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FWS-7830 Network Appliance User’s Manual 2 Last Updated: July 2, 2019...
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Copyright Notice This document is copyrighted, 2019. All rights are reserved. The original manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the original manufacturer.
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Acknowledgement All other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Intel, Pentium, Celeron, and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Core, Atom are trademarks of Intel Corporation ...
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Packing List Before setting up your product, please make sure the following items have been shipped: Item Quantity FWS-7830 If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your distributor or sales representative immediately. Preface...
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About this Document This User’s Manual contains all the essential information, such as detailed descriptions and explanations on the product’s hardware and software features (if any), its specifications, dimensions, jumper/connector settings/definitions, and driver installation instructions (if any), to facilitate users in setting up their product. Users may refer to the product page on AAEON.com for the latest version of this document.
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Safety Precautions Please read the following safety instructions carefully. It is advised that you keep this manual for future references All cautions and warnings on the device should be noted. All cables and adapters supplied by AAEON are certified and in accordance with the material safety laws and regulations of the country of sale.
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As most electronic components are sensitive to static electrical charge, be sure to ground yourself to prevent static charge when installing the internal components. Use a grounding wrist strap and contain all electronic components in any static-shielded containers. If any of the following situations arises, please the contact our service personnel: Damaged power cord or plug Liquid intrusion to the device iii.
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FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Specifications Platform Form Factor 1U Rackmount Network Platform Processor Intel® 8th Generation Core™/ Xeon® Processors Chipset Intel® C246 System Memory DDR4 2133/2400/2666 UDIMM Up to 64GB 288-pin DIMM x 4 Network Ethernet Intel® I350 AM2 Gigabit Ethernet x 2 Bypass Depend on NIM module NIM Slot NIM Slot x3...
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Expansion / Internal Interface NIM x 3 PCIe slot Mini PCIe Slot x 1 or mSATA x 1 Mini Card x 1 Mini-PCIe slot Pin-header Keyboard and Mouse USB 3.0 x 2, Box Header (2.0mm) Universal Serial Bus Miscellaneous Internal RTC Watchdog Timer 1~255 steps by software programmable, 1 sec per step...
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Environmental Parameters and Dimension Storage Humidity 10% ~ 80% @ 40°C, non-condensing Vibration 0.5 Grms/ 5 ~ 500Hz/ operation (3.5” H.D.D) 1.5 Grms/ 5 ~ 500Hz/ no operation Shock 10G peak acceleration (11 m sec. duration), operation 20G peak acceleration (11 m sec. duration), non-operation Chassis Dimension (W x D x H) 16.93”...
List of Jumpers Please refer to the table below for all of the system’s jumpers that you can configure for your application Label Function Auto PWR Button Clear CMOS CN11 IPMI Button SATA/PCIE selection For mSTAT1 CN12 CF voltage selection 2.3.1 Auto Power Button (JP1) Normal Auto power on...
List of Connectors Please refer to the table below for all of the system’s connectors that you can configure for your application Label Function front panel CN1, 2, 3 CPU FAN/SYS FAN1.2 DIMM1, 2, 3, 4 DDR4 UDIMM VGA CON USB1 USB3.0 EXT CON ATX 8PIN CON...
Installing 3.5” Hard Disk Drive Remove the highlighted screws and remove the top cover. Remove the four highlighted screws to remove the HDD bracket Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Place the HDD into the bracket, tighten the screws to secure Place the assembled HDDs back into the system, secure with screws and reattach the SATA and power cables. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
Installing 2.5” Hard Disk Drive (2 pieces) Remove the highlighted screws and remove the top cover. Remove the four highlighted screws to remove the HDD bracket Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Place the HDDs into the bracket, tighten the screws to secure Place the assembled HDDs back into the system, secure with screws and reattach the SATA and power cables. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
Installing 2.5” Hard Disk Drive (1 piece) Remove the highlighted screws and remove the top cover. Remove the four highlighted screws to remove the HDD bracket Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Place the HDDs into the bracket, tighten the screws to secure Place the assembled HDDs back into the system, secure with screws and reattach the SATA and power cables. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Remove the cover and place the CPU into the socket. Make sure the two fillisters are properly locked. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Push the arm down to lock the CPU into place Place the heat sink onto the CPU. Make sure the direction of the heat sink is not against the airflow Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Close the air duct and secure with screw Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.10 Installing Expansion Card Remove the highlighted screws and remove the top cover. Remove the screw to remove the cover bracket Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Firmly insert the expansion card into the slot and secure the screw. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Close the cover bracket and secure the screw. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
2.10 Installing NIM Remove the highlighted screw on the chassis bottom. Remove the null module cover or existing module. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
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Insert firmly the module and secure the screw. Chapter 2 – Hardware Information...
System Test and Initialization The system uses certain routines to perform testing and initialization. If an error, fatal or non-fatal, is encountered, a few short beeps or an error message will be outputted. The board can usually continue the boot up sequence with non-fatal errors. The system configuration verification routines check the current system configuration against the values stored in the CMOS memory.
AMI BIOS Setup The AMI BIOS ROM has a pre-installed Setup program that allows users to modify basic system configurations, which is stored in the battery-backed CMOS RAM and BIOS NVRAM so that the information is retained when the power is turned off. To enter BIOS Setup, press <Del>...
3.4.1 Advanced: CPU Configuration Options summary: Active Processor Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Cores Other Core numbers Number of cores to enable in each processor package. Hyper-Threading Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enabled for Windows XP and Linux (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology) and Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology).
3.4.3 Advanced: Trusted Computing Options summary: Security Device Disabled Support Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. TPM State Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
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TPM 1.2 will restrict support to TPM 1.2 devices, TPM 2.0 will restrict support to TPM 2.0 devices, Auto will support both with the default set to TPM 2.0 devices if not found, TPM 1.2 devices will be enumerated Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
3.4.4 Advanced: SATA And RST Configuration Options summary: SATA Controller(s) Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Disabled Enable/Disable SATA Device. SATA Mode AHCI Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Selection Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration Determines how SATA controller(s) operate. Hot Plug Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
3.4.5.1 Smart Fan Function Options summary: CPU Fan 1 / 2 Smart Disabled Control Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default For En/Disable CPU 1 Fan Smart Control Enabled: FAN is running in accordance with user settings Disabled: FAN is always running with full speed System Fan Smart Disabled Control...
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CPU Temperature(DTS) Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Reference Temperature Intput Selection. Off Control Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Temperature Temperature Limit Value of Fan Off Note: Some fans have the minimum speed even if the PWM value is 0 Start Control Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Temperature Temperature Limit Value of FAN Start Control Full Speed...
3.4.6.1 Serial Port Configuration Chapter 3 – AMI BIOS Setup...
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Options summary: Use This Device Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable/Disable this Logical Device Possible: Use Automatic Settings Optimal Default, Failsafe Default IO=3F8; IRQ=4; IO=2F8; IRQ=3; Allow user to change Device’s Resource settings. New settings will be reflected on This Setup Page after System restarts.
3.4.6.2 Parallel Port Configuration Options summary: Use This Device Disabled Enabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable/Disable this Logical Device Possible: Use Automatic Settings Optimal Default, Failsafe Default IO=378; IRQ=5; IO=378; IRQ=5,6,7,9,10,11,12; IO=278; IRQ=5,6,7,9,10,11,12; IO=3BC; IRQ=5,6,7,9,10,11,12; Allow user to change Device’s Resource settings. New settings will be reflected on This Setup Page after System restarts.
3.4.7.1 COM0 Console Redirection Options summary: Terminal Type VT100 VY100+ Optimal Default, Failsafe Default VT-UTF8 ANSI Emulation : ANSI : Extended ASCII char set. VT100 : ASCII char set. VT100+ : Extends VT100 to support color, function keys, etc. VT-UTF8 : Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode. Bits per second 9600 19200...
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Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Data Bits Parity None Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Even Mark Space A Parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect some transmission errors. Even : parity bit is 0 if the num of 1’s in the data bits is even. Odd : parity bit is 0 if the num of 1’s in the data bits is odd.
3.4.7.2 Legacy Console Redirection Settings Options summary: Redirection COM COM0 Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Port Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM Messages. Resolution 80x24 Optimal Default, Failsafe Default 80x25 On Legacy OS, the Number of Rows and Columns supported redirection. Redirection After Always Enable Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
3.4.8 Advanced: Power Management Options summary: Power Mode ATX Type Optimal Default, Failsafe Default AT Type Select power supply mode. Restore AC Power Last State Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Loss Always On Always Off Select power state when power is re-applied after a power failure. RTC wake system Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
3.4.9 Advanced: Digital IO Port Configuration Options summary: DIO Port1~4 Output Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Input Set DIO as Input or Output Output Level High Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Set output level when DIO pin is output DIO Port5~8 Output Input Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Set DIO as Input or Output...
3.4.10 Advanced: LAN Bypass Configuration Options summary: Configure LAN LED OFF Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Bypass Status LED RED LED ON RED LED BLINK RED LED FAST BLINK GREEN LED ON GREEN LED BLINK GREEN LED FAST BLINK LAN Bypass Status LED Mode for Power-on ByPass PassTru Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
Setup submenu: Security Change User/Administrator Password You can set a User Password once an Administrator Password is set. The password will be required during boot up, or when the user enters the Setup utility. Please Note that a User Password does not provide access to many of the features in the Setup utility. Select the password you wish to set, press Enter to open a dialog box to enter your password (you can enter no more than six letters or numbers).
3.6.1 Security: Secure Boot Options summary: Secure Boot Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enabled Secure Boot feature is Active if Secure Boot is Enabled, Platform Key(PK) is enrolled and the System is in User mode. The mode change requires platform reset Secure Boot Mode Standard Customized Optimal Default, Failsafe Default...
3.6.2 Security: Key Management Options summary: Factory Key Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Provision Enabled Install factory default Secure Boot keys after the platform reset and while the System is in Setup mode Restore Factory Press ‘Yes’ to restore factory default Keys keys Force System to User Mode.
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Allow the image to run in Secure Boot mode. Enroll SHA256 Hash certificate of a PE image into Authorized Signature Database (db) Remove 'UEFI CA' from DB Device Guard ready system must not list 'Microsoft UEFI CA' Certificate in Authorized Signature database (db) Restore DB defaults Press ‘Yes’...
Setup submenu: Server Mgmt Options summary: BMC Support Enabled Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Enable/Disable interfaces to communicate with BMC Wait For BMC Enabled Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default Wait For BMC response for specified time out. BMC starts at the same time when BIOS starts during AC power ON.
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Reset Power Down Power Cycle Configure how the system should respond if the FRB-2 Timer expires. Not available if FRB-2 Timer is disabled. OS Watchdog Timer Enabled Disabled Optimal Default, Failsafe Default If enabled, starts a BIOS timer which can only be shut off by Management Software after the OS loads.
Drivers Installation The drivers can be found in the product page for FWS-7830 at aaeon.com. Please follow the sequence below to install the drivers. Step 1 – Install Chipset Driver Open the Step 1 - Chipset folder followed by the SetupChipset.exe file Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically Step 2 –...
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Step 5 – Install Intel RST Driver Open the Step 5 – Intel RST folder followed by the SetupRST.exe file Follow the instructions Drivers will be installed automatically Chapter 4 – Driver Installation...
Status LED C.1.1 Introduction The FWS-7830 provides an LED indicator which can change the LED status by AAEON SDK. The user is able to program the LED status to express different status. C.1.2 Status LED Configuration Table 1 : Turth Table of Status LED STA_LED2 STA_LED1 STA_LED0...
LAN Bypass C.2.1 Introduction The FWS-7830 provides a LAN Bypass kit and allows uninterrupted network traffic even if a single in-line appliance is shut down or hangs. C.2.2 LAN Bypass Configuration Table 1 : ID Select table of LAN kit LAN_ID3 LAN_ID2 LAN_ID1...
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triggering (falling edge 1 to 0) and should be set to high(1) as its normal state. Table 3 : LAN Bypass relative register mapping table CPLD Slave Address 0x90 (Note1) Attribute Offset(SMBUS) BitNum Value LAN_ID3 0x01(Note2) (Table 1) LAN_ID2 0x01(Note2) (Table 1) LAN_ID1 0x01(Note2)
Software Reset button (General Propose Input) C.3.1 Introduction The FWS-7830 provides a general propose input button which gets its status by the AAEON SDK. C.3.2 LAN Bypass Configuration Table 2 : LAN Bypass relative register table Function Description Reading this register returns the pin level status which is normal high active low.