Using Fee-Based Licensed IP - 2021.2 English

The Vivado IP catalog displays either Included or Purchase under the License column in the IP catalog, and also provides a field on the status of the license. The following definitions apply to IP offered by Xilinx:

• License Status: IP licenses can be Full (also know as Purchased), Simulation, or Eval.
  • Included: The Xilinx End User License Agreement applies to Xilinx LogiCORE™ IP cores that are licensed within the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite software tools at no additional charge.
  • Purchase: The Core License Agreement applies to fee-based Xilinx LogiCORE IP, and the Core Evaluation License Agreement applies to the evaluation of fee-based Xilinx LogiCORE IP.
• License Type: License types can be Floating or Node-Locked.
  • Certificate-based Network Floating Licenses and activation-based Server Licenses are locked to a license server host running the FLEX license server daemon. A license is checked out per unique user.
  • Node-Locked or Client license is a license that is locked to a specific machine or, for certificate based-licenses, a dongle. As long as you do not replace your hard drive, the Disk Serial Number (Volume ID) is reliable to identify the Node.
• Other license levels include the following: Design_Linking, Hardware_Evaluation, and Full (Purchased).

For more information on how to obtain IP licenses, see the Xilinx IP Licensing site .

See this link for more information on licensing that is provided in the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG973).

For fee-based IP, the OK button on the Customize IP dialog box is disabled until an evaluation or a paid license is found, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Fee-Based IP “OK” Button Enabled after License Found