Creating a DPU Project

This section describes how to create a DPU project. Each DPU project contains a group of feature settings for DPU tuning.

Before you begin

Make sure that the VTunerClient workbench is launched, as instructed in Launching the VTunerClient Workbrench.

About this task

Procedure

  1. In the top menu bar, choose File > New > DPU Project.
    Figure 1. File > New > DPU Project in Top Menu Bar

  2. In the prompted New DPU Project window, create a DPU project.
    Figure 2. New DPU Project Window

    1. Enter a project name in the Project name text box.

      The project name must contain only letters, digits, and underscores (_). Other special characters are not supported.

    2. Select the Use default location check box to create the directory of the new DPU project in the default path shown in the Location text box.

      Alternatively, clear the Use default location check box and click Browse to select a folder where the new DPU project is to be created.

    3. From the Select Target drop-down list, select the DPU variant to be tuned.
    4. Click Finish to create the project.

Results

The project is created and displayed in the Project Explorer view.

What to do next

If you want to update the DPU variant, you can right-click the DPU project, select Properties, and then update the DPU variant on the General tab of the properties window.
Figure 3. Project Properties Window