALL SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO LICENSE RESTRICTIONS CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE PRODUCTS USE OF SOFTWARE INDICATES CUSTOMER S COMPLETE AND UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ANY ADDITIONAL OR DIFFERENT PURCHASE ORDER TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL NOT APPLY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Agreement This is a legal agreement concerning the use of Software as defined in Section 2 and hardware collectively Products between the company acquiring the Products Cu
52. sfer Maintenance Renewals and Licenses When maintenance is renewed a new license file that incorporates the new maintenance expiration date will be sent to you automatically If maintenance is not renewed the current license file will still permit the use of software versions built before maintenance expired until the stop date is reached Exact Access Dates This section lists the exact access date for each version of ModelSim released since v5 8b Exact access dates are used to determine which released version of the product you can access If the exact access date in your authcode is earlier than that of the product then you will not be able to use that release 24 Table 1 6 Exact Access Dates for ModelSim Releases ModelSim Release Exact Access Date year month 2013 05 2013 03 2013 02 2013 06 2012 11 2012 07 2012 04 2012 02 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing FlexNet Licenses Table 1 6 Exact Access Dates for ModelSim Releases cont ModelSim Release Exact Access Date year month 10 1 2011 12 10 0f 2013 04 2012 03 2011 11 2011 08 2011 05 2011 02 2010 12 2012 05 2011 09 2011 04 2010 11 2010 08 2010 05 2010 03 2010 01 2011 06 2010 05 2010 02 2009 11 2009 08 2009 05 2009 03 2008 07 2010 07 2009 10 2009 06 2009 03 2008 12 6 4b 2008 11 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 25
53. stname Enter the following command at the shell prompt to start ModelSim vsim UNIX Client Obtains License From a Server Use this setup if you are installing on a UNIX system that will obtain a license from a UNIX or PC server ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 19 Installation and Licensing Installation l Once installation is complete check with your system administrator for the license server s hostname the network machine name and port number 1650 is the default port number Set the LM LICENSE FILE environment variable with the port and hostname setenv LM LICENSE FILE 1650 hostname where hostname is the name of the license server Make sure the license server is running then enter the following command at the shell prompt to start ModelSim vsim UNIX License Server Use this setup if you are installing a UNIX license server that will checkout licenses to clients If you already have a FlexNet installation on the server you need only install the mgcld daemon and the license file log into www mentor com supportnet if this is your situation 1 20 Run the Install file install lt platform gt specific to the platform you are installing from to begin the installation process This command displays the Mentor Graphics Install wizard shown in Figure 1 1 refer to Mentor Graphics Install a Click the icon next to Install Products to initiate the procedure for licensing and i
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55. sual Studio 2008 The examples include use models using the Microsoft DOS shell Cygwin bash shell and the make utility Alter your existing compile and linking commands to work with Visual Studio 2008 Paying special attention to any hard coded paths that may refer to previous versions of Visual Studio o Review the Visual Studio 2008 documentation for more information o Simple compile and linking commands should transfer to Visual Studio 2008 Gain an understanding of manifest files which were introduced with Visual Studio 2008 o Eachtime you build a dll or exe Visual Studio 2008 creates a manifest file The manifest file describes the dependencies that a dll or exe has You must always store the manifest file in the same directory as the dll or exe file If the manifest is not located with the dll or exe files they will not load properly o Alternatively you can use the Microsoft mt exe command to embed the manifest file with the dll or exe file Review the documentation for mt exe for more information 1 You can use either Visual Studio 2008 Professional or Express ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 7 Installation and Licensing Supported Platforms o The included examples make use of the mt exe command Notify anyone receiving your dll or exe file that they must install the Microsoft Visual 2008 Redistributable Package available from Microsoft s support site http www microsof
56. t com downloads The following is an example of the commands you could use You can find a complete bat version of this example in the install dir examples c windows ucdb directory cl exe c DWIN32 DNTDDI VERSIONZNTDDI WINXP DWIN32 LEAN AND MEAN 27 Od MD IeMTI HOME e include I TOOLPATH include src ucdbdump c link exe INCREMENTAL NO DEBUG subsystem console OUT ucdbdump exe ucdbdump obj MTI_LHOME win32 ucdb lib LIBPATH TOOLPATH lib LIBPATH SDKPATH lib mt exe manifest ucdbdump exe manifest outputresource ucdbdump exe Compiling Executables Using gcc v4 2 1 on Windows PC With the introduction of gcc 4 2 1 mingw32vc9 a change was made to the installation specs file such that the default Windows C runtime library cannot be accessed Use the following procedure to link your C programs to the msvcr90 dll C runtime library Create a test rc file Filename fest rc include lt windows h gt 1 executable 2 dll RT MANIFEST test exe manifest 1 RT MANIFEST test exe manifest Filename fest exe manifest lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 standalone yes gt assembly xmlns urn schemas microsoft com asm v1 manifestVersion 1 0 gt trustInfo xmlns urn schemas microsoft com asm v3 gt lt security gt lt requestedPrivileges gt lt requestedExecutionLevel level asInvoker uiAccess false lt requestedPrivileges gt lt security gt lt
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59. to execute The SERVER Line The first line is a SERVER line it spells out which computer on the network is the license server The license server is a network resource that will manage the features for all users of ModelSim products The SERVER line includes the server s hostname the server s network identification for Windows check the Network properties Identification tab hostID a unique serial number and a port number The hostname and port number may be changed in a license file but any change to the hostID will invalidate the license If the host is a Windows machine the hostID is the FLEXid security key number or the machine s Ethernet ID The possible security key numbers include 6 xxxxxxxx or 7 xxxxxxxx for Sentinel keys 8 xxxxxxxx for Dallas keys 9 xxxxxxxx for Aladdin USB keys Noe Dallas key IDs 8 xxxxxxxx must be upper case Aladdin USB key IDs 9 xxxxxxxx must be lower case See Licensing for information on how to locate a server or key ID The DAEMON Line A DAEMON line specifies the name of the license daemon and the locations of the daemon and options files it will use This is the full path to the mgcld daemon In the example file the UNIX means look in the current directory This is the directory in which the server was started If the server is to be started from another directory the full path to the mgcld and options files would need to be added to this line For example DAEMON
60. uired The Help button at the top of the window provides documentation for using the Install program At this point the installed directory contains all the base files the docs files and the platform specific executables For SystemC it should also contain gcc executables After installing the product you should set your PATH environment variable to find the ModelSim executables If you know that you will only be using a single environment you can explicitly set the PATH environment variable to your specific VCO PATH install dirz platform where platform could be linux linux x86 64 In this scenario you do not need to set the MTI VCO MODE environment variable because you are explicitly specifying either the 32 or 64 bit executables It is also possible to have an invocation scheme that is more platform independent based on the state of the MTI VCO MODE environment variable PATH install dir bin This allows ModelSim to automatically detect which VCO to use for the vsim vcom and other executables By default it will choose the 32 bit executables You can override this behavior by setting the MODE to 64 which instructs ModelSim to choose the 64 bit executables Create a Batch File for Automated Installation To automate ModelSim installation you save the settings that you enter when using the Mentor Graphics Install interface You save these settings to a file which you can then use as a batch
61. ut licenses to Windows or UNIX clients 14 ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c Installation and Licensing Installation If you already have a FlexNet installation on the server you need to install only the mgcld daemon and the license file 1 10 If you received a hardware security key dongle install it on the parallel or USB port of your server Skip this step if you licensed ModelSim to the server s Ethernet ID Install ModelSim from the CD or via a downloaded installation executable Once the software is done installing you will be prompted to install a hardware security key driver Choose Yes if you installed a security key in Step 1 choose No if you licensed ModelSim to the server s Ethernet ID After installation is complete save the icense dat file to install dir Nwin32Nicense dat Make sure there are no extra spaces or line breaks in the license file It must exactly match the license you received by e mail including upper and lower case and any backslashes V Verify the name of your server via the Windows Control Panel by selecting System Computer Name Open the icense dat file and change the server name to the name of your server Use a text editor like Notepad rather than a word processor Word processors may add extra hidden formatting characters to the file and cause problems Edit the DAEMON line to point to the full path for the mgcld exe for example SERVER server
62. y the documentation but on UNIX and Linux platforms only Platform specific install file lt productname gt lt platform gt mis contains installation files specific to the target platform the platform to which you are installing You will need to acquire a platform specific install file for each target platform gcc compiler install file lt productname gt _gcc lt ver gt lt platform gt mis contains gcc compilers specific to your target platform ModelSim SE Installation and Licensing Guide v10 2c 17 Installation and Licensing Installation If you are using SystemC you will need to acquire a gcc compiler install file for all target platforms A complete release contains the Mentor Graphics Install program the base install file the platform specific install file s for your machine type s and the documentation install file The Mentor Graphics Install program the base install file the documentation install file and all platform specific install files need to be downloaded to the same directory location To begin the installation process execute the Mentor Graphics Install program install lt platform gt specific to the platform of the machine you are using to perform the installation Be sure to execute the Mentor Graphics Installer from the same directory as the original download location containing the mis files Use the Mentor Graphics Install program interface to install the tool to the locations req

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