AXIOMTEK NA-401 Hardware Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide For service person only...
  • Page 2 AXIOMTEK assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document. AXIOMTEK makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information contained in this manual. AXIOMTEK reserves the right to make improvements to this document and/or product at any time and without notice.
  • Page 3: Fcc Compliance

    Safety Approvals CE Marking FCC Class A FCC Compliance This equipment has been tested and complies with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 4 Most electronic components are sensitive to static electrical charge. 2. Disconnect the power cords from the NA-401 before making any installation. Be sure both the system and the external devices are turned OFF. Sudden surge of power could ruin sensitive components.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of ContentsDisclaimers ............ii FCC Compliance................. iii Chapter 1 ....................1 General Description............1 Standard Features ..............2 System Specifications............2 1.3.1 Hardware ..............2 Dimensions .................5 Front Panel Outlets.............6 Rear Panel Outlets .............7 1.7 Indications of Front Panel ............8 Chapter 2 ....................9 Preinstallation Checklist .............9 Board Placement .............
  • Page 6 2.4.9 Installing and Program LCD Module..... 26 Chapter 3 ................... 30 BIOS Introduction ............30 BIOS Setup..............30 Standard CMOS Setup ............ 32 Advanced BIOS Features..........36 Advanced Chipset Features ..........41 Integrated Peripherals ............. 44 Power Management Setup ..........48 PNP/PCI Configuration............
  • Page 7: Chapter 1

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter contains the general information and the detailed specifications of the NA-401 Network Appliance server. Chapter 1 includes the following sections: General Description NA-401 server is designed for network software solution providers those...
  • Page 8: Standard Features

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide NA-401 can support wonderful networking application platform by excellent cost with performance ratio. Standard Features U-height rack-mount/stacked-up design High performance Intel Pentium 4 processor (LGA775-Pin) Four gigabit LAN ports (through PCI-Express by one interface) combinations are for NA-401.
  • Page 9 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 1 x Console port 2 x USB port Front Panel LED: 1 x LED for HDDs 1 x Power LED for System Processor: ® ® Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 3.6GHz, LGA 775 Pin FSB 800MHz BIOS: Award 4MB Flash BIOS Plug &...
  • Page 10 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Humidity: 10% – 95% Introduction...
  • Page 11: Dimensions

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Dimensions Introduction...
  • Page 12: Front Panel Outlets

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Front Panel Outlets Located at the front panel of the NA-401 server are the I/O outlets for connections of serial and Ethernet interface-supported devices. You also can find out the LCD module. The NA-401 Server Rear Panel...
  • Page 13: Rear Panel Outlets

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Rear Panel Outlets Located at the rear panel of the NA-401 server are the I/O outlets. You will also find the main power switch and cooling fans. Internal FANs 100-240VAC Power Switch 50-60Hz Power input Introduction...
  • Page 14: Indications Of Front Panel

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 1.7 Indications of Front Panel Power on LED System and power on HDD LED Link/Active LED (single color) 1. The green LED is on when the HD has connection normally 2. The LED flashes when there is transmit or receive activity...
  • Page 15: Chapter 2

    Utility CD (including this installation guide) Mounting screws for disk drive and screws used in this appliance for spare NA-401 cable kits (1 x 44-pin IDE) Mounting brackets for rack installation (left/right) x 2 Plastic stand for stack–up x 4 If you ordered options for the appliance, this package might contain additional hardware or publications for those options.
  • Page 16: Board Placement

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Board Placement Installation Procedures...
  • Page 17: Connectors And Jumpers

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Connectors and Jumpers This section provides the information about the jumpers and NA-401. connectors setting of 2.3.1 Connectors The connectors allow the CPU card to connect with other parts of the system. Some problems encountered by your system may be a result from loose or improper connections.
  • Page 18: General Output Connector: Cn24

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 2.3.1 General Output Connector: CN24 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 9 11 13 15 17 19 Power LED This 3-pin connector, designated at Pins 1, 3, and 5 of CN24, connects the system power LED indicator to its respective switch on the case. Pin 1 is +, and pin 5 is assigned as -.
  • Page 19: Jumper Settings

    Pins 7 and 9-11, 15 and 16 of CN24 2.3.2 Jumper Settings Making the proper jumper settings configures the NA-401 to match the needs of your application. The following summary table lists all onboard jumpers and their corresponding functions and/or default setting.
  • Page 20 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 2.3.2.1 PICMG slot Function Select : JP13 / JP15 ■ OPEN PCI Slot ■ SHORT PICMG Slot (Default) 2.3.2.2 PICMG slot Function Select : JP14 □ SHORT PCI Slot ■ SHORT ■ PICMG Slot (Default) 2.3.2.3 CF Function : JP17 □...
  • Page 21: Setting Up The Appliance

    This section provides the information about the initial installation to setup the NA-401 2.4.1 Removing and Replacing the Top Cover To gain access into the internal components of the NA-401, you must follow the instructions given below to remove the top cover. Installation Procedures...
  • Page 22: Installing A Microprocessor (Cpu)

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 2.4.2 Installing a Microprocessor (CPU) The Pentium 4 Processor in the 775-land package refers to Pentium 4 processors in the 775-land Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA4) package with an Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) that aids in heat dissipation to a properly attached fan heat sink.
  • Page 23 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Don’t Touch Socket Contacts Opening the Socket Installation Procedures...
  • Page 24 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Don’t Touch Processor Contacts Locate Connection 1 indicator and the two orientation key notches Grasp the processor with thumb and index finger. Installation Procedures...
  • Page 25 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Carefully place the package into the socket body using a purely vertical motion. Close the socket by 1. Close the Load Plate 2. While pressing down lightly on Load Plate, engage the Load Lever. 3. Secure Load Lever with Load Plate tab under retention tab of Load Lever...
  • Page 26 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Put the copper heat sink on the upper of CPU. The fin of heat sink should be vertical run from I/O shield. To use the four screws to clamp the heat sink. Installation Procedures...
  • Page 27: Installing A Memory Module (Dimm)

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Then use the FAN dock to cover the heat sink with CPU. Make it to be better efficiency from thermal point of view. 2.4.3 Installing a memory module (DIMM) The main board can supports four 184-pin DDR socket for a maximum...
  • Page 28: Installing A Dma/66/100 Hard Drive

    To accommodate the fast transfer rate of Ultra DMA/66/100, a cable (with 40 pin connectors on both ends) is necessary when installing Ultra DMA/66/100 drives. The NA-401, on this aspect, can support IDE hard drive and DOM (Disk on Module) deployment. It is through the IDE...
  • Page 29 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Put the HDD into a tray. Plug the IDE round cable for hard drive and main board both side. Then put the tray to the right-back site of the system placement. Customer can fix it in the base of chassis by other screws.
  • Page 30: Install Riser Card

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 2.4.5 Install Riser Card The third-party expansion card can be in the front of the device. It’s easily to maintain by administrator. We can fix the riser card into the riser bracket. Then plug the third–party card into the riser. If the third-party card has IO connectors in the outside, we can take off a small bracket in the front.
  • Page 31: Installing Serial Port Interface

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 2.4.7 Installing Serial Port Interface The serial interface onboard consists of COM1 port (CN1), COM2 pin header (CN29). These interfaces could be for LCM command transaction bus or another specifies features applications by customer. 2.4.7.1 Serial Ports IRQ Selection...
  • Page 32: Installing And Program Lcd Module

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 2.4.9 Installing and Program LCD Module 1. Working flow Communicate with PC through console cable a) Baud Rate = 9600 b) Data Bits = 8 c) Stop Bits = 2 d) Parity Check = None In fact, the COM Port is only use two signal as Tx and & Rx in data transaction The LCD module model name was called AX89063.
  • Page 33 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide LCM)。 Attention: It is just move the RAM flag to point out into the entry point of LCM. It needs to be progress this commands about 40μs。 If we need to clear the contents in show up, it needs to be progress this commands about 1.6ms。...
  • Page 34 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide LCM will display strings as following, Welcome>>AX89063 Test>Program>>>> As for the ‘*’ character, therefore it doesn’t show off in the LCM. But it will be stored in the RAM of LCM。 C) Keypad data:AX89063 a) ▲ ( Up ):when it was press then release,the LCM will send 55hex to PC,It is ASCII code for ’U’。...
  • Page 35 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Installation Procedures...
  • Page 36: Chapter 3

    Chapter 3 Award BIOS Utility Chapter 3 describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the NA-401. Also contained here are instructions on how to set up the BIOS configuration. BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your computer system’s ROM supports Intel Celeron processors in a standard IBM-AT...
  • Page 37 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Press <DEL> to Enter Setup In general, you press the arrow keys to highlight items, <Enter> to select, the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, <F1> for help and <Esc> to quit. When you enter the Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen.
  • Page 38: Standard Cmos Setup

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide We strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults. These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. Standard CMOS Setup “Standard CMOS Setup”...
  • Page 39 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu. If you need any help in each item field, you can press the <F1> key. It will display the relevant information to help you. The memory display at the lower right-hand side of the menu is read-only.
  • Page 40 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide within this category. If your hard disk drive type does not match or is not listed, you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually. If you select Type User, related information is asked to be entered to the following items.
  • Page 41 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide all other errors. Award BIOS Utility...
  • Page 42: Advanced Bios Features

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. Virus Warning This item protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications.
  • Page 43 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide This option speeds up Power on Self Test (POST) after you turn on the system power. If set as Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST. The default setting is Enabled. Enabled...
  • Page 44 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide “setup” that only confirm the user password while enter into the BIOS setting. The default is Setup. Console Redirection This item allows you to enable or disable the BIOS boot up and redirect to console port feature. The choice: Enable, Disable...
  • Page 45 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Delay Prior to Thermal The default is set at 16 minutes, which means the board will wait 16 minutes before it activates the processor's integrated thermal control circuit. You'll undoubtedly want protection against automatic shutdown sooner, so change the 16-minute setting to either four or eight minutes.
  • Page 46 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Enabled: To make the CPU Enhanced Halt function enabling Disabled: To turn off the feature Execute Disable Bit Enabled: To make the “No-execute memory protect” feature enabling Disabled: To turn off the feature Virtualization Technology Enabled: To the make the “CPU Hyper-threading technology” function...
  • Page 47: Advanced Chipset Features

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 3.5 Advanced Chipset Features Since the features in this section are related to the chipset on the CPU board and are completely optimized, you are not recommended to change the default settings in this setup table unless you are well oriented with the chipset features.
  • Page 48 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide CAS Latency Time CAS Latency is the delay, in clock cycles, between when the READ command is issued and when the data on the DQ pins is valid. Standard values for DDR memory are 2 and 2.5 clock cycles. Values of 3 and/or 1.5 clock cycles are available in some systems and are supported by...
  • Page 49 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide can be issued. Is generally set to either 2, 3, or 4 clock cycles. DRAM RAS# Precharge It is also known as tRP. It is the delay, in clock cycles, from when the PRECHARGE command is issued to when the ACTIVE command can be issued for another row.
  • Page 50: Integrated Peripherals

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide The setting is Dynamic Video Memory Technology. The DVMT is in default. DVMT / FIXED Memory size The default memory size is 128MB for DVMT / Fixed. Integrated Peripherals This option sets your hard disk configuration, mode and port.
  • Page 51 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide with support for two S-ATA channels. Default is Disabled. The choice: Disabled, auto, combined mode, enhanced mode, SATA. USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals.
  • Page 52 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto. Award BIOS Utility...
  • Page 53 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide IDE HDD Block Mode The IDE controller can use the faster multiple section read / write mode to control the equipment. The default is Enabled. Award BIOS Utility...
  • Page 54: Power Management Setup

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn OFF video display after a period of inactivity. Award BIOS Utility...
  • Page 55 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Power Management This item allows you to select the Power Management mode. The choice: User Define, Min Saving, Max Saving.
  • Page 56 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide HDD Power Down After the set time (15 min) of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Instant off (Default): Push power button. Then the device can be off the power supply right away.
  • Page 57: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide PWRON after PWR-Fail If the power supply failed, that can automatic power on and boot up when we change the power supply to the new one. The default is On. 3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or...
  • Page 58 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Reset Configuration Data Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup or if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot.
  • Page 59: Pc Health Status

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide interrupt. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PC Health Status This option configures the PCI bus system. All PCI bus systems on the system use INT#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value.
  • Page 60: Load Optimized Defaults

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Show you the current Power temperature. Current CPU FAN Speed These optional and read-only fields show the current speeds in RPM (revolution per minute) for the CPU fan and chassis fan as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC.
  • Page 61: Set Supervisor/User Password

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 3.11 Set Supervisor/User Password You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are: Award BIOS Utility...
  • Page 62 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide supervisor password: can enter and change the options of the setup menus. user password: just can enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
  • Page 63 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. PASSWORD DISABLED. When a password is enabled, you have to type it every time you enter Setup. This prevents any unauthorized person from changing your system configuration.
  • Page 64: Save & Exit Setup

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 3.12 Save & Exit Setup This allows you to determine whether or not to accept the modifications. Typing “Y” quits the setup utility and saves all changes into the CMOS memory. Typing “N” brigs you back to Setup utility.
  • Page 65: Quit Without Saving

    NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide 3.13 Quit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session. Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications. Typing “N” will return you to Setup utility.
  • Page 66 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide Appendix A Warning This is a class A Product. In a domestic Environment this Product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. It will be danger if battery is incorrectly replaced.
  • Page 67 NA-401 Hardware Installation Guide power source when connect the equipment to the power outlet. The current of load and output power of loads shall be not over the specification.” “This equipment must be connected to the reliable earthling before using.”...

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