Mass Storage; Bios - Advantech FWA-2320 User Manual

1u entry-level network appliance based on intel atom c2000 system on chip

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2.4.10

Mass Storage

Up to three SATA devices and a USB DOM are supported by the FWA-2320. In the

default configuration, two SATA devices are supported: an onboard mSATA socket

(location M3) and a 3.5" HDD site (M7). The USB DOM socket can be found at M6.

The HDD power cable (M5) and SATA cable (M4) are supplied with the unit.

For a SATA-III connection of the HDD, connect the SATA cable to the SATA3 connec-

tor (M1) as shown below. A connection to the SATA2 connector (M2) will limit inter-

face speeds to SATA-II.

2.4.11

The FWA-2320's BIOS is based on AMI's APTIO BIOS and compliant to the UEFI,

SMBIOS and ACPI specifications.

The BIOS performs probing, initialization and configuration of the FWA-2320 and ini-

tializes the OS boot process at the end of POST (Power On Self Test).

Regular BIOS output as well as the setup menu are displayed via the console port.

Please refer to section 1.3.3 reg. the console connection process.

The BIOS Setup Menu is described in detail in section 3.2. BIOS Error Codes used

during POST are described in Appendix B.

Please note that the FWA-2320 does not have any onboard POST Code LEDs

onboard. A special POST code adapter is required to retrieve BIOS error codes.

All BIOS configuration parameters bare stored in NVRAM, a dedicated section of the

BIOS flash chip. Parameters are no longer stored in legacy CMOS RAM by the plat-

form BIOS. I.e. BIOS configuration parameters will not be lost due to an empty bat-

tery.

Figure 2.12 Mass storage components

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