AXIOMTEK NA570 User Manual

NA570 Series

SMB Network Appliance

User’s Manual

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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. If not installed and used in
accordance with proper instructions, this equipment might generate or radiate radio frequency
energy and cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measurers:

 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver

is connected.

 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits.

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Safety Precautions

Before getting started, read the following important cautions.

1. Be sure to ground yourself to prevent static charge when installing the internal
components. Use a grounding wrist strap and place all electronic components in any
static-shielded devices. Most electronic components are sensitive to static electrical
charge.

2. Disconnect the power cords from the NA570 Series before making any installation. Be
sure both the system and the external devices are turned OFF. Sudden surge of power
could ruin sensitive components. Make sure the NA570 Series is properly grounded.

3. Do not open the system’s top cover. If opening the cover for maintenance is a must, only
a trained technician is allowed to do so. Integrated circuits on computer boards are
sensitive to static electricity. To avoid damaging chips from electrostatic discharge,
observe the following precautions:

 Before handling a board or integrated circuit, touch an unpainted portion of the

system unit chassis for a few seconds. This will help to discharge any static
electricity on your body.

 When handling boards and components, wear a wrist-grounding strap, available

from most electronic component stores.

Trademarks Acknowledgments

Axiomtek is a trademark of Axiomtek Co., Ltd.
Windows® is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

IBM, PC/AT, PS/2, VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
Intel® and Pentium® are trademarks of Intel Corporation.

AMI is trademark of American Megatrend Inc.
Other brand names and trademarks are the properties and registered brands of their

respective owners.

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Table of Contents

Disclaimers ..................................................................................................... ii

Safety Approvals ........................................................................................... iii

Safety Precautions ........................................................................................ iv

Chapter 1 Introduction .......................................... 1

1.1 General Description ............................................................................ 1

1.2 Features ............................................................................................... 1

1.3 Specifications ...................................................................................... 2

1.4 Dimensions and Outlines ................................................................... 5

1.5 I/O Outlets ............................................................................................ 6

1.5.1 Front Panel .................................................................................................. 6

1.5.2 Rear Panel .................................................................................................. 8

Chapter 2 Hardware and Installation .................... 9

2.1 Check List ............................................................................................ 9

2.2 Board Layout ..................................................................................... 10

2.3 Jumper Settings ................................................................................ 12

2.3.1 LAN Bypass Control Selection Jumper (JP1, JP2, JP3) ........................... 13

2.3.2 Auto Power Button Model Jumper (JP5) ................................................... 13

2.3.3 Compact FlashTM Voltage Selection Jumper (JP6) ................................... 14

2.3.4 CMOS Clear Jumper (JP7) ....................................................................... 14

2.4 Connectors ........................................................................................ 15

2.4.1 LCM Power Connector (LCM1) ................................................................. 16

2.4.2 TPM Module Connector (TPM1) ............................................................... 16

2.4.3 Front Panel Bezel Connector (CN1) ......................................................... 17

2.4.4 Serial Port1 & USB3.0 Port1/2 Connector (CN11) .................................... 18

2.4.5 ATX Power Connector (CN12) .................................................................. 18

2.4.6 ATX +12V CPU Power Connector (ATX1) ................................................ 19

2.4.7 Serial ATA Connectors (SATA1.2) ............................................................. 19

2.4.8 USB Port Connectors (USB1) ................................................................... 19

2.4.9 Compact Flash™ Socket (CF1) ................................................................ 20

2.4.10 Serial Port 2 Connector (COM2) ............................................................... 21

2.4.11 FAN Connector (FAN1.FAN2) ................................................................... 21

2.5 Hardware Installation ........................................................................ 22

2.5.1 Installing the CPU ...................................................................................... 22

2.5.2 Installing the Memory ................................................................................ 25

2.5.3 Installing the Hard Disks............................................................................ 26

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2.5.4 Installing the LAN modules ....................................................................... 27

Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Setup Utility ........................ 29

3.1 Starting ............................................................................................... 29

3.2 Navigation Keys ................................................................................ 29

3.3 Main Menu .......................................................................................... 30

3.4 Advanced Menu ................................................................................. 31

3.5 Chipset Menu ..................................................................................... 42

3.6 Boot Menu .......................................................................................... 45

3.7 Security Menu .................................................................................... 47

3.8 Save & Exit Menu .............................................................................. 48

Appendix A LAN Bypass Configuration .................. 53

Appendix B WDT Timer for System Reset .............. 61

Appendix C LAN Module Expansion ....................... 63

Appendix D Warning ............................................... 73

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Introduction 1

Chapter 1

Introduction

This chapter contains general information and detailed specifications of the NA570 Series
Network Appliance Server. It contains the following sections:

 General Description
 Features
 Specifications
 Dimensions and Outlines
 I/O Outlets

1.1 General Description

The NA570 is a 1U rackmount network appliance based on the 4th Generation Intel® Xeon E3/
Core i Processors with Intel® C226/H81 Chipset (Haswell), The appliance sets the target at
greatly improved CPU performance and reduced power consumption based on Intel’s new
architecture. It provides greater performance and power efficiency to equipment providers.

The Intel® AES New Instruction (AES-NI) enhancements are included with the NA570;
hardware-based acceleration to encrypt/decrypt the data. And it also support the Intel® Data
Plane Development Kit (Intel® DPDK), a set of software libraries that can improve packet
processing performance by up to ten times. It can achieve over 80 Mbps throughput on a
single Intel® Xeon processor.

For greater flexibility, the NA570 has two front-accessible expansion slots that allow
developers to expand one different LAN modules based on their solution requirements. This
expansions need to be requested before production. The 2 expandable LAN modules via the
PCIe 3.0 interface, supporting up to 24 GbE ports or up to 4 10GbE ports. To avoid the
influences of shutdown by the environment, the NA570 supports data protection via 12 pairs of
latch-type LAN bypass for fail-over option.

For storing event log data, the NA570 utilizes two 2.5” SATA HDDs or one 3.5” SATA HDD. And
NA570 supports two dual channel up to 32GB DDR3-1600 non-ECC/ECC memory and one
standard PCIe x8 expansion slot for optional network security card.

The NA570 is designed for network enterprise business. NA570 not only provides high
performance processor, memory, storage interface and LAN connection, but also includes
outstanding management capability.

1.2 Features

 LGA1150 Intel® 4

th

Generation processor

 Two to four DIMM sockets, up to 32GB none-buffer none-ECC / ECC memory (DDR3

1600)

 Supports Two LAN modules expansion (NA570 optional)
 Supports BIOS redirected to COM port
 Supports two 2.5” SATA HDDs or one 3.5” SATA HDD (optional)
 Suitable for VPN, network bandwidth controller, firewall applications

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1.3 Specifications

System

 System CPU

 Intel® 4

th

Generation Xeon® E3 (only NA570) / Core I processors

 System Chipset

 NA570: Intel® C226 PCH
 NA570L: Intel® H81 PCH

 System Memory

 NA570: 4 x DDR3 1600 DIMM sockets, up to 32GB none-buffer none-ECC / ECC

memory

 NA570L: 2 x DDR3 1600 DIMM sockets, up to 16GB none-buffer none-ECC memory

 BIOS

 AMI 64Mbit PnP Flash BIOS with function of BIOS redirected to COM port

 HDD Interface

 Two 2.5” SATA HDDs or one 3.5” SATA HDD (optional)

 LAN

 The default is 8 10/100/1000Mbps LAN ports and 2 pairs LAN bypass.

NA570: Expandable up to 24 LAN ports via LAN modules and 12 pairs LAN bypass.
NA570L: Expandable up to 16 LAN ports via LAN modules and 8 pairs LAN bypass.

 LAN Modules

Slim Module

Ports

Chipset

Bypass

NA570

NA552

GbE Copper Modules

AX93316-8GI

8

Intel 82580EB

0 v v

AX93316-8GIL

8

Intel 82580EB

4 v v

AX93336-4GI-i210

4

Intel i210AT

2 v v

AX93336-4GI-i350

4

Intel i350

2 v v

GbE Fiber Modules

AX93322-8FI

8

Intel 82580EB

0 v v

AX93322-8MIL

4+4

Intel 82580EB

2 v v

AX93336-4FI-i350

4

Intel i350

0 v v

10GbE Copper Modules

AX93317-2GIL

2

Intel X540

1 v v

10GbE Fiber Modules

AX93307-2FI

2

Intel 82599ES

0 v v

AX93307-2FIL

2

Intel 82599ES

1 v v

 Flash

 One CF socket

 Super I/O

 Controller: Winbond NCT6102D
 Serial Ports: Totally 2 asynchronous ports (2 x RS-232; one is 10-pin header onboard,

the other one is RJ-type connector with Cisco define)

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 I/O Interface

 One console RJ-type connector, 2 USB 3.0 connectors and 8 RJ-45 connectors

(default) or up to 24 LAN ports (expandable).

 LED: 1x4 LED for LAN bypass 1~4 From top to bottom (default will be 2 LED only)
 2 x LAN modules (optional)
 AX98706 LED board: 1 x 4 LED for Power、HDD、GPIO1、GPIO2

 Tact switch x2 (Left : GPIO/software reset )、(right: hardware system reset button )

 Watchdog Timer

 One for System Reset: 255 levels, 1-255 sec
 LAN Modules for LAN bypass: 7 levels, 1-64 sec

 USB

 Two USB 3.0 ports one front side, two USB 2.0 are internal pin headers (NA570)

 Hardware Monitoring

 Controller Winbond NCT6102D
 CPU temperature, system temperature, power and fan speed detection

 Expansion Slot

 One external PCIe slot (optional by AX98611 expansion card and AX96708 Riser

bracket)

 Limitation: The PCIe devices are total 12 devices. Therefore user should check how

many LAN chip configuration are installed in NA570/NA570L.

 Other Features

 NA570 supports two front-accessible expansion slot allows our customers to configure

different LAN modules based on their solution requirements before production. It
provides copper and fiber modules, up to 12 groups LAN bypass for option.(AX98611
for 1pcs LAN module and PCIe x 8 slot / AX98612 for 2pcs LAN modules)

 NA570L supports one front-accessible expansion slot allows our customers to

configure optional LAN module based on their solution requirements before production.
It provides copper and fiber modules, up to 8 groups LAN bypass for option. (AX98611
for 1pcs LAN module or AX98610 for 1 x PCIe x 8 slot.)

 Power Supply

 270W single power supply
 1U 200W redundant power supply (NA570 optional)

Note:

Indicates to unplug all AC power cord(s) to disconnect AC Power

 OS Compatibility

 Linux

Mechanical/Environmental

 Form Factor

 1U rackmount

 LED

 Power, HDD, GPIO LEDs, LAN bypass LEDs

 Operation Temperature

 0°C ~ 40°C (32°F ~ 104°F)

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 Storage Temperature

 -20°C ~ 85°C (-4°F ~ 185°F)

 Humidity

 10% - 95% RH, non-condensing

 Chassis Material

 Steel

 Dimensions

 44mm (1.73”) (H) x 430mm (16.84”) (W) x 450mm (20.59”) (D)

 Certificate

 FCC class A / CE class A

Note: All specifications and images are subject to change without notice.

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1.4 Dimensions and Outlines

The following diagram shows you dimensions and outlines of the NA570 Series.

Default: 8 LAN ports Expandable up to 24 LAN ports

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1.5 I/O Outlets

Locate front and rear panel I/O outlets on the NA570 Series server to connect serial and
ethernet interface devices.

1.5.1 Front Panel

 Power LED (Green)

LED light up when the server is powered on to perform diagnostic tests and proper
operation checking.

 HDD LED (Green)

LED flashes when HDD is transmitting or receiving data.

 Programmable LED GPIO1, GPIO2 (Green)

The GPIO1 and GPIO2 LEDs are controlled by programmable GPIO. A sample
code will be provided that allow users to define their own function. The sample
codes for the above features can be found in the CD, and they are only for
customers’ reference as remarked.

 “Default” Tact Switch (Left)

The sample code will be provided that allows users to define their own function. For
example, when the system has any problems, this switch can support to reset it to

the customer’s OS default settings if our customer’s OS supports this application.

 “Reset” Tact Switch (Right)

It is for reset the system to reboot your computer instead of turning OFF the power

switch. It is a better way to reboot your system for a longer life of the system’s

power supply.

 Console Port

This is a Cisco RJ-type connector console port for command line interface and
diagnostic support by P.O.S.T (Power On Self Test).

 USB1.2 Ports

Two USB 3.0 ports supported.

 LAN bypass LED

While running the LAN By-Pass function, the LED always lights up.

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 Transfer Rate for LAN port

The double-color LED light indicates 10/100/1000Mbps transfer rate.

LED Light Color

Transfer Rate

Dark

10Mbps

Green

100Mbps

Orange

1000Mbps

 If the LED is dark and Active/Link LED is lighting on flashing, the transfer rate

should be 10Mbps.

 When the green-color LED light is radiating, the transfer rate should be

100Mbps.

 When the orange-color LED light is radiating, the transfer rate should be

1000Mbps.

 When this LED and Link/Active LED both are dark, no networking devices are

attached.

 Active/Link LED for LAN Port

 The orange LED is on when the LAN port connection is working.
 The LED flashes when transmitting or receiving any signals to or from the

appliance.

 The LED is dark when the appliance is off.

Note: Optional LAN module LED definition in Appendix C.

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1.5.2 Rear Panel

 Power Supply

System power use power cord to connect the power supply to electrical outlet (AC).

 System Fan

These are fans for cooling down system temperature.

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Chapter 2

Hardware and Installation

The NA570 Series are convenient for your various hardware configurations. This chapter will
help you get familiar with the hardware.

2.1 Check List

The package bundled with your NA570 Series should contain the following items:

 The NA570 Series network appliance hardware platform
 Power cord x 1
 Utility CD (including user’s manual and sample code)
 Mounting brackets for rack installation (left/right) x 2
 Plastic stand for stack–up x 4
 Mounting screws for disk drive and additional screws for this appliance’s spare

parts

 SATA II cable x 2 for 2.5” SATA HDDs

If you can not find this package or any items are missing, please contact Axiomtek distributors
immediately. If you order any optional components, the package might contain those additional
hardware or documents accordingly.

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2.2 Board Layout

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2.3 Jumper Settings

Jumper is a small component consists of jumper clip and jumper pins. Install jumper clip on 2
jumper pins to close. And remove jumper clip from 2 jumper pins to open. Below illustration
shows how to set up jumper.

This section provides the information about jumpers and connectors of NA570 Series. Properly
configure jumper settings on the main board in this appliance to meet your application purpose.
Below we list a summary table of all jumpers and default settings for onboard devices.

Jumper

Definition

Jumper Setting

JP1
JP2
JP3

LAN Bypass Trigger
When Power On

(1-2)/(1-2)/(1-2)：
Mother board/SEGN1 ~4 Bypass as same as Power Off status
(1-2)/(1-2)/(2-3)：
Mother board/SEGN1~4 Bypass Disable(Default)
(1-2)/(2-3)/(2-3)：
Mother board/SEGN1 ~4 Bypass Enable

JP5

Auto Power Button Mode
Selection

1-2：Always Off
2-3：Always On (Default)

JP6

Compact FlashTM Voltage
Selection

1-2：+3.3V (Default)
2-3：+5V

JP7

Clear CMOS Setting

1-2：Normal (Default)
2-3：Clear CMOS

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2.3.1 LAN Bypass Control Selection Jumper (JP1, JP2, JP3)

Description

Function

Jumper Setting

LAN Bypass Trigger
when Power On

Mother board/SEGN1 ~4
Bypass as same as Power Off status

JP1 JP2 JP3

Mother board/SEGN1 ~4
Bypass Disable(Default)

JP1 JP2 JP3

Mother board/SEGN1 ~4
Bypass Enable

JP1 JP2 JP3

Note: When the system is turned on, you can select LAN bypass function by Jumper

and Bios when power on state, when enter the OS, you can select LAN pass
function at power on/ off state by software.

2.3.2 Auto Power Button Model Jumper (JP5)

Description

Function

Jumper Setting

Auto Power Button
Mode Selection

Always Power Off

ATX Mode

JP5

Always Power On

(Default)

JP5

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2.3.3 Compact Flash

TM

Voltage Selection Jumper (JP6)

Description

Function

Jumper Setting

Compact FlashTM

Voltage Selection

+3.3V (Default)

JP6

+5V

JP6

2.3.4 CMOS Clear Jumper (JP7)

Use this jumper to erase and restore CMOS memory and BIOS setting. Put jumper clip to
pin 2-3 for a few seconds then move it back to pin 1-2. By doing this procedure CMOS
data resets to its safe default settings.

Description

Function

Jumper Setting

COMS Clear

Normal (Default)

JP7

Clear CMOS

JP7

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2.4 Connectors

Signals go to other parts of the system through connectors. Loose or improper connection
might cause problems, please make sure all connectors are properly and firmly connected.
Here is a summary table which shows all connectors on the hardware.

Connectors

Label

LCM Connector

LCM1

TPM Module Connector

TPM1

Front Panel Bezel Connector

CN1

Serial Port1 (For Console) & USB3.0 Port0 ~ Port1 Connector

CN11

ATX Power Connector

CN12

ATX +12V CPU Power Connector

ATX1

Battery Connector

BAT1

LAN1 & LAN2 & LAN3 & LAN4 RJ45 Connector

CN8

LAN5 & LAN6 & LAN7 & LAN8 RJ45 Connector

CN4

VGA Connector

VGA1

Serial Port2 Connector

COM2

FAN Connector

FAN1

FAN Connector

FAN2

Serial ATA Connector

SATA1

Serial ATA Connector

SATA2

Front Switch Panel Connector

SW1

Digital Input / Output Connector

DIO1

USB2.0 Port2 ~ Port3 Connector

USB1

DDR III DIMM Socket

DIMM1

DDR III DIMM Socket

DIMM2

DDR III DIMM Socket

DIMM3

DDR III DIMM Socket

DIMM4

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2.4.1 LCM Power Connector (LCM1)

This is a 5-pin connector for LCM or SATA Power selection.

Pin

Signal

CN2

1

+5V 2 RX 3 N.C 4 TX 5 GND

2.4.2 TPM Module Connector (TPM1)

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

CN3

1

CLK_33M

2

GND

3

LPC_FRAME#

4

N.C 5 PLTRST#

6

+5V 7 LPC_AD3

8

N.C 9 +3.3V

10

LPC_AD1

11

LPC_AD0

12

GND

13

SMBCLK

14

SMBDATA

15

N.C

16

SUS_STAT#

17

GND

18

LPC_SERIRQ

19

SUSCLK

20

N.C

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2.4.3 Front Panel Bezel Connector (CN1)

Power LED：

This 3-pin connector (Pin 1, 3, 5) connects a LED indicator to the system power switch on
the case. Pin 1 is assigned as +, and Pin 3, Pin 5 as -. The Power LED lights up when the
system is powered ON.

External Speaker and Internal Buzzer Connector：
This 4-pin connector (Pin 2, 4, 6, 8) can be connected to the case-mounted speaker unit

or internal buzzer. While connecting the CPU card to an internal buzzer, please short pins
2-4; while connecting to an external speaker, you need to set pins 2-4 to Open and
connect the speaker cable to pin 8 (+) and pin 2 (-).

ATX Power On/Off Button：
This 2-pin connector (Pin 9, 10) connects the front panel’s ATX power button to the CPU

card, which allows users to control ATX power supply to be power on/off.

System Reset Switch：
This 2-pin connector (Pin 11, 12) can be connected to the case-mounted reset switch that

reboots your computer instead of turning OFF the power switch. It is a better way to
reboot your system for a longer life of the system’s power supply.

HDD Activity LED：
This connection is linked to hard drive activity LED on the control panel. LED flashes

when HDD is being accessed. The 2-pin connector (Pin 13, 14) connects the hard disk
drive to the front panel HDD LED, Pin 13 assigned as -, and Pin 14 as +.

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2.4.4 Serial Port1 & USB3.0 Port1/2 Connector (CN11)

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

CN11

1

USB_POWER

2

USBP0N

3

USBP0P

4

GND

5

SSRX0N

6

SSRX0P

7

GND

8

SSTX0N

9

SSTX0P

10

USB_POWER

11

USBP1N

12

USBP1P

13

GND

14

SSRX1N

15

SSRX1P

16

GND

17

SSTX1N

18

SSTX1P

19

NRTS1

20

MDTR1

21

MTXD1

22

COM1GND

23

COM1GND

24

MRXD1

25

NDSR1

26

NCTS1

2.4.5 ATX Power Connector (CN12)

Steady and sufficient power can be supplied to all components on the board by
connecting the power connector. Please make sure all components and devices are
properly installed before connecting the power connector.

Pin

Signal

Pin

Signal

ATX1

1

+3.3V

2

+3.3V

3

GND

4

+5V 5 GND

6

+5V 7 GND

8

PWR_OK

9

5VSB

10

+12V

11

+12V

12

+3.3V

13

+3.3V

14

-12V

15

GND

16

PS_ON

17

GND

18

GND

19

GND

20

-12V

21

+5V

22

+5V

23

+5V

24

GND