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Revision: 1.0 AR-R5800 User Manual Revision Description Date Release 2011/03/04...
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Revision: 1.0 Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved. Manual’s first edition: For the purpose of improving reliability, design and function, the information in this document is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
10/100/1000Mbps LANs, the AR-R5800 is sufficient for the small to middle size business security solution. AR-R5800 series can be equipped with 2 x HDD for RAID 0/1 redundancy. Customers don’t need to worry about data lost due to HDD defected problem. With LCM module, users can easily understand system status.
Revision: 1.0 1.2 Packing List Description Quantity AR-R5800 system Console Cable(RJ45) Quick user manual CD with Driver and Manual SATA cable USA or Europe or Japan or UK power cord Rack bracket Screw for bracket (for Rack + HDD bracket) Power cord hook 1.3 System Dissection...
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Revision: 1.0 (2) Front Panel LCM Module Keypad Console Lan*8 Reset LEDs USB*2 (3) Back Panel PCIe x 8 slot Power Inlet...
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Revision: 1.0 Item Description Quantity TOP COVER POWER SUPPLY POWER BRACKET HDD BRACKET BOTTOM BASE 1U EAR BRACKET MEMBRANE AR-B5800 SHEET FLOW CPU SINK CPU SINK BKT INTERFACE BKT RISER CAR & BKT...
Revision: 1.0 2 Procedures of Assembly/Disassembly 2.1 2.5” HDD Installation The following instructions will guide you to install 2.5” HDD step-by-step. 1. Unfasten 2 screws of chassis top cover and take off it. Release HDD bracket by unfastening 4 screws.
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Revision: 1.0 3. Take out HDD screws from packing bag. 4. Fix HDD with HDD bracket by 4 screws.
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Revision: 1.0 5. Fix HDD with HDD bracket by 4 screws.
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Revision: 1.0 6. Plug SATA power cable into motherboard. 7. The SATA power cable MUST go through below M/B power cable, please follow below photo.
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Revision: 1.0 8. Connect SATA cable and SATA power cable with HDD module. 9. Assemble top cover back by fastening the 2 screws.
Revision: 1.0 2.2 CF Card Installation 1. Open the top cover (the same as above steps). 2. Push CF card into CF socket. 3. Finish the CF card installation.
Revision: 1.0 2.3 Power Cord Hook Installation 1. Take out the hook from packing bag. 2. Install the hook from right side firstly. 3. Then install the hook by left side.
Revision: 1.0 2.4 PCIe Card Installation 1. Unfasten two screws of PCIe bracket and then take out the PCIe card bracket. 2. Release the PCIe dummy bracket.
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Revision: 1.0 3. Fix the PCIe card with PCIe bracket. 4. Plug the PCIe module into PCIe slot following below direction.
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Revision: 1.0 5. Fasten the 2 screws in order to firm the PCIe module.
Revision: 1.0 2.5 Rack Bracket Installation 1. Take out the screws and Rack bracket from packing bag. 2. Fixed the Rack bracket to Chassis by fastening 6 screws.
Revision: 1.0 Introduction AR-B5800 is designed for rack-mounted platform for networking appliance, e.g. VPN, SSL, UTM or firewall. With Intel advanced Core 2 Quad / Duo / Pentium / Celeron CPU, AR-B5800 is a powerful platform to satisfy different applications. By eight 10/100/1000Mbps LANs, the AR-B5800 is sufficient for the small to middle size business security solution.
Revision: 1.0 Memory: one Kingston KVR1333D3N9/2G. One 3.5” HDD OS: Windows XP SP3. Processor was running at 100% loading. Note: A proper power supply unit choice means that we should consider at least about a.) Protection of overload, short-circuit, and other safeties. b.) Summation of all devices’...
Revision: 1.0 H/W Information This chapter describes the installation of AR-B5800. At first, it shows the Function diagram and the layout of AR-B5800. It then describes the unpacking information which you should read carefully, as well as the jumper/switch settings for the AR-B5800 configuration 2.1 Locations (Top side)
Revision: 1.0 2.3 Connector and Jumper Setting 1. LAN1 ~ LAN8 RJ45 Connector 9. USB1 Connector External USB Connector Connects to USB devices such as scanner, LAN RJ45 Connector digital speakers, monitor Connects to Local Area , mouse, keyboard, hub, digital camera, Network.
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Revision: 1.0 15. LCM1 ( for LCM use ) 16. GP1 ( GPIO Header ) SIGN SIGNAL SIGNAL VCC_G Pull-High to VCC5 GP30 VCC5 GP31 SOUTB GP32 SINB GP33 RTSB# CTSB# 17. CF1 ( CF CARD Socket ) 18. CPLD1 ( for CPLD Firmware Update) SIGNAL 3VDUAL G_TDO...
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Revision: 1.0 22. VGA1 (2x5pin 2mm Wafer). 23. ATX12V1. (ATX12V Power Input) VGA Wafer CONNECTOR . 24. SYSFAN3 (System FAN connector 3). 25. CPUFAN1 (CPU FAN connector). SIGNAL +12V SIGNAL Fan speed data CPU FAN PWM +12V Control Fan speed data ON/OFF controlled by CPU temperature setting of BIOS.
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Revision: 1.0 28. JP1 (For LAN1/LAN2 Bypass Function 29. RTC1 Select.). CMOS Backup Battery: An onboard battery saves the CMOS memory to keep the BIOS information stays on even after disconnected your system with power source. Nevertheless, this backup battery exhausts after some five years.
Revision: 1.0 BIOS setting This chapter describes the BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks needed to get the system up and running. It also gives detailed explanation of the elements found in each of the BIOS menus. The following topics are covered: ...
Revision: 1.0 3.1 Main Setup Once you enter the Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <Pg Up> <Pg Dn> keys to select the desired value in each item. Note: The control keys are listed at the bottom of the menu.
Revision: 1.0 The onboard SATA connectors provide 1 SATA Channel channel for connecting one SATA hard disks, the BIOS will auto-detect the SATA type. All Errors, Select the situation in which you want the No Errors, BIOS to stop the POST process and notify Halt On All but keyboard.
Revision: 1.0 Enabled Select Enabled to show the OEM full screen logo if you have Full Screen Logo Disabled add-in BIOS. Show Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller.This item Enabled [Enabled] for more system INTerrupts that AR-B5800 APIC Mode Disabled required. 32Mb This Item is for setting the Frame Buffer (Share system memory Pre-allocated 64Mb...
Revision: 1.0 Option Choice Description Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you Enabled Reset Configuration exit Setup. If you have installed a new add-on and the system Disabled Data reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict, then the operating system cannot boot.
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Revision: 1.0 Option Choice Description Serial Port 1: 3F8 / IRQ4 Select an address and the corresponding Onboard Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2: 2F8 / IRQ3 interrupt for each serial port. Onboard Serial Port 2 Enter to Select USB Device USB Device Setting Setting Select Enabled if your system contains...
Revision: 1.0 3.5 PC Health Setup This section shows the parameters in determining the PC Health Status. These parameters include temperatures, fan speeds, and voltages. 3.6 Boot Setup This section is used to exit the BIOS main menu. After making your changes, you can either save them or exit the BIOS menu and without saving the new values.
Revision: 1.0 Option Choice Description Hard Disk CDROM The BIOS attempts to load the operating First / Second / Third USB-FDD system from the devices in the sequence Boot Device/Other Boot USB-CDROM selected in these items. Device Disabled Enabled These fields allow the system to search LAN Boot Select Disabled for an OS from LAN...
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Revision: 1.0 Option Choice Description Press “Y” to store the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special section of Pressing <Enter> on this item memory that stays on after you turn your for confirmation: system off. The next time you boot your Save &...
Revision: 1.0 when you are prompted to enter the password. A message will confirm that the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. 3.8 BIOS Update The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your system board.
Revision: 1.0 Software Installation and Programming Guide 4.1 Introduction LCD Control Module Overview The LCM (short for LCD Control Module) APIs provide interfaces to control the module. By invoking these APIs, programmers can implement the applications which have the functions listed below: Clear LCD screen.
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Revision: 1.0 Signal Name Pin Name on SIO I/O Direction in Source Code GP30 Configurable GPIO0 GP31 Configurable GPIO1 GP32 Configurable GPIO2 GP33 Configurable GPIO3 GP34 Configurable GPIO4 GP35 Configurable GPIO5 GP36 Configurable GPIO6 GP37 Configurable GPIO7 In the GPIO APIs, we use the signal names ‘GPIO0’, ‘GPIO1’…etc. to identify the GPIO ports. LAN Bypass Subsystem Overview Two pairs of LAN ports on AR-B5800 implement the bypass function.
Revision: 1.0 4.2 File Descriptions LCD Control Module On Linux platform: 1. lcmdemo.c This file is the source code of the demo program. This program displays the user interface, processes user’s input, and invokes LCM APIs to demonstrates the functions of LCM. 2.
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Revision: 1.0 GPIO and Watchdog On Linux platform: 1. sio_acce.c The source code of the Watchdog and GPIO APIs for accessing the SuperIO. 2. sio_acce.h This file includes the declarations of the APIs and macro definitions. 3. main.c The source code of the utility. 4.
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Revision: 1.0 On Windows platform: 1. LAN_Bypass.cpp LAN_Bypass demo program source code. 2. AR-B5800.h The header file of the APIs. 3. AR-B5800.lib and AR-B5800.dll The API libiaries.
Revision: 1.0 4.3 API List and Descriptions Type Definitions Typedef char Typedef unsigned char Typedef short i16; Typedef unsigned short u16; Typedef unsigned long u32; Typedef int i32; LCD Control Module 1. i32 clrscrLcm( void ) Description: Clear the screen of the LCM. Return value: 0 after the screen is cleared.
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Revision: 1.0 4. i32 displayLcm( bool mode ) Description: Show the text on the LCM screen or eliminate the text on the LCM screen. The content of the text is not altered. mode = true, show the text. mode = false, eliminate the text. Return value: 0 after the text has been shown or eliminated.
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Revision: 1.0 GPIO and Watchdog GPIO 1. Syntax: i32 setChDir( u8 val ) Description: Set the direction (Input/Output) of GPIO ports according to the parameter ‘val’. Parameters: The parameter ‘val’ is an unsigned character. Each bit of *val corresponds to a GPIO port.
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Revision: 1.0 Return Value: If the function gets the values successfully, it returns 0. If any error, it returns –1. 4. Syntax: i32 setChLevel( u8 val ) Description: Set the status bits of GPIO Output ports according to the variable ‘val’. The status bits at the ports which are configured as input will not be affected.
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Revision: 1.0 Parameters: The parameter ‘val’ is the value to set to watchdog timer register. The range is 0 ~ 255. Return Value: None. LAN Bypass Subsystem 1. void enableWdt(void) Enable Watchdog Timer. (This timer is different from the System Watchdog timer, which is configured by the API described in 6.2).
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