FW-6420 Series Mini Desktop VIA Eden low-power Network Security Appliance User’s Manual
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, Lanner Electronics, is not responsible for any violation of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its use.
Safety Instructions The following information relates to the safety of installation and maintenance personnel. Read all instructions before attempting to unpack, install or operate this equipment, especially before connecting the power adapter. Please keep the following in mind as you unpack and install this equipment: Always follow basic safety precautions to reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock and injury to persons.
Getting Technical Assistance Should you encounter questions or problems with 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.
Table of Contents Copyright and Disclaimers....................................................................................................ii Trademark Acknowledgments...............................................................................................ii Radio Frequency Emissions Notice..................................................................... ii Safety Instructions ...............................................................................................
3.8 PCI Plug and Play Setup ............................................................................... 32 3.9 PC Health Status ........................................................................................... 34 3.10 Load Optimal Defaults ................................................................................. 35 3.11 Supervisor / User Password ........................................................................ 36 3.12 Save & Exit Setup ..........................................
Chapter 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 solution 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 with four Ethernet ports each with its own Realtek RTL8139C+ and supports Compact Flash Type II, PCI and Mini PCI.
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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 Ethernet cable Face panel name plate label Power adapter Power cable Drivers and User’s Manual CD If you find anything missing or damaged, promptly contact your dealer for assistance.
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 jumper settings and connector pin assignments. 1.4.
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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 settings 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 LED, Reset, Speaker Connector(11 Pin 2.
FAN1 : 3 Pin FAN Connector Pin No. Description 1 2 3 Ground +12V FAN Status LANA1~4: Type 1 ( RJ-45 ) Pin No. Description Fast E-Net TX+ TXRX+ T45 T45 RXT78 T78 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LANA1 PRJK1 : 3 Pin Power Input Jack Pin No. Description 1 2 3 Ground Ground +12V PRJK1 COMA1: RS-232 Serial Port #1 Connector (D-Sub) Pin No.
PKMB1: PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Connector (2x4 Header 2.54mm ) Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Description KBCLK) Ground NC KBDATA NC MSDATA MSCLK VCC 1 3 5 7 PKMB1 2 4 6 8 USBB1: Dual Connector Pin No. Description Pin No.
IDEA1 : IDE Interface Connector ( 44Pin 2.0mm Pitch Header ) Pin No. Description Pin No.
CF1: Compact Flash Connector Pin No. Description Pin No.
LPTA1: Parallel Connector (26 Pin 2.00mm Pitch Header) Pin No. Description Pin No.
PCIB1:124-pin Mini PCI Sockets Pin No. Description Pin No. Description 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 TIP 8PMJ-3 8PMJ-6 8PMJ-7 8PMJ-8 LED1_GRNP LED1_GRNN CHSGND INT-B +3.3V RESERVED GROUND CLK GROUND REO +3.3V AD31 AD29 Ground AD27 AD25 RESERVED C_BE-3 AD23 Ground AD21 AD19 Ground AD17 C_BE-2 IRDY +3.
Pin No. Description Pin No. Description 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 101 103 105 107 109 111 113 115 117 119 121 123 Ground AD8 AD7 +3.3V AD5 RESERVED AD3 +5V AD1 Ground AC_SYNC AC_SDATA_IN AC_BIT_CLK AC_CODEC_ID1 MOD_AUDIO_MON AUDIO_GND SYS_AUDIO_OUT SYS_AUDIO_OUT GND AUDIO_GND RESERVED VCC5VA 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122 124 AD9 C_BE-0 +3.
1.5 FW-6420 Mini Desktop Firewall Mechanisms This section of the manual describes the mechanical and device nomenclature of FW-6420. 1.5.1 Mechanical Dimensions The illustration below identifies the physical measurements of the FW-6420. Figure 4 – FW-6420 Chassis 1.5.
Figure 5 – FW-6420 Face Panel Face Panel LED Status and Behavior The following table lists and explains the behavior of each LED on the FW-6420 front panel.
1.5.3 Rear View Figure 6 – FW-6420 Rear View 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 environment using a RJ-45 Ethernet cable DC Power Jack: Power connector, connected to the power adapter packed with the FW-6420 Reset Button: This is software reset button. It is defined by VT8235 GPIO 11.
Chapter 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 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 : Pull the top panel up as shown in below graph. Put the top panel in a safe place. Step 4 - System Memory Step 1: The DIMM slot has a notch, the DIMM memory module only fit in one direction.
- 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. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 - Installing Compact Flash Card Step 1: Insert the compact flash card into the slot carefully as shown in the picture.
- Installing the Mini-PCI Card Step 1: Insert the PCI expansion card into the mini-PCI slot at 45 degree. Step 2: Push down the PCI expansion card and the PCI expansion card is clicked together completely with the PCI expansion slot. Step 1 Step 2 - Installing the Standard PCI Expansion Card Step 1: Press the both button. Step 2: Move the bracket. Step 3: Take off two screws from the riser card bracket. Step 4: Pull up the reiser card bracket. Step 5: Insert your PCI card and screw the screw.
Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Award‘s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program 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 off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM remains unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or new equipment installment. 3.
3.2 CMOS Setup Utility To access the Award BIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY program, press the key. The screen display will appears as: Main Program Screen This screen provides access to the utility‘s various functions. Listed below are explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screen: : Exit the utility. <Ç È Æ Å> : Use arrow keys Ç È Æ Å to move cursor to your desired selection.
Standard CMOS Setup: Use this menu for basic system configurations. Advanced BIOS Features: Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system. Advanced Chipset Features: Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s performance. Integrated Peripherals: Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. Power Management Setup: Use this menu to setup power control.
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup When you select the “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” on the main program, the screen display will appears as: Standard CMOS Setup Screen The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following components such as date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, display and memory. Once a field is highlighted, on-line help information is displayed in the left bottom of the Menu screen. BIOS Setting and Terms Description Set Date Month, Date, Year. Set Time : Hour, Minute and Second.
Ç È Æ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults Esc: Exit F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults IDE Primary Slave Ç È Æ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F1: General Help F7: Optimized Defaults Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications: z Access Mode: The settings are Auto, Normal, Large, LBA.
Drive A and Drive B : Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed in the computer. None No diskette drive installed 360K 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity 1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity 720K 3.5 in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity 1.44M, 3.5 in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte capacity 2.88M, 3.5 in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 2.
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features Setup When you select the “ADVANCED CMOS SETUP” on the main program, the screen display will appears as: Advanced BIOS Features Setup Screen BIOS Setting and Terms Description Virus Warning The default setting of Virus Warning is “Disabled”. When it is enabled, any attempt to write the boot sector and partition table will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear.
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Enable installs SMART(Self-Monitoring Analysis-Reporting Technology), which issues a warning if an IDE failure is imminent. Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM. Video shadow will increase the video speed. The default setting is “Eable”. Enable copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM Improves performance.
You can choice Enable, Disable and Auto. Baud Rate The Default baud rate is 38400. DRAM Clock This item enables you to manually set the DRAM Clock. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. DRAM Timing Control Set this By SPD to enable the system to automatically set the SDRAM timing by SPD (Serial Presence Detect).
3.6 Integrated Peripherals Setup When you select the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERIALS” on the main program, the screen display will appears as: Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen BIOS Setting and Terms Description OnChip IDE Device The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately.
the name of the boot image. The client uses TFTP to download the Network Bootstrap Program (NBP) from the Boot Server and then initiates execution of the image (boots from the image). Onboard LAN1/LAN2/LAN3/LAN4 Control Enable your LAN Controller On board FDC Controller Enable the onboard floppy controller. Select Enabled when you have installed a floppy disk drive. Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.
There are three selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode setting Disable (Default) No power management. Disables all four modes. Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode=1hr. Standby Mode =1hr., Suspend Mode=1hr., and HDD Power Down=15min. Max. Power Saving Maximum power management. –Only available for SL CPU’s. Doze Mode=1min., Standby Mode=1min., Suspend Mode=1min., and HDD Power Down=1min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually.
3.8 PCI Plug and Play Setup Both the ISA and PCI buses on the CPU card use system IRQs & DMAs. You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configuration Setup utility, otherwise the motherboard will not work properly. PnP/PCI Configuration Setup Screen BIOS Setting and Terms Description PnP OS Installed Select “Yes” if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system.
set to ISA/EISA, and IRQ14/15 are allocated to the onboard 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 beginning address (in hex) of the reserved memory area. The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards. The settings are N/A, C8000, CC000, D0000, D4000, D8000 or DC000.
3.9 PC Health Status This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltages. It is recommended that you contact your motherboard supplier to get proper value about your setting of the CPU temperature.
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 factory settings for optimal performance system operations.
3.11 Supervisor / User Password The “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility sets the password. The SBC is shipped with the password disabled. If you want to change the password, you must first enter the current password, then at the prompt -- enter your new password. The password is case sensitive, and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. Press after you have finished typing in the password. At the next prompt, confirm the new password by re-typing it and pressing again.
3.12 Save & Exit Setup Select this option and press the key to save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process. Typing Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to RTC CMOS. Typing N will return to Setup Utility. 3.13 Exit Without Saving Select this option and press the key to exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones.
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.
Appendix 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. This 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.
Terms and Conditions Date:2004.07.08 Warranty Policy 1. All products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of two years from the date of your purchase. 2. The buyer will bear the return freight charges for goods returned for repair within the warranty period; whereas manufacturer will bear the after service freight charges back to user site. 3.
RMA Service Request Form When requesting RMA service, please fill out this RMA Service Request Form. Without this form your RMA will be REJECTED!!! RMA No: Reasons to Return: □ Repair(Please include failure details) □ Testing Purpose Company: Contact Person: Phone No. Purchased Date: Fax No.: Applied Date: Return Shipping Address: Shipping by: □ Air Freight □ Sea Item Item □ Express Model Name □ Others: Serial Number Problem Code *Problem Code: 01:D.O.A. 02: Second Time R.M.A.
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