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Network Appliance Platforms
NCA-4030
User Manual
Version: 1.0
Date of Release: 2022-10-21
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  • Page 1 Network Appliance Platforms NCA-4030 User Manual Version: 1.0 Date of Release: 2022-10-21...
  • Page 2 - assumed to be qualified in the servicing of computer equipment, such as professional system integrators, or service personnel and technicians. The latest version of this document can be found on Lanner’s official website, available either through the product page or through the Lanner Download Center page with a login account and password.
  • Page 3 NCA-4030 User Manual Taiwan Corporate Headquarters China Lanner Electronics Inc. Beijing L&S Lancom Platform Tech. Co., Ltd. 7F, No.173, Sec.2, Datong Rd. Guodong LOFT 9 Layer No. 9 Huinan Road, Xizhi District, New Taipei City 22184, Huilongguan Town, Changping District, Beijing...
  • Page 4 NCA-4030 User Manual Intel® and Intel® Celeron® are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
  • Page 5 NCA-4030 User Manual Ne portez pas de vêtements amples ou de bijoux qui pourraient être pris dans le châssis. Attachez votre cravate ou écharpe et remontez vos manches. Portez des lunettes de sécurité pour protéger vos yeux. N’effectuez aucune action qui pourrait créer un danger pour d’autres ou rendre l’équipement dangereux.
  • Page 6 The installation of this product must be performed by trained specialists; otherwise, a non-specialist might create the risk of the system’s falling to the ground or other damages. Lanner Electronics Inc. shall not be held liable for any losses resulting from insufficient strength for supporting the system or use of inappropriate installation components.
  • Page 7 NCA-4030 User Manual Before turning on the device, ground the grounding cable of the equipment. Proper grounding (grounding) is very important to protect the equipment against the harmful effects of external noise and to reduce the risk of electrocution in the event of a lightning strike. To uninstall the equipment, disconnect the ground wire after turning off the power. A ground wire (green-and-yellow) is required and the part connecting the conductor must be greater than 4 mm2 or 10 AWG.
  • Page 8 NCA-4030 User Manual Main Features ..........................10 Package Content ..........................10 Ordering Information ........................10 Optional Accessories ........................10 System Specifications ........................11 Front Panel ............................. 12 Rear Panel ............................13 Block Diagram ..........................14 Jumpers and Connectors ........................ 15 Opening the Chassis ........................
  • Page 9 NCA-4030 User Manual Platform ............................58 Socket ............................. 63 Server Mgmt ........................... 74 Security ............................79 Boot Menu ............................82 Save and Exit Menu ........................83 Warranty Policy ..........................86...
  • Page 10 NCA-4030 User Manual The NCA-4030 is based on Intel Xeon D, a branch of Xeon processors optimized for delivering ultra-low power consumption and robust performance. This appliance comes with the most innovative System-on-a-Chip built for the edge and is ideal for applications in networking, 5G and IoT/IIoT Edge computing, delivering improvement in packet processing performance, virtualized Customer Premise Equipment (vCPE) usages.
  • Page 11 NCA-4030 User Manual Form Factor 1U 19” Rackmount Processor Options Intel® Xeon® D-1700 SKU A: 10C, 85W; CPU Cores/TDP SKU B: 8C, 67W; Platform SKU C: 4C, 45W CPU Socket 1x Onboard LGA1150 Security Acceleration Intel® QuickAssist Technology (By SKU)
  • Page 12 NCA-4030 User Manual Description LED Indicators Power/Status/Storage, pls refer to Appendix A Reset Button 1x Reset Button Console Port 1x 2.5G RJ45 Console Management Port USB Port 2x USB 3.0 Ports SFP Port 4x 10G SFP+ Ports LAN Port 5x 1G RJ45 Ethernet Ports...
  • Page 13 NCA-4030 User Manual Description Power Supply 450W 1+1 Redundant PSU Rear PCIe Expansion 1x PCIe*8 FH/HL (Optional) ESD Jack 1x ESD Jack Ground Hole 2x Grounding Holes Reset Button 1x Reset Button Power Switch 1x Slim Type ATX ON/OFF Button...
  • Page 14 NCA-4030 User Manual...
  • Page 15 NCA-4030 User Manual The following displays the connectors and jumpers on the motherboard layout. 1~3 (JFAN1 ~ JFAN3): Fan Connector M-180° 4~6 (JFAN4~JFAN6): Fan Connector M-RA 7~8 (JATX3~JATX4): To Power Board 12V Power Connector 9~10 (JATX1~JATX2): To PCIe Card Power Connector...
  • Page 16 NCA-4030 User Manual 13 (JPWR1): PWRBTN 14 (J8): Power PMBUS 15 (Type C): USB 3.0 Port1 (Type C) PGN Module CONN 16 (CON1): SIM Select Control Pin 17~18 (JPCIEG1~JPCIEG2): PCIe Gen4 Connector 19~20 (JSASHD1~JSASHD2): MiniSAS Connector (SATA) 21 (PCIESLOT1): PCIE Gen3 Slot 22 (JSPI_TPM1): SPI &...
  • Page 17 NCA-4030 User Manual 27 (JCMOS1): CMOS Control Pin 28 (BAT1): To BAT Connector 29~30 (JSATA1~JSATA2): SATA Connector 31 (JGP1): GPIO Connector 32 (JSMB1_DEBUG): SMB1 Connector (debug only) 33 (JBMC_REME_DB1): BMC Remote Debug Select Connector 34 (JNGFF1): M.2 Connector 35 (JCOM1): COM Console Port Connector 36~39 (JDDR1~JDDR4): DDR4 DIMM Connector 40 (JLPC_80P1): Debug Port Connector (LPC &...
  • Page 18 NCA-4030 User Manual 41 (J14): BIOS Boot Up Select & Dual BIOS Function Select Connector 42 (JBMC1): BMC Update Select Connector 43 (JBMCBG1): RST_SMB_SWITCH Select Connector 44 (JOPEN1): Case Open Connector 45 (J4): JTAG Select Connector 46 (JSMB2_DEBUG): SMB1 Connector (Debug only)
  • Page 19 NCA-4030 User Manual 50 (JIPMB1): IPMB Connector 51 (JDB1): BMC UART5 Connector (BMC debug) 52 (JRST1): RESET Connector (Do not use) 53 (JBMC_HSBP1): SMB_HSBP_PFR Connector (Do not use) 54~55 (RJ3_RJ2): IG Copper LAN Port (Marvell 88E1543) 56 (RJ1): Up: 2.5G Copper LAN Port (I226);...
  • Page 20 NCA-4030 User Manual To reduce the risk of personal injury, electric shock, or damage to the system, please remove all power connections to shut down the device completely and wear ESD protection gloves when handling the installation steps. 1. Power off the system and remove all power connections.
  • Page 21 NCA-4030 User Manual The motherboard supports 4x memory slots for DDR4 RDIMM with speeds of up to 2933MHz. Please follow the steps below to install the DIMM memory module properly. Total Slots Number of Channels 2 (2 DIMMs per channel)
  • Page 22 NCA-4030 User Manual 1. Power off the system, open the chassis cover. 2. Locate the DIMM memory slots. 3. Pull open the white DIMM slot latches. 4. Align the notch of the module with the socket key in the slot and carefully insert the card into the slot.
  • Page 23 NCA-4030 User Manual The system supports one M.2 slot for additional data storage. Please follow the steps for installation. 1. Power off the system and open the chassis cover. 2. Locate the M.2 slot on the motherboard. 3. Align the notch of the M.2 memory card with the socket key in the pin slot.
  • Page 24 NCA-4030 User Manual The system provides one slot of a TPM module card to provide hardware-based security related functions. Follow the steps below for installation. 1. Power off the system and open the cover. 2. Locate the TPM connector pins on the motherboard.
  • Page 25 NCA-4030 User Manual The HDD/SSD bay supports two 2.5” SATA HDDs or SSD for additional data storage. Follow the steps below for installation. After you have installed the drives on the disk bay, make sure the SATA data cables and SATA power cables are connected to the designated connectors on the motherboard.
  • Page 26 NCA-4030 User Manual 5. Attach the SATA data cable and power cable to the HDD/SSD disk. 6. Place the tray (with the disk drives now installed) back to its original place inside the system. Secure with the original one (1) screw.
  • Page 27 NCA-4030 User Manual NCA-4030 comes with two NIC module slot for expansion. Follow the steps for installation. 1. Locate the NIC module slot on the front panel of the system. 2. Rotate clockwise and loosen the two lock-screws, and remove the NIC module slot door.
  • Page 28 NCA-4030 User Manual NCA-4030 comes with one optional PGN module slot for 4G/LTE add-on. Follow the steps for installation. Setting up the PGN Module 1. Loosen the two (2) screws on each side of the PGN module and lift up the cover.
  • Page 29 NCA-4030 User Manual Installing LTE Antennas 1. Locate the IPEX connectors (A1, A2) on the LTE module card. 2. Connect the cables to the LTE module card IPEX connectors. 3. Place the top cover back on and secure with two (2) screws on each side.
  • Page 30 NCA-4030 User Manual Installing PGN Module 1. Locate the PGN module slot on the front panel of the system. 2. Insert a PGN module. (The module shown here is for reference only.) 3. Once the module is firmly seated, secure with the two (2) original screws.
  • Page 31 NCA-4030 User Manual There are two methods for installing this system into a rack: With Mounting Ear Brackets only This method is quick and easy by fixing this system to the front posts of the rack, but it also makes servicing the system more difficult.
  • Page 32 NCA-4030 User Manual 1. Check the accessory pack for the following items: 1x Screw Pack 2x Ear Brackets Screw Pack Ear Brackets 2. Align the bracket to the side of the chassis and make sure the screw-holes are matched, and then secure the bracket onto the chassis with three provided screws.
  • Page 33 NCA-4030 User Manual 1. Check the package contents of the Slide Rail Kit. The kit shall include the following items: 1x pack of M4X4L screws (for 7.1 Round Hole Screws M4X4L Screws securing the Rail Brackets on the system) 1x pack of 7.1 Round Hole...
  • Page 34 NCA-4030 User Manual 5. Align the bracket to the side of the chassis and make sure the screw- holes are matched, and then secure the bracket onto the chassis with three provided M4X4L screws. Align the screws with the holes indicated on the brackets and the screw holes on the side of the chassis.
  • Page 35 NCA-4030 User Manual 9. For the rear rack installation, slide the rail to aim and engage the bolts on the rail’s rear end with the two available holes on the post, and the rail assembly will click into place. Click 10.
  • Page 36 NCA-4030 User Manual 12. While pushing in the system, also push and hold the Rail Lock tab on both brackets. Rail Lock Push the system all the way in until it stops. To remove the system from the rack, gently pull it outwards, towards you, while pushing the Release Tab on both sides of the brackets.
  • Page 37 BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) is the program that controls the computer boot process. BIOS is a firmware embedded on an exclusive chip on the system’s motherboard. Lanner's BIOS firmware offering including market-proven technologies such as Secure Boot and Intel Boot Guard technology deliver solid commitments for the shield protection against malware, uncertified sequences and other named cyber threats.
  • Page 38 NCA-4030 User Manual Setup main page contains BIOS information and project version information. Feature Description BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends Core Version: AMI Kernel version, CRB code base, X64 Compliancy: UEFI version, PI version BIOS Information BIOS Version: BIOS release version...
  • Page 39 NCA-4030 User Manual Select the Advanced menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the “Advanced” setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen.
  • Page 40 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Enables or disables BIOS support for security device. By Security Device Enabled disabling this function, OS will not show Security Device. Support Disabled TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available.
  • Page 41 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Enables or disables BIOS support for security device. By disabling Security Device Enabled this function, OS will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol Support Disabled and INT1A interface will not be available. Enables or disables Security Device.
  • Page 42 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Enables or disables BIOS support for security device. By Security Device Enabled disabling this function, OS will not show Security Device. protocol and INT1A interface will not be Support Disabled available.
  • Page 43 NCA-4030 User Manual Enabled SHA-1 PCR Bank Enables or disables SHA-1 PCR Bank. Disabled Enabled SHA256 PCR Bank Enables or disables SHA256 PCR Bank. Disabled Schedules an Operation for the Security Device. None Pending Operation NOTE: Your computer will reboot during restart to change TPM Clear State of Security Device.
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  • Page 45 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Enabled Serial Port Enables or disables Serial Port 1. Disabled Device Settings IO=3E8h; IRQ=7...
  • Page 46 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Enabled Serial Port Enables or Disables Serial Port 2 Disabled Device Settings IO=2E8h; IRQ=7...
  • Page 47 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description COM0 Console Enabled Enables or disables console redirection Redirection Disabled...
  • Page 48 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description VT100 VT100: ASCII char set VT100+ VT100+: Extends VT100 to support color, function keys, etc. Terminal Type VT-UTF8 VT-UTF8: Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars onto 1 ANSI or more bytes ANSI: Extended SCII char set...
  • Page 49 NCA-4030 User Manual None Flow Control Hardware Flow Control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow. RTS/CTS VT-UTF8 Combo Disabled Enables VT-UTF8 Combination Key Support for ANSI/VT100 Key Support Enabled terminals. Disabled With this mode enabled, only text will be sent. This is to...
  • Page 50 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Legacy Serial Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy OS and COM0 Redirection Port Legacy OPROM Messages Legacy OS 80x24 On Legacy OS, the Number of Rows and Columns Redirection Resolution 80x25 supported redirection.
  • Page 51 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Enables or disables 64bit capable devices to be Disabled Above 4G Decoding decoded in above 4G address space (only if system Enabled supports 64bit PCI decoding). If the system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Devices, this...
  • Page 52 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Enables Legacy USB support. Enabled Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are Legacy USB Disabled connected; Support Auto Disabled option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications This is a workaround for OSes without XHCI hand-off...
  • Page 53 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Disabled Network Stack Enables or disables UEFI Network Stack Enabled Disabled Enables IPv4 PXE Boot Support. If IPv4 is disabled, PXE boot IPv4 PXE Support Enabled option will not be created. Disabled Enables IPv4 HTTP Boot Support. If IPv4 is disabled, HTTP...
  • Page 54 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Disabled CSM Support Enables or disables CSM Support Enabled Do Not Launch Network UEFI Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE OpROM. Legacy Do Not Launch Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage...
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  • Page 56 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Control PXE Boot Disabled Select On Board LAN# Boot from...
  • Page 57 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description TruOpt Optimize DPDK Optimize setting...
  • Page 58 NCA-4030 User Manual Select the Platform menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Platform Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Options Description PCH-IO None Displays and provides option to change the PCH Settings.
  • Page 59 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description SATA Configuration None SATA devices and settings Power ON Restore AC Power OFF Select S0/S5 for CPI state after a G3 Power Loss Last State Quiet Serial IRQ Mode Configure Serial IRQ Mode Continuous...
  • Page 60 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Disabled SATA Controller Enables/Disables SATA controller Enabled AHCI Configure SATA as This will configure SATA as RAID or AHCI. RAID Disabled Port 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7 Enable or Disable SATA Port Enabled Disabled Hot Plug Designates this port as Hot Pluggable.
  • Page 61 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Disabled SATA Controller Enables/Disables SATA controller Enabled Disabled Port 1/2/3 Enable or Disable SATA Port Enabled Disabled Hot Plug Designates this port as Hot Pluggable. Enabled If enabled for any of ports Staggered Spin Up will be...
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  • Page 63 NCA-4030 User Manual Select the Socket menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Socket Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Options Description Processor Displays and provides option to change the...
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  • Page 65 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Disabled Hyper-Threading [ALL] Enables Hyper Threading (Software Method Enabled Disabled Machine Check to Enable/Disable Logical Processor threads. Enabled Disabled Hardware Prefetcher Enable or Disable the Machine Check Enabled Adjacent Cache Disabled = MLC Streamer Prefetcher (MSR 1A4h Bit[0])
  • Page 66 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description 0: Enable all cores. FFFFFFFFFF: Disable all cores last one Core Disable core per CPU must be enabled. Disabling all cores is an Bitmap (Hex) invalid configuration.
  • Page 67 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Auto 1200 1333 1400 1600 1800 Maximum Memory Frequency Selections in Mhz. Do not Memory Frequency 1866 select Reserved 2000 2133 2200 2400 2600 Displays memory topology with Dimm population Memory Topology None information...
  • Page 68 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Socket0 None None Configuration Press <Enter> to bring up the Intel?VT for Directed I/O Intel® VT for None (VT-d) Configuration menu Directed I/O (VT-d) PCI-E ASPM This option enables / disables the ASPM support for all...
  • Page 69 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Socket0 None Settings elated to PCI Express Port 1A Port 1A Socket 0 None Settings related to PCI Express Port 2A Port 1C...
  • Page 70 NCA-4030 User Manual Intel® VT for Directed I/O (VT-d) Feature Options Description Intel® VT for Enable Press <Enter> to bring up the Intel?VT for Directed I/O Directed I/O (VT-d) Disable (VT-d) Configuration menu.
  • Page 71 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description P State Control Configuration Sub Menu, include CPU P State Control None Turbo, XE, etc. CPU C State Control None CPU C State Setting...
  • Page 72 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Disabled SpeedStep (Pstates) Enables or disables EIST (P-States) Enabled Max Performance Boot Performance Select the performance state that the BIOS Max Efficient Mode will set before OS hand off. Set by Intel Node Manager...
  • Page 73 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description CPU C1 Disabled Autonomous Core C-State Control auto demotion Enabled Disabled Enables or disables CPU C6 (ACPI C3) report CPU C6 report Enabled to OS Enhanced Halt Disabled Core C1E auto promotion control. Takes...
  • Page 74 NCA-4030 User Manual Select the Server Mgmt menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Server Mgmt Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Options Description Enabled BMC Support Enable or disable interfaces to communicate with BMC.
  • Page 75 NCA-4030 User Manual helps verify that the OS is successfully loaded or follows the OS Boot Watchdog Timer policy. 5 minutes OS Wtd Timer 10 minutes Configure the length of the OS Boot Watchdog Timer. Not Timeout 15 minutes available if OS Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled.
  • Page 76 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Disabled Enables or disables all features of System SEL Components Enabled Event Logging during boot. Erase SEL Yes, On next reset Choose options for erasing SEL Yes, On every reset Do Nothing When SEL is Full...
  • Page 77 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Select to configure LAN channel parameters statically or Unspecified Configuration dynamically (by BIOS or BMC). The unspecified option Static Address Source will not modify any BMC network parameters during DynamicBmcDhcp BIOS phase.
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  • Page 79 NCA-4030 User Manual Select the Security menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Security Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Description Administrator If ONLY the Administrator’s password is set, it only limits access to Setup Password and is only asked for when entering Setup.
  • Page 80 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Secure Boot is activated when Platform Key (PK) is Disabled Secure Boot enrolled, System mode is User/Deployed, and Enabled CSM function is disabled. Secure Boot mode selector: Standard Secure Boot Mode In Custom mode, Secure BootVariables can be...
  • Page 81 NCA-4030 User Manual Feature Options Description Factory Key Disabled Provision factory default keys on next re-boot only Provision Enabled when System in Setup Mode. Restore Factory Force System to User Mode. Configure NVRAM to None Keys contain OEM-defined factory default Secure Boot keys.
  • Page 82 NCA-4030 User Manual Select the Boot menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Boot Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. Feature Options Description Setup Prompt The Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key.
  • Page 83 NCA-4030 User Manual Select the Save and Exit menu item from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Save and Exit Setup screen. Users can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen. ■ Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit Setup without saving any modifications to the system configuration.
  • Page 84 NCA-4030 User Manual ■ Restore Defaults Restore default values for all setup options. Select “Yes” to load Optimized defaults. NOTE: The items under Boot Override may not be the same as the images, as it will depend on devices connected on system.

  • Page 85: Appendix A: Led Indicator Explanations

    NCA-4030 User Manual APPENDIX A: LED INDICATOR EXPLANATIONS Power / Status / Storage COLOR LED ACTION DESCRIPTION Green Steady System is powered ON Power System is powered OFF Green Steady System is Active Steady System Error Status System is powered OFF...

  • Page 86: Terms And Conditions

    NCA-4030 User Manual TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1. All products are under warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. 2. The buyer will bear the return freight charges for goods returned for repair within the warranty period;...
  • Page 87 NCA-4030 User Manual When requesting RMA service, please fill out the following form. Without this form enclosed, your RMA cannot be processed.