The hw_server application is launched by Vivado Design Suite when using the debug feature. Through the Vivado
IDE you can connect hw_server to local or remote FPGA targets. This same
interface is used to connect to local or remote PCIe-XVC targets as well. The
Host PCIe XVC-Server application connects to the AMD
hw_server using TCP/IP socket. This allows Vivado (using
hw_server) and the XVC-Server application to be running on the same PC or
separate PCs connected through Ethernet. The XVC-Server application needs to be run on a PC
that is directly connected to the FPGA hardware resource. In this scenario the FPGA hardware
is connected through PCIe to a Host PC. The XVC-Server application connects to
the FPGA hardware device through the PCIe-XVC driver that is also running on
the Host PC.