AN 708: Application Note - PCI Express DMA Reference Design Using External Memory
                    
                        ID
                        683390
                    
                
                
                    Date
                    5/17/2017
                
                
                    Public
                
            Installing the Hardware
- Power down computer number 1.
 -  Plug the FPGA Development kit into a PCI Express slot, being certain that the slot supports Gen3 x8 or Gen2 x4.  
    The development kit has an integrated Intel® FPGA Download Cable for FPGA programming.
 - Connect a USB cable from computer number 2 to the FPGA Development kit.
 - Turn on computer number 1.
 - On computer number 2, bring up the Quartus® Prime programmer and program the FPGA through an Intel® FPGA Download Cable.
 - To force system enumeration to discover the PCI Express IP core, reboot computer number 1.