Cadence Sigrity 2017 Release Installation

Guide
Product Version Sigrity 2017
December 2016
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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Compatibility Matrix ...................................................... 6
Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Windows Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Linux Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing License Manager on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing License manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Standalone Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Network Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Uninstalling the License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The License Server Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The License Client Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing Cadence Sigrity Products on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Performing Interactive Product Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Running Allegro–Sigrity Flow on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Uninstalling the products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing Client on a Remote Computer on Windows. . . . . . . . 21
Installing a Client Interactively on a Remote Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Uninstalling the Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Configuring and Using Service Manager for PowerSI
Distributed Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the Service Manager for PowerSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Starting and Stopping PowerSI Remote Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Performing Silent Installations on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The silentinstall-asi.ini file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing License Manager in the Silent Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing Products in the Silent Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing Client in the Silent Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Performing Maintenance in the Silent Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Installing and Configuring License Manager on Linux Systems

33
Installing License Manager on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configuring the License Manager on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing Cadence Sigrity Products on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Downloading and Installing Cadence Sigrity on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the InstallScape with either HTTP or FTP Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the Complete CD Images Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Running Cadence Sigrity Point Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Running the Allegro–Sigrity Flow on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Linux Installation: Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Introduction

This document lists the hardware and software that support Cadence® Sigrity™ 2017 and
describes how to install Cadence Sigrity 2017 products on supported Windows and Linux
operating systems. It also describes how to install and configure the license server to run the
products.

To Know about Read

Installation Requirements ■ “Hardware and Software Requirements” on page 7

Compatibility Matrix for ■ Compatibility Matrix on page 6

Integrated Applications
Windows Installation ■ “Installing License Manager on Windows” on page 11
■ “Installing Cadence Sigrity Products on Windows” on
page 17
■ “Installing Client on a Remote Computer on Windows” on
page 21
■ “Configuring and Using Service Manager for PowerSI
Distributed Computing” on page 25
■ “Performing Silent Installations on Windows” on page 27

Linux Installation ■ “Installing and Configuring License Manager on Linux

Systems” on page 33
■ “Installing Cadence Sigrity Products on Linux” on
page 37

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Compatibility Matrix
The compatibility matrix is recommended for the benefit of the users of integrated
applications, such as Allegro® Sigrity™ PI, Allegro® Sigrity™ SI, and APD–XtractIM. This will
ensure that the latest database features are fully supported by the Sigrity™ applications..

Sigrity Release Compatible SPB Release

Sigrity2017 SPB 17.2
SPB 17.20.004 (Hotfix 4)
SPB 17.20.009 (Hotfix 9)
Sigrity 2016 SPB 16.60.069 or later
SPB 17.2
SPB 17.20.004 (Hotfix 4)

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Hardware and Software Requirements

This manual is designed to help you quickly find the information required to install Cadence®
Sigrity™ 2017 products.

The following sections describe the system requirements for Windows and Linux.

Windows Requirements
Because Cadence Sigrity products are integrated directly with Windows, hardware and
peripherals supported by Windows are also supported by the Cadence Sigrity products. A list
of hardware and peripherals officially supported by Windows can be obtained from the
Microsoft web page.

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 7 all versions (64-bit); Windows 8

(64-bit) (All service packs); Windows 10 (64-bit); Windows
2008 Server R2; Windows 2012 Server (All service packs).
Recommended Software Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 9.0 or later
Minimum Hardware Intel IA-64 Compatible (includes P4 EMT and AMD
Opteron™)
8 GB RAM
Virtual memory at least twice physical memory
50 GB free disk space
1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color (16bit color)
Broadband Internet connection for some service
Ethernet card (for network communications and security
hostID)
Three-button Microsoft-compatible mouse
Recommended Hardware Intel® 4th Generation Core™ (Haswell) or AMD Kaveri
64 GB RAM or higher; 192 GB of RAM or higher is
recommended for 3D–EM

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500 GB free disk space

SSD is recommended for primary operating system (OS)
and simulation working directory
Dedicated graphics card with 1 GB video memory or higher
Large monitor (or two) with Full HD resolution or higher
Broadband Internet connection for some services
Three button mouse with scroll wheel
Full size keyboard

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Linux Requirements
This section describes the system requirements for Linux.

Operating System RHEL 5.10 (64-bit); RHEL 6.5 (64-bit); RHEL 7.1 (64-bit); SLES 11
SP2/SP3 (64-bit); Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit)
Hardware Intel P4 compatibles (includes AMD OpteronΤΜ), Intel P4 EMT and
AMD AthlonΤΜ
8 GB (or greater) system memory
12 GB swap space
10 GB (or greater) available disk space
TrueColor required
Window Manager Gnome

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Installing License Manager on Windows

You must install and configure Cadence® License Manager to be able to use installed
products. You can set up licensing locally or over a network.

To set up licensing:
1. Install the License Manager, locally or in a server.
Note: Ensure that you install the latest Cadence License Manager. For Sigrity 2017,
upgrade to Cadence License Manager 12.07 (FLEXnet License Manager version
11.13.1.3 or later). You can check the version of FLEXnet by choosing Cadence–
License Manager–LmTools from the Windows Start menu. Then choose Help–About.

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2. Configure the license server using the License Server Configuration Utility and the
license file provided by Cadence.

To be able to run the products, ensure that license is configured in the system where products
are installed. You can configure license by either specifying the License Path while installing
the products or by using the License Client Configuration Utility.

The remaining sections in this chapter describes how to install License Manager and
configure license.

Installing License manager

Two types of installations are possible for the license manager:
■ Standalone Installation
■ Network Installation

The sections below describe the two installation types and explains the installation procedure.

Standalone Installation
To install the licensing for a single user on an isolated computer that will not depend on access
to a network, install the License Manager directly on that computer.

Network Installation
In a network installation, you install the License Manager on a computer that is accessible
over a network, referred to as a license server. In this configuration, multiple users can run
the Cadence products at the same time across the network by accessing the license and file
server.

You may have up to three license servers running simultaneously. These are referred to as
redundant license servers. The licensing system remains operational as long as any two of
the three License Managers are functioning properly.

To install the License Manager

Note: To learn about silent or unattended installation of the license manager, refer to
Installing License Manager in the Silent Mode on page 30.

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1. Click on setup.exe in the top-level of the Windows DVD images (above the Disk 1
folder).
The Cadence Product Components menu appears.
2. Click License Manager.
The Welcome window of the InstallShield Wizard dialog box appears.
3. Click Next to proceed.
The License Agreement dialog box appears.
4. Enable the I accept the terms of the license agreement checkbox to accept the
License Agreement.
5. Click Next to proceed with the installation process.
The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears.
6. Accept the default location or click the Change button to designate another location,
where you want to install, and then click Next to continue.
The Select Features dialog box appears.
7. Check the Licensing checkbox (if not checked) and then click Next.
The Ready to Install the Program dialog box appears.
8. Click Install to start the installation.
The Setup Status dialog box appears to monitor the install progress. When complete, the
License File Location dialog box appears.
9. Specify a location to the Cadence license file or browse to it, and then click Next.
The License Server Data dialog box appears.
Note: You can click Cancel to configure the License Manager at a later time. You need
to run Start – Cadence – License Manager – License Server Configuration Utility
to configure licensing.
10. Review the license server information and modify the host name, if necessary, and then
click Next.
The Configuration Status dialog box appears informing you that the license file
installation was successful.
11. Click Finish.
The InstallShield Wizard Complete dialog box appears.

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Uninstalling the License Manager

12. Click Finish to end the license manager installation.

Uninstalling the License Manager

To Uninstall the License Manager

1. Open Programs – Programs and Features from the Control Panel of Windows.
2. Navigate to Cadence License Manager and click Uninstall.

The License Server Configuration Utility

The License Server Configuration Utility (Start – Cadence – License Manager – License
Server Configuration Utility) lets you configure licensing on a license server without having
to reinstall the License Manager.

Use the License Server Configuration utility if:

■ You received a replacement license file from Cadence
❑ your current license file is about to expire
❑ you purchase additional licenses for products that you have already installed
■ You receive a new license file from Cadence.

To Use the License Server Configuration Utility

1. From the Start menu, choose All Programs – Cadence – License Manager –
License Server Configuration Utility.
The License File Location dialog box appears.
2. Specify a location to the Cadence license file or browse to it, and then click Next
The License Server Data dialog box appears.
3. Review the license server information and modify the host name, if necessary, and then
click Next.
The Restart License Server dialog box appears informing you that the license server is
running and will restart.
4. Click Next.

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The Configuration Status dialog box appears.

5. Click Finish to exit the License Server Configuration utility.
Configuring the license file is complete.

The License Client Configuration Utility

The License Client Configuration Utility (Start – Cadence – License Manager – License
Client Configuration Utility) lets you change the setting of your CDS_LIC_FILE variable to
point to a different or an additional license server. After remote client product installations,
either interactive or unattended, you must use the License Client Configuration Utility to set
up the client machine to find the license server.

To Use the License Client Configuration Utility

1. From the Start menu, choose All Programs – Cadence – License Manager –
License Client Configuration Utility.
The License Path dialog box appears.
2. Specify the port and hostname of the license server(s) you want to use, and then click
Next.
Note: You can use semicolon to specify multiple license servers, such as
port1@host1;port1@host2. You can also specify a fault tolerant or triad license
server, you can use the comma to separate the hosts, such as
port1@host1,port1@host2,port1@host3.
The Configuration Status dialog box appears to confirm that the CDS_LIC_FILE variable
updated.
3. Click Finish to exit the License Client Configuration utility

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Installing Cadence Sigrity Products on

Windows

You can use the Cadence® Sigrity™ installer to install products in two modes, interactive and
unattended. The interactive mode uses a installation wizard to guide you through the
installation steps. The unattended mode lets you edit a template in the installation CD and run
the installation process without intervention.

You can also run the installer to maintain installed products. Maintenance allows you to
modify or repair the current installation.

You can remove the installation from the Programs and Features tool of Windows Control
Panel by clicking the Uninstall button.

Interactive installation flow depends upon the option, either Complete or Custom, which you
select in the Setup Type page of the installer.
Note: This chapter discusses interactive installation. To learn about silent or unattended
installation, refer to Performing Silent Installations on Windows on page 27.

Important
In order to install the Cadence Sigrity products, you must be logged on as a user
with administrative privileges.

This chapter describes:

■ Performing Interactive Product Installation
■ Running Allegro–Sigrity Flow on Windows
■ Uninstalling the products

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Performing Interactive Product Installation

Interactive installation flow depends upon the option, either Complete or Custom, which you
select in the Setup Type page of the installer. The Complete option requires the maximum
disk space but reduces the number of installation steps. The Custom option provides more
flexibility to advanced users by allowing customized installation for specific needs.

The first few steps of installation, till accepting the license agreement, are similar for all
installation types. However, depending upon the option selected in the Setup Type page, the
remaining steps will change.
1. Double-click setup.exe in the top-level of the Windows DVD images (above the Disk 1
folder).
The Cadence Product Components menu appears.
2. Click Products from the list.
The InstallShield Wizard prepares for setup.
Note: Running anti-virus software while performing installation might significantly
increase the install time or even lead to unsuccessful installation.
3. In the Welcome page of the installer, click Next to open the License Agreement page.
4. Check I accept the terms of the license agreement to accept the License Agreement
and click Next.
The Setup Type page appears.
5. Select the setup type. Select Complete if you want to install all the Cadence Sigrity
products. Select Custom if you want to install specific products. Click Next.
If you chose Complete, go to step 9.
6. In the text field of the Control File Location page, specify the path to the control file you
received from Cadence, including the name of the control file.
If you do not have a control file, leave it blank.
Note: For each version of a release, the Control File page only appears the first time you
perform an installation. For later installations, you must select products from the
remaining product list displayed in the Select Products page.
7. Click Next.
8. In the Choose Destination Location page of the installation wizard, specify the installation
directory.

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By default, the tools are installed at the location C:\Cadence\Sigrity2017. If

required, you can change the install directory.
9. Ensure that the License Path box points to an existing license server in the form of
<port_number>@<host_name>, such as 5280@corporatelicenseserver. The
value is updated in the CDS_LIC_FILE environment variable.
10. Click Next.
For Custom mode, the Select Features dialog box appears. If you chose Complete, go
to step 14.
11. Select the specific products you want to install by checking the boxes next to the product
names.
12. Click Next.
The Installation Summary dialog box appears.
13. Click Install to install the Cadence Sigrity products or click Back to review settings.
Note: The installer also installs Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (32-bit and
64-bit).
The installation might take several minutes.
The Setup Complete dialog box appears.
14. Check View Product Notes to view the release notes for different Cadence Sigrity
products. Check Open cadence Web Page to open the Cadence Web page in a
browser.
15. Click Finish to complete installation.
At the end of installation a standard shortcut is added for easy access of installed
products as Start – All Programs – Cadence Sigrity <version>; for example, Start
– All Programs – Cadence Sigrity 2017.
Note: If you use PowerSI Distributed Computing, you might need to configure the
Service Manager as described in Configuring and Using Service Manager for PowerSI
Distributed Computing on page 25.

Important
To use OpenPOWER Compliance Kit, download the models for OpenPower
compliance kits from the Library section of the Sigrity release of
downloads.cadence.com and extract to the <installation_location>/
shared folder. Refer OpenPOWER_readme.pdf for more information.

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Running Allegro–Sigrity Flow on Windows

You can run the Allegro–Sigrity flow tools from either the Cadence® Sigrity™ 2017 hierarchy
or from the Cadence Allegro® and OrCAD® 16.6 or later hierarchies. For the tools to run in
the flow, the location of the Allegro and OrCAD hierarchy must be known to Sigrity 2017, if
you are calling the tool from the Sigrity hierarchy, and vice versa.

If the location of the hierarchy being called is not known, such as if the installation hierarchies
are not on the same system or if the huarache being called is installed as a client, you are
prompted to specify the location of the called hierarchy on running for the first time. The
specified location information is then updated and used in subsequent runs.

Before prompting you for a location, Allegro and products check the SIGRITY_EDA_DIR
variable in the /share/pcb/text/env file to locate Sigrity 2017 hierarchy if an installed Sigrity
2017 is not found.

Similarly, Sigrity 2017 checks the CDSROOT environment variable to determine the location of
the Allegro and OrCAD hierarchy if an installed hierarchy is not found.

Uninstalling the products

1. Open Programs and Features from Control Panel of Windows.
2. Select Cadence Sigrity <version> from the list of currently installed programs.
3. Click Uninstall to launch the installation wizard.
The wizard prepares to remove the installation and then displays a message asking if you
want to completely remove the selected application and all its product.
4. Click Yes to uninstall the products.
5. Click Finish in the Uninstall Complete page.

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Installing Client on a Remote Computer

on Windows

After installing the License Manager software and products on a file server, you can set up
remote client computers. The file server can be any computer on which you have installed
Cadence® Sigrity™ products.
Note: The system that has Cadence Sigrity products installed acts as a file server. You can
also run all installed products from the file server and Start menu entries are created in the
file server along with the creation of all environment variables required to run the installed
products.

You can install the client either interactively using the Installation Wizard or unattended in the
silent mode. Both types of installations will add a standard shortcut to the start menu as Start
– All Programs – Cadence Sigrity <version>. For example, Start – All Programs –
Cadence Sigrity 2017.
Note: This chapter discusses interactive installation of the client. To learn about silent or
unattended installation, refer to Performing Silent Installations on Windows on page 27.

Remote client computers access the license server and the products (on the file server) over
a network. The remote client computer itself does not have the License Manager software or
any of the products installed on it. Instead, a minimum of files are installed (system DLLs,
registry entries, and environment variables) and icons that point to the products on the file
server are put into the Start menu on the remote client computer. In addition, the remote client
installation creates a Start menu command (Start–All Programs–Cadence–License
Manager–License Client Configuration Utility) that updates the CDS_LIC_FILE
environment variable on the remote client computer with the licensing information on the file
server.
Note: You can use a UNC path or a mapped drive to specify the file server location.If you use
a mapped drive and UAC (User Account Control) is on, browse to the location instead of
typing the path to the server location. Specifying a UNC path is recommended as mapped
drive might not be accessible due to company specific IT policies.

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Installing a Client Interactively on a Remote Computer

1. Double-click setup.exe in the Disk1 folder of the Windows DVD image
Note: You can also launch the client installer by opening command prompt and entering
the command <path_to_Disk1>\setup.exe -client.
2. Click Client Installation.
The Welcome window of the InstallShield Wizard dialog box appears.
3. Click Next to proceed.
The License Agreement dialog page appears.
4. Enable the I accept the terms of the license agreement checkbox to accept the
License Agreement. Click Next.
The Complete Product Installation Directory page appears.
Note: Avoid spaces and special characters in the installation path.
5. Specify the location of a compatible server.
The server location can either be a mapped drive or an UNC path.
6. Click Next.
The Installation Summary page appears.
7. Click Back to review your settings or click Install to install the products.
This will install the files necessary to run Cadence Sigrity products.
Note: The installer also installs Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (32-bit and
64-bit).
Note: See Running Allegro–Sigrity Flow on Windows on page 20 for information on
running Allegro–Sigrity flow tools.

Uninstalling the Client

1. Open Programs and Features from Control Panel of Windows.
2. Select Cadence Sigrity <Release>, such as Cadence Sigrity 2017, from the list of
currently installed programs.
3. Click Uninstall, depending on the version of the operating system, to launch the
installation wizard.

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The wizard prepares to remove the installation and then displays a message asking if you
want to completely remove the selected application and all its product.
4. Click Yes to uninstall the client.
5. Click Finish in the Uninstall Complete page.

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Configuring and Using Service Manager

for PowerSI Distributed Computing

Configuring the Service Manager for PowerSI

Follow these steps to configure the Service Manager:
1. To start the manager, double-click
<installation_location>\tools\bin\SigrityServiceManager.exe.
PowerSI® Service Manager is launched.

Important
If you use Windows 7, right-click on SigrityServiceManager.exe and choose
Run as administrator.
2. Click Find PowerSI to locate PowerSI.exe and then click Open to set the path.
3. Click Work Path to set a location where PowerSI can store temporary files.
Note: Ensure users have write permission to:
❍ the folders containing the PowerSI.exe and .spd files on all machines used
as servers
❍ the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Sigrity >
SiRemote.exe

Starting and Stopping PowerSI Remote Service

To start the PowerSI® remote service, click Start Service. You can verify if the service is
running by opening Windows Task Manager and checking that SIRemoteExe.exe is listed
in the Processes tab.

You can stop the remote service by clicking Stop Service.

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Tip
If SIRemoteExe.exe is not listed in Windows Task Manager, click Stop Service
and then click Start Service to restart the service.

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Performing Silent Installations on

Windows

Cadence® Sigrity™ 2017 silent or unattended installation does not require user intervention.
You start silent installation from the command line using a simple text file called the silent
installation file. You can find a template of the silent installation file in the installation CD
(Disk1\documents\silentinstall-asi.ini).
Note: The Disk1\Documents\silentinstall-licensing.inifile can similarly be
used to install the license manager.

To perform silent installation, modify the Disk1\documents\silentinstall-asi.ini

file and at the Windows command prompt, enter the relevant command.

The following sections provide details about silent or unattended installation:

■ The silentinstall-asi.ini file
■ Installing License Manager in the Silent Mode
■ Installing Products in the Silent Mode
■ Installing Client in the Silent Mode
■ Performing Maintenance in the Silent Mode

The silentinstall-asi.ini file

The template .ini files in the Disk1\documents\ for silent installation contains various
variables to set the different installation parameters. The files have three sections; State,
Features, and Data. Most variables are commented using the semicolon (;). You can edit
the files using any text editor and remove the comments, if needed, to use the variables. The
following table describes the different variables.

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Variable Description
State
TargetDir Specify the location where you want to install the products.
This variable is in the State section of the template. For
example, to install the products at the location
D:\Cadence\Sigrity2017 edit the template to read
TargetDir=D:\Cadence\Sigrity2017.
If you use a mapped drive for the path and UAC is on, ensure
that the mapped drive is accessible from your system by
using the Windows command prompt or any other shell.
RebootIfReqd Specify RebootIfReqd=Y if you want the computer to reboot
when installation is completed. The default value is N.
FileServerLocation Specify the server location. This is the shared location where
Dir products are installed. This variable is required for client
installation.
If you use a mapped drive for the location and UAC is on,
ensure that the mapped drive is accessible from your system
by using the Windows command prompt or any other shell.
OnMaintenance You can specify whether you want to modify, repair, or remove
installation. The possible values are MODIFY, REPAIR, and
REMOVEALL. MODIFY allows you to add new products by
editing the Feature section of the silent installation file.
REPAIR will update the environment variables and the
registry settings. REMOVEALL will uninstall the current
installation.

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MODE Specify if you want to install all the products or a selected list
of products. This variable is in the State section. To install all
products, edit the file to MODE=COMPLETE. To install specific
product, edit to MODE=CUSTOM.
If you specify the value of MODE as CUSTOM, you need to
modify the Features section. In the Features section of the
template, add the semicolon (;) to the lines that contain the
product not to be installed. For example, to ensure 3D-EM is
not installed, add a semicolon (;) to the beginning of the line
Feature1=Standalone Sigrity SI and PI Products\3D-EM,
as shown below.
[Features]
;Feature1=Standalone Sigrity SI and PI Products\3D-EM
Feature2=Standalone Sigrity SI and PI
Products\Broadband_SPICE
Feature3=Standalone Sigrity SI and PI
Products\CAD_Translators
Feature4=Standalone Sigrity SI and PI
Products\OptimizePI
Feature5=Standalone Sigrity SI and PI Products\PowerDC

Features Specify the products that you want to install in this section, if
you had specified the MODE=CUSTOM. Refer to the description
of MODE in this table for more information.

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Installing License Manager in the Silent Mode

1. Navigate to the Disk1\documents\silentinstall-licensing.ini file template
on the Windows DVD images.
2. Update the Targetdir in the .ini file to reflect the location where you want to install
License Manager or use the default location.
3. Save the .ini file.
4. In the Run dialog box, type the following and click OK:
<path_to_DVD_image>\Disk1\LM\setup.exe !quiet=<path_to_your
silentinstall-licensing.ini file>\silentinstall-licensing.ini
The installation process runs.

Important
You need to run Start – Cadence – License Manager – License Server
Configuration Utility after an unattended installation to configure licensing.

Installing Products in the Silent Mode

1. Modify the Disk1\documents\silentinstall-asi.ini file. Change the following
variables:
❑ TargetDir: Specify the location where you want to install the products.
❑ MODE: Specify if you want to install all the products (MODE=COMPLETE) or a selected
list of products (MODE=CUSTOM). Edit the Features section for the CUSTOM mode.
2. Save the .ini file.
3. In the Run dialog box, type the following and then click OK:
<path_to_DVD_image>\Disk1\setup.exe !quiet=<path_to_your silentinstall-asi.ini
file>\silentinstall-asi.ini

Installing Client in the Silent Mode

1. Modify the Disk1\documents\silentClientinstall-asi.ini file. You need to
modify following variable:
❑ FileServerLocation: Specify the server location.

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2. Run the setup by using the command:

<path_to_Disk1>\setup.exe -client !quiet=<path to silentClientinstall-asi.ini
file>\silentClientinstall-asi.ini.

For example, if you saved the modified silentclientinstall-asi.ini to C:\temp, then

the command will be:
<path_to_Disk1>\setup.exe -client !quiet=C:\temp\silentclientinstall-asi.ini

Performing Maintenance in the Silent Mode

You might perform maintenance installation:
■ To incrementally add new products: In this, the specified products are added to the
existing installation.

To perform unattended maintenance installation:

1. Navigate to the silentinstall-asi.ini file template from the Disk1\Documents
folder in the Windows DVD image.
2. Edit the following in the template:
❑ OnMaintenance: Specify whether you want to modify
(OnMaintenance=MODIFY), repair (OnMaintenance=REPAIR), or remove
(OnMaintenance=REMOVEALL) the existing installation.
3. Update the Features section by removing the comments (;) if you want to
incrementally add new products.
4. Save the .ini file.
5. In the Run dialog box, type the following and then click OK:
<path_to_DVD_image>\Disk1\setup.exe !quiet=<path_to_your silentinstall-asi.ini
file>/silentinstall-asi.ini

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Installing and Configuring License

Manager on Linux Systems

This chapter explains how to install and configure a license manager on LINUX:
■ Installing License Manager on Linux on page 34
■ Configuring the License Manager on Linux on page 35

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Installing License Manager on Linux

Download the license manager from Cadence® Downloads using the following steps.
1. Log in with valid credentials, and select the LINUX tab.
2. To download license manager, click the link Lic+Config_Utils.
3. Download the tar file.

Untar the downloaded files and perform the following steps in a Linux system:
1. From CDROM1, start the interactive utility SETUP.SH.
A shell is started.
2. In the shell:

a. Read the license agreement (press Space bar).

b. Enter the installation location when prompted with the text: Specify path of install
directory.

c. If you do not have InstallScape installed, type n for the prompt Do you have
InstallScape for lnx86 platform installed somewhere?.

d. To install InstallScape, type y for the prompt Do you want to install InstallScape
for lnx86.

e. Enter the location where you want InstallScape installed for the prompt Type the
path to InstallScape installation directory.
3. In the InstallScape Classic View window, click Local directory/Media install
Note: The Select the Source Local Directory or Media page appears if InstallScape
preference is Original GUI.
4. In the Select location of media page, browse to select CDROM1
5. Click Continue or Next depending on the InstallScape preference.
6. Select the listed release and click Next.
Note: If preference is set for Original GUI, select Select Products manually and then
click Next. Ensure that the Select Install Directory specifies the correct directory and
click Next.
7. Select all the products under PCLU. By default, all product IDs are selected.
Deselect PLCU to deselect all IDs. You can then select individual IDs.

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Note: Ensure that the correct installation directory is selected under Choose Install
Options.
8. Click Start. If preference is set for Original GUI, click Install.
9. Accept the license agreement.
10. Type y to configure licensing or n to quit.
Note: If preference is set for Original GUI, a window appears for configuration. Click Yes.

Configuring the License Manager on Linux

Before you proceed:
■ Copy the license file (.txt) that you received from Cadence to the <install_dir>/
share/license directory with the name license.dat.
■ If you copied the file from a Windows system, run a DOS to UNIX converter on the
license file

Perform the following steps in the configuration screen:

1. When prompted with Enter the top installation directory, press Enter if
the correct directory is listed or specify the directory.
2. When prompted with Edit the license file or the startup script now?,
press y
3. When prompted with Override the defaults?, press y
4. When prompted with Configure license file license.dat?, press y
5. When prompted with Enter the hostname of the computer with hostid
<host_id>, enter the correct host name, if required.
6. When prompted with Enter the TCP port number, press Enter if the correct port
number is listed or specify the correct number. The default value is 5280.
Note: If the port number is not shown as 5280 by default, you can use a DOS to UNIX
converter and reconfigure the license file.
7. When prompted with Enter the path to the cdslmd daemon for <hostname>,
press Enter if the correct path is listed or specify the path. By default the daemon is
available in the tools/bin directory.
8. When prompted with Enter the path to cdslmd's OPTIONS file for
<hostname>, press Enter if you do not want any options (default).

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Note: For details about the Options file see How to Configure Licensing in the
Cadence License Manager guide available in the <install_dir>/doc directory of
the license manager.
9. When prompted with Enter the license file the license daemons should
use, press Enter if the correct file is listed or specify the file.
10. When prompted with Enter the licensing debug log file the license
daemons should use, press Enter to accept the default file or specify the file.
11. When prompted with Enter the lmgrd daemon options, press Enter if you do
not want any options (default).
12. When prompted with Configure the clients file, press y.
13. When prompted with Override the default?, press y.
14. When prompted with Enter the path to the license file from all
workstations, enter y.
15. When prompted with Edit <hostnames>'s boot script?, enter the y.
Note: You must know the root password to be able to perform this. You can enter n to
skip this step.
16. When prompted with Start the license server daemons?, enter y to start the
daemon.
Note: You can start the configuration again anytime by running InstallScape and then clicking
Configure releases.

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Installing Cadence Sigrity Products on

Linux

■ Downloading and Installing Cadence Sigrity on Linux on page 38

■ Running Cadence Sigrity Point Tools on page 39
■ Running the Allegro–Sigrity Flow on Linux on page 40
■ Linux Installation: Frequently Asked Questions on page 41

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Downloading and Installing Cadence Sigrity on Linux

If you are authorized for electronic software distribution, you can download a CD-ROM image
using either FTP or HTTP. Alternatively, you can install over the web using InstallScape. See
the Cadence Downloads page (downloads.cadence.com) for more information.

In the Cadence® Downloads page, after you log in with valid credentials, activate the LINUX
tab and click the link for Cadence Sigrity™ 2017.

You can edit the My Download Preferences section on the right pane of the page to change
your preferences for download, such as the Server Location, Download Method, and Default
OS. You will perform one of the following depending on the Download Method:
■ InstallScape using either HTTP or FTP: You need to download and install InstallScape
to use this method. Click Download by InstallScape under Base Release to download
the control file (.sdl) file.
■ Complete CD Images: Under Base Release, click Download.
Untar the downloaded files in your system.

Using the InstallScape with either HTTP or FTP Options

Start InstallScape as a standalone utility by running the iscape/bin/iscape.sh script.

On the InstallScape Wizard page, choose File – Open SDL File and then provide the path
to the downloaded control file.

Follow the instructions in the Wizard to install the Cadence Sigrity products.

Using the Complete CD Images Option

Untar the downloaded files and from CDROM1, start the interactive utility SETUP.SH.
1. Specify the path of the installation directory for Cadence Sigrity products.
2. Install InstallScape (if not done already), and specify the path for its installation directory.
The installation wizard is displayed.
3. Click Local directory/Media install.
You are prompted for the path of the installation source.
4. Click Browse to specify the location of the installation files.

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5. Click Continue.
6. Specify the product release number, 2017, to be installed.
7. Click Next.
8. Choose the product(s) to install, and specify the destination folder for the installation.
Note: You can use a control file or choose individual products that you want to install.
9. Click Start.
The installation starts and its progress is reported.
When the process is complete, a report of the installation is displayed.
10. Click Done.
11. Choose File – Exit in the InstallScape wizard window.

Running Cadence Sigrity Point Tools

After installing and configuring Cadence® Sigrity™ 2017, before you can launch the point
tools, you need to update tool information.

To run point tools, first, you can either:

❑ Run the wrapper script of each individual product.
or
❑ Source the setenv.csh file located at <install_directory>/tools/bin/
and then run the binary (.exe) for each product.
Note: You need to source the setenv.csh file only once; therefore, you do not need to
source the file in the .cshrc file.
The wrapper scripts and binaries are available at <install_directory>/tools/
bin.

You can then run any of the Cadence Sigrity tools by entering the tool name at the command
line.
For example, to run PowerSI, you can either run the wrapper <install_directory>/
tools/bin/powersi, or run <install_directory>/tools/bin/powersi.exe
after sourcing <install_directory>/tools/bin/setenv.csh. Then, you can
enter powersi at the command line to run the tool.

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Note: Run spdgen before running any of the Co-Design tools. You can start SPDGEN
and then exit it.

Running the Allegro–Sigrity Flow on Linux

To run the Allegro–Sigrity SI flow, perform the following steps:
■ In the SPB 16.6 or later installed hierarchy, update SIGRITY_EDA_DIR environment
variable in the tools/pcb/bin/cshrc file to point to the Cadence Sigrity installation
hierarchy.
■ Source cshrc from the SPB 16.6 or Allegro and orCAD 17.2-2016 release hierarchy.
Note: On sourcing the cshrc file, all Allegro-Sigrity tools, except XcitePI are registered
and available for use.

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Linux Installation: Frequently Asked Questions

How do I check my Linux version and architecture to see if my system meets the
requirement?

Use this command to check the Linux name and version:

cat /etc/issue

Verify that the result contains the versions specified in the section Linux Requirements on
page 9.

What should I do if I get the information libstdc++.so.6: can not open shared
object file: no such file or directory?

If your system meets the system requirement mentioned in the sectionLinux Requirements
on page 9 , it means it is missing the C++ runtime library. Contact your system administrator
or install it from your distribution CDs.

What should I do if I get libcomdlg32.so: can not open shared object file:
no such file or directory?

The MainWin environment is not set up properly. Ensure you have sourced setenv.sh/
.csh. If there are still problems, contact your system administrator or Cadence Support for
help.

What should I do if I see distribution plots with wrong colors in PowerDC through VNC?

You need to set up 24-bit pixel depth for vncserver.

For example:

vncserver -depth 24 :88

What should I do if the system complains GLX is missing through VNC?

If GLX is missing and a Sigrity dialog opens displaying the message choosePixelFormat
failed. Also the Linux console displays the message Xlib: extension GLX missing
on display.

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This means that the default VNC server does not support OpenGL. One solution could be
XF4VNC (http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net/). Contact your system administrator for further help.

If you have to operate your Linux server through Windows, another solution is to use a
commercial Windows X server.

For example:

HummingBird Exceed, X Win32, ...

What should I do if the system is unable to resolve GLX?

A Sigrity dialog opens displaying the message choose PixelFormat failed and the
Linux console displays the message Unable to resolve function
glXQueryExtension or Unable to resolve function glXMakerCurrent.

Your X server may not support GLX (OpenGL Extension to the X Window System).

Run xdpyinfo|grep GLX to check your system.

If the result is empty, it confirms that your X server does not support GLX. Contact your
system administrator for help.

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