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USER GUIDE COMe-bDV7 Doc. User Guide, Rev 1.0 Doc. ID: 1062-0642 www.kontron.com // 1...
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Therefore, in the interest of your own safety and of the correct operation of your new Kontron product, you are requested to conform with the following guidelines.
General Instructions on Usage In order to maintain Kontron’s product warranty, this product must not be altered or modified in any way. Changes or modifications to the product, that are not explicitly approved by Kontron and described in this user guide or received from Kontron Support as a special handling instruction, will void your warranty.
Table 30: Navigation Hot Keys Available in the Legend Bar ......................66 Table 31: Main Setup Menu Functions ..............................69 Table 32: Advanced Setup Menu Functions............................70 Table 33: InterlRCSetup Setup Menu Functions ............................ 79 Table 34: Security Setup Menu Functions ............................... 93 www.kontron.com // 11...
New users are recommended to study this user guide before switching on the power. 1.1. Product Description The COMe-bDV7 is part of Kontron’s COM Express® module family. The COMe-bDV7 is an entry level server-grade platform based on the Intel® Atom® C3000 SoC processor series featuring scalable CPU performance with up to 16 cores.
COMe-bDV7 - User Guide, Rev 1.0 1.2. Product Naming Clarification COM Express® defines a Computer-on-Module, or COM, with all the components necessary for a bootable host computer, packaged as a super component. The product names for Kontron COM Express® Computer-on-Modules consist of: ...
1.4. COM Express® Functionality All Kontron COM Express® basic and compact modules contain two 220-pin connectors. Each connector has two rows called Row A & B on the primary connector and Row C & D on the secondary connector. COM Express® Computer-on- Modules feature the following maximum amount of interfaces according to the PICMG module pinout type.
Industrial temperature grade modules with rapid shutdown R E2 (-40°C to +85°C) are available by screening. For further information regarding the screening process, contact Kontron Support. Kontron’s rapid shutdown perfoms a controlled accelerated system shutdown. For more information, see Chapter9.8: Radid Shutdown.
2.5. Accessories Accessories are either specific to the COMe-bDV7 or the COMe pin-out Type 7. For more information regarding accessories for your Kontron product, contact your local Kontron sales representative or Kontron Inside Sales. Table 4: Product Accessories Part Number...
Not all items specified in Table 7 and Table 8 are compatible with the COMe-bDV7’s functional specification. For more information on specific COMe-bDV7 supported features, see the relevant subheading in this Chapter, and foot notes [1], [2], [3], and [4] from Table 7 and Table 8. www.kontron.com // 21...
EOL memory modules with another similar type of qualified module. As a minimum, it is recommend to use Kontron memory modules for prototype system(s) in order to prove the stability of the system and as a reference.
3.5.2. USB 2.0 The default is four USB 2.0 ports with an optional for three USB 2.0 ports if Kontron’s Security chip solution assembled on USB 2.0 port 3. In total a maximum of eight USB 2.0 ports can be supported when the all the available USB 3.0 ports are implements as USB2.0.
PCIE20 PCIE21 PCIE22 PCIE23 When configuring the PCIe lanes as x1 the 2nd lane of the PCIe pair is not available, however configurations can be offered on request to allow PCIe x1 usage for COMe Lane PCIE0-PCIE5. www.kontron.com // 24...
Up to 15.5 KB in basic mode 9.5 KB if virtualization or OS2BMC is enabled VLAN Support 802.1q VLAN Double VLAN Flow Control Support Send/receive pause frames and receive FIFO thresholds Statistics for Management and RMON Supported IEEE 1588 Supported www.kontron.com // 25...
The following table lists supported Intel® i210IT Ethernet controller features. Port Configuration Single Data Rate per Port 1 GbE Interface Type PCIe v2.1 (2.5 GT/s) NC-Sideband Interface Supported Jumbo Frames Supported Interfaces Supported 1000Base-T IEEE 1588 Supported www.kontron.com // 26...
SATA 0 is on SATA Controller 0, SATA 1 independently on SATA Controller 1 for higher performance Different HSIO depends on the SoC. For configuration of the HSIOs (6-ports, 8-ports, 12-ports and 20-ports), the following BIOS setting must be set to disabled: Advanced>Firmware Update Configuration>Disabled. www.kontron.com // 27...
Supported SMBus Speed configurable, default 100 k SMB System time and date 3.13. Kontron Features The following table lists the supported Kontron specific product features. External I2C Bus Fast I2C, Multimaster capable Embedded API KeAPI 3.0 Customer BIOS Settings /...
Power management options for the module and CPU are available within the BIOS setup: Advanced>ACPI Settings>>Enable ACPI Auto Config>Enable/Disable Advanced>Lid Switch Mode>Enable/Disable Advanced>Sleep Button Mode>Enable/Disable IntelRCSetup>Processor Configuration>ACPI 3.0 T-states>Enable/Disable For further ACPI information, see Chapter 9.1: ACPI Power States. www.kontron.com // 29...
S5 → S0 low → high PWRBTN Event high→ low 0 V→ VCC high high (1) Signals are not relevant for the specific power state. It makes no difference if the signal is connected or open. www.kontron.com // 30...
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/ high open reconnecting VCC (1) Signals are not relevant for the specific power state. It makes no difference if the signal is connected or open. All ground pins must be connected to the carrier board’s ground plane. www.kontron.com // 31...
COM Express® application and environmental conditions. Active or passive cooling solutions provided from Kontron for the COMe-bDV7 are usually designed to cover the power and thermal dissipation for a commercial temperature range used in housing with proper airflow.
Table 11: Electrical Characteristics of the Fan Connector Module Input Voltage FAN Output Voltage FAN Output Current < 13 V 8.5 V to 13 V 350 mA Max. 13 V to 20 V 12 V (± 10%) 150 mA www.kontron.com // 33...
COMe-bDV7 - User Guide, Rev 1.0 6/ Environmental Specification 6.1. Temperature Kontron defines the following temperature grades for Computer-On-Modules. For more information on the available temperature grades for the COMe-bDV7, see Chapter 2.1: Module Variants. Table 12: Temperature Grade Specifications...
COMe-bDV7 - User Guide, Rev 1.0 7/ Standards and Certification The COMe-bDV7 is current in test and plans to comply with the following standards and certifications. For further information, contact Kontron Support. Table 14: Standards and Certification Compliance Emission EN55022:2019 Class B...
The COM Express® specification defines a module height of approximately 13 mm from the bottom of the module’s PCB board to the top of the heatspreader, as shown in Figure 3: Module and Carrier Height. The overall height of the module and carrier board depends on maximum memory requirement and the implemented cooling solution. www.kontron.com // 36...
The following figure shows the module board with the optional variant SODIMMs assemble on the top side and the bottom side of the board. Figure 6: Module Top and Bottom SODIMM Assembly (Option) Top View SODIMM Top Assembly Side View Bottom View SODIMM Bottom Assembly COMe Connector www.kontron.com // 37...
This allows a Hyper Threading equipped processor to pretend to be two “logical” processors to the host operating system, allowing the operating system to schedule two threads or processes simultaneously. Hyper Threading Technology support always relies on the operating system. www.kontron.com // 40...
If any other LPC Super I/O additional BIOS implementations are necessary, contact Kontron Support. 9.8. Radid Shutdown Kontron has implemented a rapid shutdown function on R E2 modules variants. Rapid shutdown performs a controlled accelerated system shutdown and functions as follows: An active-high shutdown signal is asserted by the COM Express Eval Type 7 carrier board through pin C67 of the COM Express connector.
RTC current draw. 9.10. Security Solution (APPROTECT) Kontron’s Security Solution is a security chip for Kontron’s security stack (APPROTECT). This combined hardware and software solution is an embedded hardware security chip with software framework to provide full protection for your application.
Depending on the state of the external SPI flash, the program may display up to two warning messages printed in red. Do not stop the process at this point! After a few seconds of timeout, flashing proceeds. For more information, refer to the EMD Customer Section. www.kontron.com // 44...
0011b A system management interrupt (SMI) makes the processor entering the system management mode (SMM). As such, specific BIOS code handles the interrupt. The www.kontron.com // 45...
The WDT signal is configurable to either of the two stages. After reset, the signal is automatically deasserted. If deassertion is necessary during runtime, contact Kontron Support for further help.
Extended System BIOS 000F-0000 000F-FFFF 64 KB System BIOS upper F segment Lower Dram - 1MB to TOLUD (Top of Lower Usage DRAM) 00F0_0000 0100-0000 System memory (Low DRAM). This range is always mapped the DRAM . www.kontron.com // 47...
4D0-4D1 Interrupt Controller (ITSS Interrupt) Interrupt Controller 678-67F 778-77F 7BC-7BE A80-A81 Kontron CPLD control + Data port Access to confiruration registers PCI configuration address Software generated reset Reset control Access to confiruration registers PCI Configuration data Other PCI device I/O addresses are allocated dynamically and not listed here. For more information on how to determine I/O address usage, refer to the OS documentation.
SMBus Address Address SMB_LEG DDR4 SODIMM A SMB_RAM DDR4 SODIMM B SMB_RAM DDR4 SODIMM C SMB_RAM DDR4 SODIMM D SMB_RAM var. var. XDP Connector SMB_LEG I210 GbE0 Controller SMB_LEG NCT7802Y HW Monitor SMB_S0 var. Var. COMexpress connector www.kontron.com // 51...
The following figure is a view from the bottom of the module showing the position of interface connectors X1A and indicating the location of pin A1, B1, C1 and D1. Figure 9: X1A and X1B COMe Interface Connectors www.kontron.com // 52...
Appendix A, List of Acronyms. If a more detailed pin assignment description is required, refer to the PICMG Specification COMe Rev 3.0 Type 7 standard. The information provided under type, module terminations and comments is complimentary to the COM.0 Rev 3.0 Type 7 standard. For more information, contact Kontron Support. Table 25: General Signal Description Type...
PCI Express Lane 12 Transmit + DP-O AC Coupled on PD 15 kΩ ±5% on Module downstream facing port; PCIE_TX12- PCI Express Lane 12 Transmit - PU 1.5 kΩ ±5% on upsteam facing port Power Ground PWR GND www.kontron.com // 54...
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PWR GND Power Ground PWR GND PCIE_TX11+ PCI Express Lane 11 Transmit + DP-O AC Coupled on Module PCIE_TX11- PCI Express Lane 11 Transmit - Power Ground PWR GND NCSI_TX_EN NC-SI Transmit enable I-3.3 (S5) PD 10k www.kontron.com // 55...
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20 V protection circuit (S0) implemented on-module. A103 LID# LID Switch Input I-3.3 PU 47k 3.3V (S5) A104 VCC_12V Main Input Voltage A105 VCC_12V A106 VCC_12V A107 VCC_12V A108 VCC_12V A109 VCC_12V A110 Power Ground PWR GND www.kontron.com // 56...
Management I2C Clock for optical SFP Module I/O-3.3 PU 2k2 3.3V (S5) 10G_SDP1 Software-Definable Pin I/O-3.3 Power Ground PWR GND 10G_KR_TX1+ 10GBASE-KR transmit differential pair + DP-O 10G_KR_TX1- 10GBASE-KR transmit differential pair - Power Ground PWR GND www.kontron.com // 63...
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AC Coupled on Module PCIE_TX27- PCI Express Lane 27 Transmit - Power Ground PWR GND PCIE_TX28+ PCI Express Lane 28 Transmit + DP-O AC Coupled on Module PCIE_TX28- PCI Express Lane 28 Transmit - Power Ground PWR GND www.kontron.com // 64...
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AC Coupled on Module D102 PCIE_TX31- PCI Express Lane 31 Transmit - D103 Power Ground PWR GND D104 VCC_12V Main Input Voltage D105 VCC_12V D106 VCC_12V D107 VCC_12V D108 VCC_12V D109 VCC_12V D110 Power Ground PWR GND www.kontron.com // 65...
Contact your local Kontron sales or support for custom BIOS variants supporting the disabled features. The COMe-bDV7 uses a Kontron-customized, pre-installed and configured version AMI UEFI BIOS Aptio ® V based on the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (uEFI) specification and the Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for EFI.
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<ESC> <ESC> key exits a major setup menu and enters the Exit setup menu Pressing the <ESC> key in a sub-menu displays the next higher menu level <RETURN> <RETURN> key executes a command or selects a submenu www.kontron.com // 67...
The right frame displays a Help window providing an explanation of the respective function. 12.2.1. Main Menu On entering the uEFI BIOS, the setup program displays the Main setup menu that lists basic system information. Figure 11: Main Setup Menu www.kontron.com // 68...
The following table shows Main sub-screens and functions, and describes the content. Default settings are in bold. Table 31: Main Setup Menu Functions Sub-Screen Description BIOS Read only field Information BIOS Vendor, Core Version, Compliancy, Kontron BIOS version, Access Level Memory Read only field Information Total memory Platform Read only field...
COMe-bDV7 - User Guide, Rev 1.0 12.2.2. Advanced Menu The Advanced setup menu provides sub-screens and second level sub-screens with functions, for advanced configuration and Kontron specific configurations. Setting items, on this screen, to incorrect values may cause system malfunctions. Figure 12: Advanced Setup Menu The following table shows the Advanced menu sub-screens and functions, and describes the content.
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Temperature at which the fan accelerates. (Range: 20°C – 80°) [50] Trip Point Speed Fan speed at trip point in %. Min. value is 30 %. Fan always runs at 100 % at TJmax - 10°C. [50] www.kontron.com // 71...
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Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management / Windows EMS Console [Enabled, Disabled] Redirection Console Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS)allows Redirection remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port Settings Terminal Type [VT-UTF8] Bits per second [115200] Flow control [None] www.kontron.com // 72...
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Warning: Disabling SIO logical devices may have unwanted side effects. PROCEED with CAUTION. PS2 Controller Use This Device Enable or disable this logical device. (KB&MS) [Enabled, Disabled] Logical Device Settings: Current Read only field To refresh- reset required www.kontron.com // 73...
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Relaxed Ordering [Enabled, Disabled] Extended Tag If enabled can use 8-bit Tag field as a requester. [Enabled, Disabled] No Snoop [Enabled, Disabled] Maximum Sets max. payload of PCIe device or allows system Payload BIOS to select automatically. www.kontron.com // 74...
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IDO request Permits setting number of ID-based ordering (IDO) bit Enable (attribute [2]) requests to be initiated. [Enabled, Disabled] IDO Completion Permits setting number of ID-based ordering (IDO) bit Enable (attribute [2]) requests to be initiated. [Enabled, Disabled] www.kontron.com // 75...
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Read only fields Configuration UBS Module Version, USB Controllers USB devices Legacy USB Auto disables legacy support, if no USB devices are connected and Disable Support keeps USB devices available for EFI applications only. [Enabled, Disabled, Auto] www.kontron.com // 76...
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Read only field [Auto Negotiated] Blink LED Identify the physical Network port by blinking the associated LED Read only field UEFI Driver, Adapter PBA, Device Name, Chip Type, PCI Device ID, PCI Address, Link status, MAC Address, Virtual MAC Address www.kontron.com // 77...
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Read only field [Auto Negotiated] Blink LED Identify the physical Network port by blinking the associated LED Read only field UEFI Driver, Adapter PBA, Device Name, Chip Type, PCI Device ID, PCI Address, Link status, MAC Address, Virtual MAC Address www.kontron.com // 78...
Bifurcation Control 0 Selects the type of Bifurcation [P3P2P1P0 X2X2X2X2, Bifurcation Control 1 P3P2—P0 X2X2X4 --P2P1P0 X4X2X2 --P2—P0 X4X4 ------P0 Lane [0 to 19] Lanes can be set to PCIE, XHCI , SATA or Lane Disabled [lane Disabled] www.kontron.com // 79...
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Enhances CPU C1E state takes effect after reboot. State [Enabled, Disabled] Monitor/MWait [Enabled, Disabled] L1 Prefetcher [Enabled, Disabled] L2 Prefetcher [Enabled, Disabled] ACPI 3.0 T-States [Enabled, Disabled] Fast String Enables fast string for REP MOVS/STOS [Enabled, Disabled] Machine Check [Enabled, Disabled] www.kontron.com // 80...
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Generates thermal interrupt, whenever out of Configuration spec. temperature threshold crossed [Enabled, Disabled] Low Temperature Triggers input when temperature goes from Interrupt HOT to NOT_HOT [Enabled, Disabled] High Temp Interrupt Triggers input when temperature goes from NOT_HOT to HOT [Enabled, Disabled] www.kontron.com // 81...
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Miscellaneous Core-Uncore BGF BGF pointer separation Configuration Point [8, 4, 2] Active SATA Boot [Onboard device, PCIE device] Device Inspectrum Required to test PCIe CLB [Enabled, Disabled] Enable Modphy for [SATA DTLE=7, SATA3 DTLE=3, Disabled] I/O Compliance www.kontron.com // 82...
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How long BIOS waits for ME to initialize. Configuration Complete Timeout Enable HSIO [Enabled, Disabled] Messaging Enable FIA MUX [Enabled, Disabled] Messaging DRAM Init Done Notifies ME about DRAM initializion. (enables/ Enable disables UMA functionality) [Enabled, Disabled] www.kontron.com // 83...
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Enables sending request to ME to hide or disable HECI-2 on host PCI [Off, Hide, Disable] System Event System Errors Auto = enabling/disabling of errors in the driver is skipped. [Enabled, Disabled, Auto] Memory Event log Memory Elog [Enabled, Disabled] Support Parity Check [Enabled, Disabled] www.kontron.com // 84...
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Mitigation Feature Enable [Enabled, Disabled] Pass Gate Stress Test Configuration: Pass Gate Test [Enabled, Disabled] Pass Gate test Direction [lowest->highest, highest->lowest] Pass Gate Test Repetition Count range over same row Pass Gate Test Iteration Iterations on row www.kontron.com // 85...
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Patrol Scrub Enable [Enabled, Disabled] Patrol Scrub Period [24 hours, 10 hours, 4 hours, 1 hour] Demand Scrub [Enabled, Disabled] Enable AB Segments in Reads & write targeting segment A or B routed to DRAM DRAM [Enabled, Disabled] www.kontron.com // 87...
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SATA test mode [Disabled, Enabled] Link Power Management [Disabled, Enabled] Speed Limit Indicated interface’s highest available speed [Gen 1, Gen 2, Gen 3] Port Multiplier Support Port multipler support for controller’s Cap register [Disabled, Enabled] SATA0 Ports[1-7] www.kontron.com // 89...
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Bifurcation configuration regardless of board or trident detection [Auto, x8, x4x4, x4x2x2, x2x2x4, x2x2x2x2] Compliance Test Mode [Disabled, Enabled Root Port [0 - 7] Link Speed Upper limit PCIe root port [Gen 1, Gen 2, Gen 3] www.kontron.com // 90...
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RW-lock Root port lock option [lock, unlock] Lane Dynamic lane reversal on Reversal PCIe Root port [Disabled, Enabled] Completion [Disabled, Enabled] Timeout Disable Completion [Default, Timeout 50 us to 50 ms, Range 50 us to 100 ms, www.kontron.com // 91...
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Indicates operating speed of physical bus [Standard (80 KHz), Standard (100 kHz), Fast mode (400 kHz), Fast mode plus (1 MHz)] IOAPIC 24-119 OAPIC 24-119 Entries to expand to PIRQI-PIRQX Entries [Enabled, Disabled] GPIO Status GPIO status help [Enabled, Disabled] www.kontron.com // 92...
If only the user’s password is set, then the password is a power on password and must be entered to boot or enter setup. In the setup the user has administrator rights. The required password length in characters is max. 20 and min. 3 and the passwords are case-sensitive. www.kontron.com // 93...
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It is highly recommended to keep a record of all passwords in a safe place. Forgotten passwords results in the user being locked out of the system. If the system cannot be booted because the User Password or the Supervisor Password are not known, clear the uEFI BIOS settings, or contact Kontron Support for further assistance. www.kontron.com // 94...
Save as User Defaults Saves changes made so far as User Defaults Restore User Defaults Restores User Defaults to all setup options Boot Override Options UEFI Built-in EFI shell Attempts to launch the built in EFI Shell www.kontron.com // 96...
12.3. The uEFI Shell The Kontron uEFI BIOS features a built-in and enhanced version of the uEFI Shell. For a detailed description of the available standard shell scripting, refer to the EFI Shell User Guide. For a detailed description of the available standard shell commands, refer to the EFI Shell Command Manual.
Electro Sensitive Device PCI Express Graphics File Allocation Table PICMG® PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Gigabit Group Gigabit Ethernet Ethernet controller physical layer General Purpose Input device GPIO General Purpose Input Output Pin-out COM Express® definitions for signals on www.kontron.com // 98...
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Very Low Profile SATA Serial AT Attachment: Watch Dog Timer Small Form factor Pluggable WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Single Level Cell Equipement ( directive) SMBus System Management Bus eXtended Debug Port System on a Chip www.kontron.com // 99...
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COMe-bDV7 – User Guide, Rev 1.0 About Kontron Kontron is a global leader in embedded computing technology (ECT). As a part of technology group S&T, Kontron offers a combined portfolio of secure hardware, middleware and services for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 applications. With its standard products and tailor-made solutions based on highly reliable state-of-the-art embedded technologies, Kontron provides secure and innovative applications for a variety of industries.
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