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FW -6420 Series Mini Desktop VIA Eden low-power Network Security Appliance User’s Manual[...]
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ii Copyright and Disclaimers © Copyright 2004 - Lanner Electronics Inc. All Rights Reserved The contents in this publication have been thoroughly checked and considered accurate. The publisher and manufacturer of this product, La nner Electronics, is not responsible for any violation of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its u[...]
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iii Safety Instruc tions The following information relates to the safety of installation and maintenance personnel. Read all instructions before attempting to unpack, insta ll or operate this equipm ent, especially before connecting the power adapter . Please keep the following in mind as you unpack and install this equipment: Always follow bas[...]
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iv Getting T echnical Assistance Should you encounter questions or probl ems w ith your FW -6420, Lanner Electronics is ready to assist you within the guidelines of our product support programs. First, check the electronic product documentation for assistance. If you still cannot find the solution to your problem, contact Lanner sales team with the[...]
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v T able of Contents Copyright and Disclaimers ....................................................................................................ii T rademark Acknowledgments ...............................................................................................ii Radio Frequency Emissions Notice...........................................[...]
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vi 3.8 PCI Plug and Play Setup ............................................................................... 32 3.9 PC Health Status ........................................................................................... 34 3.10 Load Optimal Defaults ................................................................................. 35 3.11 Sup[...]
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1 C h a p t e r 1 Getting Started 1.1 Introduction Figure 1 – FW -6420 Outlook Designed for the Small and Medium-sized Businesses(SMB) in mind, the FW-6420 is a powerful, yet flexible mini-desktop soluti on for the SMB network security market. The FW-6420 is embedded with a VIA Eden low power CPU, running at 400MHz or 1GHz. It is also equipped wi[...]
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2 1.2 T echnical Specifications Model Name FW-6420B FW-6420E SBC SBC EM-661B EM-661E CPU VIA Eden 400 MHz VIA Eden 1GHz Chipset VIA CLE266 VT8623/VT8235 BIOS Award BIOS Memory One 184 pin DDR DIMM, up to 1GB Network interface Four Realtek RTL8139C+, support 10/100Mbps Ethernet with four external RJ-45 Connectors SSD One CompactFlash TypeII Socket I[...]
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3 1.3 Packing Contents Carefully unpack your package and make sure that you have the following items. FW -6420 Network security Platform Console cable 1.8 meters long cross-over Ethernet cable 1.8 meters long straight-through Ethern et cable Face panel name plate label Power adapter Power cable Drivers and User ’ s[...]
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4 1.4 EM-661 System Board EM-661 is the system board bundled with the FW -6420 Network security platform. The succeeding sections list all EM-661 related jump er settings and connector pin assignments. 1.4.1 Mechanical Dimensions Figur e 2 – EM -661 Contr ol Board Di men sions (unit s in mm)[...]
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5 1.4.2 Board Layout Figure 3 – EM-661 Jumpers an d Connectors[...]
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6 1.4.3 Jumper Settings and I/O Connector The onboard jumper settings and I/O connector of EM-661 are custom-tailored to fit the FW -6420 functionality . Changing the jumper se ttings may result in system malfunction or unforeseen damages. Jumper Settings and I/O Connector Summary for EM-661 JUMPER FUNCTION CMOS1 Clear CMOS Data PLRS1 Power LED,HD [...]
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7 FAN1 : 3 Pin FAN Connector Pin No. Description 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 FA N S t a t u s LANA1~4: Type 1 ( RJ-45 ) Description Pin No. Fast E-Net 1 TX+ 2 TX- 3 RX+ 4 T45 5 T45 6 RX- 7 T78 8 T78 PRJK1 : 3 Pin Power Input Jack COMA1: RS-232 Serial Port #1 Connector (D-Sub) Pin No. Description 1 Data Carrier Detect (DCDA #) 2 Receive Data (RXDA) 3 T ransmi[...]
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8 PKMB1: PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Connector (2x4 Header 2.54mm ) Pin No. Description 1 KBCLK) 2 Ground 3 NC 4 KBDA T A 5 NC 6 MSDA T A 7 MSCLK 8 VCC USBB1: Dual Connector Pin No. Description Pin No. Description 1 USB_VCC 2 USBD0- 3 USBD0+ 4 Grou nd 5 USB_VCC 6 USBD1- 7 USBD1+ 8 Grou nd 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 PKM B1[...]
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9 IDEA1 : IDE Interface Connector ( 44Pin 2.0mm Pitch Header ) Pin No. Description Pin No. Description 1 Reset # 2 Ground 3 Data 7 4 Data 8 5 Data 6 6 Data 9 7 Data 5 8 Data 10 9 Data 4 10 Data 1 1 11 Data 3 12 Data 12 13 Data 2 14 Data 13 15 Data 1 16 Data 14 17 Data 0 18 Data 15 19 Ground 20 NC 21 DMA REQ# 22 Ground 23 IOW # 24 Ground 25 IOR # 26[...]
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10 CF1: Compact Flash Connector Pin No. Description Pin No. Description 1 Ground 26 CD1- 2 DA T A3 27 DA T A1 1 3 DA T A4 28 DA T A12 4 DA T A5 29 DA T A13 5 DA T A6 30 DA T A14 6 DA T A7 31 DA T A15 7 CE1# 32 CE2# 8 A10 33 VS1# 9 OE# 34 IOR# 10 A9 35 IOW# 11 A8 36 WE# 12 A7 37 READY# 13 CFVCC3 38 CFVCC3 14 A6 39 CSEL 15 A5 40 VS2# 16 A4 41 RESET 1[...]
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11 LPTA1: Parallel Connector (26 Pin 2.00mm Pitch Header) Pin No. Description Pin No. Description 1 Stro be # 2 Auto Form Feed 3 Data0 4 Error # 5 Data1 6 Initialize # 7 Data2 8 Printer Select IN # 9 Data3 10 Ground 11 Data4 12 Ground 13 Data5 14 Ground 15 Data6 16 Ground 17 Data7 18 Ground 19 Acknowledge # 20 Ground 21 Busy 22 Ground 23 Paper Em p[...]
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12 PCIB1:124-pin Mini PCI Sockets Pin No. Description Pin No. Descripti on 1 TIP 2 RING 3 8PMJ-3 4 8PMJ-1 5 8PMJ-6 6 8PMJ-2 7 8PMJ-7 8 8PMJ-4 9 8PMJ-8 10 8PMJ-5 11 LED1_GRNP 12 LED2_YELP 13 LED 1_GRNN 14 LED2_YELP 15 CHSGND 16 RESER VED 17 INT -B 18 +5V 19 +3.3V 20 INT -A 21 RESER VED 22 RESER VED 23 GROUND 24 3.3V AUX 25 CLK 26 RST 27 GROUND 28 +3[...]
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13 Pin No. Description Pin No. Description 83 Ground 84 AD9 85 AD8 86 C_BE-0 87 AD7 88 +3.3V 89 +3.3V 90 AD6 91 AD5 92 AD4 93 RESER VED 94 AD2 95 AD3 96 AD0 97 +5V 98 RESER VED-WIP 99 AD1 100 RESER VED-WIP 101 Ground 102 Ground 103 AC_SYNC 104 M66E N 105 AC_SDA T A_IN 106 AC_SDA T A_OUT 107 AC_BIT_CLK 108 AC_CODEC_I D0 109 AC_C ODEC_ID1 1 10 AC_RES[...]
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14 1.5 FW -6420 Mini Deskto p Firewall Mechanisms This section of the manual describes the mechan ical and device nomenclature of FW -6420. 1.5.1 Mechanical Dimensions The illustration below identifies the physical measurements of the FW -6420. Figur e 4 – FW -6420 Chassis 1.5.2 Face Panel LED Indicator PCI Slot[...]
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15 Figur e 5 – FW -6420 Face Panel Face Panel LED S tatus and Behavior The following table lists and explains the beha vior of each LED on the FW -6420 front panel. LED Color St a t u s Description Green On When FW -6420 power is switched ON Power N/A Off No power connected St a t u s Green/RED Programmable vi a GPIO Green LAN Speed 100 Mbps Ethe[...]
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16 1.5.3 Rear View Figur e 6 – FW -6420 Rear V iew Console Port: via the console port cable, this connector attaches FW -6420 to the host PC . The default baud rate is 38400 . LAN Connector: Ethernet RJ-45 connector , connected to networking en vironment using a RJ-45 Ethernet cable DC Power Jack: Power connector , connected to the po[...]
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C h a p t e r 2 FW-6420 Hardware Installation Guide 2.1 Hardware Installation Guide - Removing the Top Cover Step 1 : Unscrew two screws from back of the system. Step 2 : Unscrew two screws from right of the system. Step 3 : Unscrew two screws from left of the system. Step 4 : Pull the top panel up as shown in below gr aph. Put the top panel in a s[...]
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- Installing Hard Disk Drive Step 1 : Take off four screws from the hard disk bracket. Step 2 : Moving the hard disk bracket. Step 3 : Insert the hard disk in the bracket and screwing four screws with the hard disk together from both sides. Step 4 : Install the 44-pin hard disk cable to the hard drive and screw four screws in the hard disk bracket.[...]
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- Installing the Mini-PCI Card Step 1: Insert the PCI expansion card into the mini-PCI slot at 45 degree. St e p 2 : Push down the PCI expansion card and the PCI expansion card is clicked together completely with the PCI expansion slot. - Installing the Standard PCI Expansion Card Step 1: Press the both button. Step 2: Move the bracket. Step 3: Tak[...]
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Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup A ward‘s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup prog ram that allows users to modify the basic system configuration and settings. The modified data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS RAM so that this data will be retained even when the power is turned of f. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM remains unch[...]
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3.2 CMOS Setup Utility T o access the A ward BIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY program, press the <DEL> key . The screen display will appears as: Main Program Scr een This screen provides access to the utility‘s various functions. Listed below are explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screen: <ESC> : Exit the utility . < ?[...]
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S tandard CMOS Setup: Use this menu for basic syste m configurations. Advanced BIOS Features: Use this menu to set the Advanced Features availab le on your system. Advanced Chipset Features: Use this menu to change the valu es in the chipset registers and optimize your system’ s performance. Integrated Peripherals: Use this menu to specify your s[...]
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3.3 S tandar d CMOS Setup When you select the “ST ANDARD CM OS SETUP” on the main program, the screen display will appears as: S tandard CMOS Setup Screen The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following com ponents such as date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, displ ay and memory . Once a field is highlighted, on-line he[...]
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Ç È Æ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: V alue F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous V alues F6: Fail-S afe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults IDE Primary Slave Ç È Æ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: V alue F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous V alues F6: Fail-Saf e Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Here is a brief explanation of[...]
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Drive A and Drive B : Select the correct specifications for th e diskette drive(s) installed in the computer . None No diskette drive installed 360K 5.25 i n 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity 1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch A T -type high-de nsity drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity 720K 3.5 in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte c[...]
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3.4 Advanced BIOS Featur es Setup When you select the “ADV ANCED CMOS SETUP” on the main program, the screen display will appears as: Advanced BIOS Features Setup Scr een BIOS Setting and T erms Description V irus W arning The default setting of V irus W arning is “Disabled”. When it is enabled, any attempt to write the boot secto r and par[...]
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HDD S.M.A. R.T . Capability Enable installs SMAR T(Self-Monitoring Analysis-Reporting T echnology), which issues a warnin g if an IDE failure is immin ent. V ideo B IOS Shad ow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM. V ideo shadow will increase the video speed. The default setting is “Eable”. Enable copies V ideo BIOS to shadow RAM[...]
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Y ou can choi ce Enable, Di sable and Auto. Baud Rate The Default baud rate is 38400. DRAM Clo ck Th is item enables you to manually set the DRAM Clock. W e recommen d that you leave this item at the default value. DRAM Timing Control Set this By SPD to enable the syste m to automatically set the SDRAM timing by SPD (Serial Presence Detect). SPD is[...]
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3.6 Integrated Peripherals Set up When you select the “INTEGRA TED PERIPHERIALS” on the main program, the screen display will appears as: Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen BIOS Setting and T erms Description OnChip IDE Device The integrated peripheral controlle r c ontains an IDE int erface with support for two IDE channel s. Select Enabl ed [...]
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the name of the boot image. The clien t uses TFTP to down load the Network Bo otstrap Pro gram (NBP) from the B oot Serv er and then initiates execution of the image (boots from the image). Onboard LAN1/LAN2/LAN3 /LAN4 Contr ol Enable your LAN Controller On board FDC Contr oller Enable the onboard flo ppy control ler . Select Enabled wh en you have[...]
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There are three selections for Power Manageme nt, three of which have fixed mode setting Disable (Defa ult) No power managem ent. Disables all four mode s. Min. Power Saving Minimum po wer managem ent. Doze M ode=1hr . S tandby Mode =1hr ., Suspend Mod e=1hr ., and HDD Power Down =15min. Max. Power Sa ving Maximum power m anagement. –O nly availa[...]
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3.8 PCI Plug and Play Setup Both the ISA and PCI buses on the CPU card use system IRQs & D MAs. Y ou must set up th e IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configuration Setup utility , otherwise the motherboard will not work properly . PnP/PCI Configuration Setup Scr een BIOS Setting and T erms Description PnP OS Installed Sele[...]
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set to ISA/EISA, and IRQ14/15 are allocated to the onb oard PCI IDE, IRQ9 will still be available for PCI and PnP devices. Settings: ISA/EISA and PCI/PnP . Reserved Memory Base This option specifies the b eginning address (in hex) of the re served mem ory area. The specified ROM m emory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards. The sett[...]
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3.9 PC Health S tatus This section helps you to get m ore informati on about your system including CPU temperature, F AN speed a nd voltages. It is recommended that you contact your motherboard supplier to get proper value about your setting of the CPU temperature. Ç È Æ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: V alue F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help F[...]
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3.10 Load Optimal Defaults When you press “Enter” on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to : Pressing “Y” loads the default values that are f actory settings for optimal performance system operations.[...]
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3.1 1 Supervisor / User Passwor d The “SUPER VISOR/USER P ASSWOR D” utility sets the password. The SBC is shipped with the password disabled. If you want to change th e password, you must first enter the current password, then at the prompt -- enter your ne w password. The password is case sensitive, and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. [...]
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3.12 Save & Exit Setup Select this option and press the <Enter> key to save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process. T y ping Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to R TC CMOS. T y ping N will return to Setup Utility . 3.13 Exit W ithout Saving Select this [...]
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Appendix A Power Adapter Power Adapter Specification General Specifications Input voltage 90VAC to 264 VAC Input frequency 47 Hz to 63 Hz Inrush current 1.2 A rms max at AC low line input and DC output full load Input protection 2A Fuse Input surge current 45A/60A max Efficiency 75% min Hold up time 10ms min, at AC nominal input/output full load Lo[...]
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A p p e n d i x B Console Redirection Console redirection allows you to maintain a system from a remote location by re-directing keyboard input and text output through the serial port. T his section will tell you how to use console redirection. 1. Please insert console cable between on FW -6420 and Remote Client System. 2. Setup BIOS in FW -6420. B[...]
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Terms and Conditions Date:2004. 07.08 W arranty Policy 1. All products are warranted a gainst defects in materials and workmanship f or a period of two years from the date of your purchase. 2. The buyer will bear the return freigh t charges for goods return ed for repair within the warran ty period; whereas manufacturer will bear the after se rvice[...]
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RMA Service Request Form When requesting RMA service, please fill out this RMA Service Request Form . W ithout this form your RMA will be REJECTED!!! RMA No: Reasons to Return: □ Rep air(Please include failu re details) □ T esting Purpose Company: Contact Person: Phone No. Purchased Date: Fax No.: Applied Date: Return Shipping Address: Shipping[...]
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PEXNSD01-040709 V ersion 1.0 Printed and published in T aiwan[...]