Hardware Setup

You will need one Xilinx KCU105 development board:

https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/kcu105.html

You will need a 10GbE SFP+ transceiver for the KCU105 and fiber optic cable. Here’s an example of a SFP+ transceiver:

https://www.fs.com/products/74668.html

You will also need a fiber optic cable as well. Here’s an example of a optical cable:

https://www.fs.com/products/40180.html

For booting up the KCU105 via the QSPI PROM, you will need to setup the SW15 switch with position#1 in the arrow direction:

You will also need a micro USB cable to load the firmware for the first time, using the JTAG-to-USB connector on the board. (instructions on how to make this first loading will come afterwards).