Fedora 14 (x86_64) operating system and Xilinx ISE Design Suite v13.2 were used with a valid license for the Xilinx 10G MAC. 1G and 10G Ethernet cables were verified. A Xilinx programming cable is required to initially program the board, after which configuration over PCIe can be used, and for some projects an RS232 null modem cable is needed to interact with the MicroBlaze processor.