RouterBOARD 450G Series
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1. Files menu Also new firmware is present in the routerboard npk package which is usually installed by default In this case new firmware becomes available after a software upgrade Availability of new BootLoader versions is displayed in upgrade firmware Firmware Settings Boot loader settings are also accessible through this menu admin MikroTik gt system routerboard settings print baud rate 115200 boot delay 2s boot device nand if fail then ethernet enter setup on any key cpu frequency 680MHz boot protocol bootp nable jumper reset yes admin MikroTik gt The Software Reset jumper RESET button which resets both boot loader settings and RouterOS setting by default can be disabled in this menu it will still reset the boot loader settings RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual Software Reset It is possible to reset all software configuration by short circuiting the reset hole during the power up see ROS reset in layout diagram No confirmation or passwords will be asked so use with caution This feature can be disabled in the system routerboard settings menu by switching the enable jumper reset parameter to no Appendix Connector Index J301 RS232C male DB9 serial port 4 Connected together 2 RxD Receive Data 3 TxD Transmit Data 5 Connected together J505 RJ45 Fast Ethernet 100Base TX port LANi with passive PoE extension next to serial connector J501 RJ42. To boot the RouterBOARD computer from Ethernet network you need the following e An ELF kernel image for the loader to boot from you can embed the kernel parameters and initrd image as ELF sections called kernparm and initrd respectively e A TFTP server which to download the image from e A BOOTP DHCP server may be installed on the same machine as the TFTP server to give an IP address TFTP server address and boot image name See the RouterBOOT section on how to configure loader to boot from network Note that you must connect the RouterBOARD you want to boot and the BOOTP DHCP and TFTP servers to the same broadcast domain i e there must not be any routers between them Operating System Support System Architecture RouterBOARD 450 series embedded boards are fully compatible with the standard e300 architecture with PCI bus CPU RouterBOARD 450 series has Atheros MIPSBE architecture based embedded processor RB450G has a Atheros AR7161 680MHz CPU Ethernet RouterBOARD 450 series has five onboard 10 100 1000 Gigabit Ethernet ports MikroTik RouterOS MikroTik RouterOS starting from version 3 0 is fully compatible with RouterBOARD 450 series embedded boards RouterBOOT The RouterBOOT firmware also referred as boot loader here provides minimal functionality to boot an Operating System It supports serial console via the onboard serial port at the boot time The loader supports booting from the onboard NAND device and
3. May Maia ere 9 PS A A O 9 CONMECEOR INGEN RT 9 Button IO ch ARE 9 ADEE Un fe EEn 9 Ethernet Cables ii A stehen nanda banieren gerend vende 9 Serial Null modem Console Cable with Loopbaek a miis rr menten mepa winne dake 10 Board DIMENSIONS teniet ova dieu ene eee ent o iio a 12 RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual System Board View ecooes 56666 osocea Eooce o o a Y JQ o0000 OOOO O eoeoaae RB450G Top RB450G Bottom System Board Layout RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual O romo 4508 memet Five 1000 3000 mais Gigabit Ethernet ports supporting Auto MOI Power over Ethernet 14 28V DC except power over datalines Power jack 10 28V DC Operational up to 70 relative humidity non condensing Hardware Guide Memory and Storage Devices Onboard Memory The RB450G equipped with 256 DDR SDRAM onboard memory Onboard NAND Storage Device The boards are equipped with one 64MB NAND nonvolatile memory chip Extension Slots MiniPCI Slots The board has no miniPCI slots or other expansion abilities Input Output Ports LAN1 Port with PoE This Fast Ethernet port is recognized as the first LAN interface It is compatible with passive non standard Power over Ethernet The board accepts voltage input from 10 to 28 V DC It is suggested to use the higher voltage for power over long cables because of better efficiency less power is lost in the cable itself and powe
4. 5 Fast Ethernet 100Base TX port LAN3 no PoE J504 J801 Power jack 12 28 V DC positive contact is the central pin J803 Button Index s301 Bootloader Reset button Loads the Backup boot loader Jumper Index RESET Software Reset jumper hole Resets RouterOS settings Ethernet Cables Note When using the MikroTik Gigabit PoE injector PoE is passed on pins 4 5 and 7 8 When using other PoE injectors power can be passed on any other pins depending on PoE injector model MES os E ME 5 er RJ45 Color Function Function RJ45 pin for Straight cable RJ45 pin for Crossover cable Pin 100Mbit 1Gbit MDI EIA TIA568A MDI X EIA TIA568B 1 Green TX Data Data A 1 2 Green White TX Data Data A 2 6 3 Orange RX Data Data B 3 1 4 Blue gt Data C 4 4 5 Blue White Data C 5 5 6 Orange White RX Data Data B 6 2 7 Brown gt Data D 7 7 8 Brown White 7 Data D 8 8 RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual Serial Null modem Console Cable with Loopback DBOf Function DBOf DB25f 1 4 6 CD DTR DSR N C N C N C CD DTR DSR 1 4 6 6 8 20 2 RxD 3 2 3 TxD 2 3 5 GND 5 7 7 8 RTS CTS N C N C N C RTS CTS 7 8 4 5 N C not connected 10
5. ONLY if you purchased your equipment directly from MikroTik Latvia To return failed unit or units to MikroTikls you must perform the following RMA Return Material Authorization procedure Follow the instructions below to save time efforts avoid costs and improve the speed of the RMA process Take into account that all goods have one year warranty Instructions are located on our webpage here http rma mikrotik com Manual This manual is provided as is without a warranty of any kind expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose The manufacturer has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual however it is possible that it may contain technical inaccuracies typographical or other errors No liability is assumed for any inaccuracy found in this publication nor for direct or indirect incidental consequential or other damages that may result from such an inaccuracy including but not limited to loss of data or profits Please report any inaccuracies found to support mikrotik com Table RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual of Contents olp Zalen E O A A A a 1 TPAC Oi a A AA A A 1 E A enn ken snehse daten E ta heei hat gedaen 1 System Board AVAN A 3 System Board Eay UE rivi server sen ended ede aa a Siaa EEEE NE Dt dedain eden edad an cubase deden 3 te
6. RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual 1 Sep 2011 Copyright Copyright MikroTikls SIA This manual contains information protected by copyright law No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without prior written permission from the copyright holder Trademarks RouterBOARD RouterOS RouterBOOT and MikroTik are trademarks of MikroTikls SIA All trademarks and registered trademarks appearing in this manual are the property of their respective holders Limited Warranty Copyright and Trademarks Copyright MikroTikls SIA This manual contains information protected by copyright law No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without prior written permission from the copyright holder RouterBOARD RouterOS RouterBOOT and MikroTik are trademarks of MikroTikls SIA All trademarks and registered trademarks appearing in this manual are the property of their respective holders Hardware MikroTikls SIA warrants all RouterBOARD series equipment for the term of one year from the shipping date to be free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service except in case of damage caused by mechanical electrical or other accidental or intended damages caused by improper use or due to wind rain fire or other acts of nature If you have purchased your product from a MikroTik Reseller please contact the Reseller company regarding all warranty and repair issues the following instructions apply
7. de firmware over serial port board info prints the serial number boot loader version CPU frequency memory size and MAC addresses of the onboard Ethernet ports boot protocol network booting protocol bootp protocol dhcp protocol bootp protocol by default do memory testing performs a full memory test Boot Loader Upgrading The boot loader is needed to initialize all the hardware and boot the system up Newer loader versions might have support for more hardware so it s generally a good idea to upgrade the loader once a newer version is available You can upgrade the loader through the onboard serial port using XModem protocol programs available for all major OSs For example you can use HyperTerminal for Windows or Minicom for Linux to upload the boot loader Alternatively if you have a DHCP BOOTP and TFTP servers available you can specify the loader image as a boot image and choose the bios upgrade over ethernet option in the boot loader configuration menu The loader will get the image from the TFTP server and upgrade itself The most current 7 RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual loader image is available for download on www routerboard com The boot loader upgrading is supported also from MikroTik RouterOS The procedure is described in the MikroTik RouterOS manual Backup Bootloader There are two boot loaders present on the NOR flash memory chip The main one that is executed by default and the Backup w
8. from a network server see the respective section for details on this protocol Boot Loader Configuration Loader parameters may be configured through the onboard RS232C DB9 asynchronous serial interface To connect to it use a standard null modem cable By default the port is set to 115200bit s 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity Note that the device does not fully implement the hardware RTS CTS flow control so it is suggested to try to disable hardware flow control in the terminal emulation program in case the serial console does not work as expected and if it does not help make a new cable using the pinout given in the Appendix To enter the loader configuration screen press any key or only Delete key or Backspace key see the note for the respective configurable option depending on the actual configuration just after the boot loader is asking for it RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual RouterBOOT booter 2 9 RouterBoard 450 CPU frequency 680 MHz Memory size 256 MB Press any key within 2 seconds to enter setup RouterBOOT 2 9 What do you want to configure d boot delay k boot key s serial console o boot device f cpu frequency r reset configuration e format nand g upgrade firmware i board info p boot protocol t do memory testing x exit setup your choice To select a menu point press the key written at the beginning of this line Pressing Enter selects
9. hich is built in failsafe In case something goes wrong in the upgrade process or you have set some incorrect settings that render it unusable you can load the Backup boot loader by holding the Software Reset 1 button S301 connecting the power and then releasing the button jumper The Backup boot loader uses Default settings which can not be changed It is also not possible to upgrade it In case the Main Bootloader is damaged RouterOS v3 23 supports Permanently setting the Backup Boot Loader as Main thus avoiding the need to hold the button RouterOS on RouterBOARD 450 Health monitor This menu shows the current input voltage and fan status admin MikroTik gt system health print fan mode manual use fan main active fan main voltage 18 8 fadmin MikroTik gt fan mode whether to use automatic fan failover auto manual manual by default use fan which fan to use in manual mode main auxiliary main by default Firware information This menu displays RouterBOARD model number serial number the current boot loader version and the version available in the current software packages installed admin MikroTik gt system routerboard print routerboard yes model 450 serial number 154201C1DD3C current firmware 2 16 upgrade firmware 2 16 fadmin MikroTik gt The firmware version can be upgraded using system routerboard upgrade command if a new firmware file has been uploaded to the RouterOS
10. iant 48V power injectors The maximum output of the power supply to the extension cards is normally at about 5 5A Booting options First RouterBOOT loader is started It displays some useful information on the onboard RS232C asynchronous serial port which is set to 115200bit s 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity by default The loader RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual may be configured to boot the system from the onboard NAND module or from Ethernet network See the respective section of this manual for how to configure booting sequence and other boot loader parameters Onboard NAND Storage Device The RouterBOARD may be started from the onboard NAND storage chip As there is no partition table on the device the boot loader assumes the first 4MiB form a YAFFS filesystem and executes the file called kernel stored in the root directory on that partition It is possible to partition the rest of the medium by patching the kernel source Booting from network Network boot works similarly to PXE or EtherBoot protocol and allows you to boot a RouterBOARD 450 series computer from an executable image stored on a TFTP server It uses BOOTP or DHCP configurable in boot loader protocol to get a valid IP address and TFTP protocol to download an executable ELF kernel image combined with the initial RAM disk inserted as an ELF section to boot from the TFTP server s IP address and the image name must be sent by the BOOTP DHCP server
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12. r s Guide Assembling the Hardware First to use the board e Connect ethernet cables e Connect power cable You can also order a pre assembled system with RouterBOARD already installed in a case Powering Power options e J9 power jack 10 28V DC cut off voltage 30V e Power over Ethernet PoE on the J601 LAN1 Ethernet port 14 28V DC 18 28 V suggested cut off voltage 30V non standard PoE powering support The board has two direct input power jacks J801 and J803 for use with different cases 5 5mm outside and 2mm inside diameter female pin positive plug and can as well be powered with PoE All power inputs are always active but only one should be used at the same time RouterBOARD 450 series boards are equipped with a reliable 25W onboard power supply with overvoltage protection 12 28 V DC input voltages are accepted but when powered over long cables it is suggested to use at least 18V The system is tested with 24V solar wind RV systems with 27 6 charge voltage Overvoltage protection starts from about 27 8V 29V depends on some part physical options works up to 60V so the board will not be damaged if connected to a 48 or 60 V power line RouterBOARD 450 series boards are compatible with non standard passive Power over Ethernet injectors except power over datalines and accept powering over up to 100m 330 ft long Ethernet cable connected to the Ethernet port J8 The board does not work with IEEE802 3af compl
13. r supply is more efficient See Connector Index for pinout of the standard cable required for PoE All cables made to EIA TIA 568A B cable specifications will work correctly with PoE Note that this port supports automatic cross straight cable correction Auto MDI X so you can use either straight or cross over cable for connecting to other network devices RouterBOARD 450G Series User s Manual LAN2 5 Port These Fast Gigabit Ethernet ports are recognized as the second fifth LAN interface These ports do not support Power over Ethernet All cables made to EIA TIA 568A B cable specifications will work correctly see Connector Index for pinout Note that this port supports automatic cross straight cable correction Auto MDI X so you can use either straight or cross over cable for connecting to other network devices DB9 Serial Port The RS232C standard male DB9 asynchronous serial port may be used for initial configuration or for attaching a modem or any other RS232 serial device TxD pin 3 of this port has 5V DC power when idle Some signals are not connected so this implementation may not be considered to support full hardware flow control so software flow control XON XOFF or none at all should be used LEDs Power LED Power LED is on when the board is powered User LED User LED may be programmed at user s option It is lit by default when the board starts up then it is turned off when the bootloader runs kernel Use
14. the option marked with Configurable Options boot delay how much time to wait for a key stroke while booting 1 9 seconds 2 second by default boot key which key will cause the loader to enter configuration mode during boot delay any key lt Delete gt key only any key by default Note that in some serial terminal programs it is impossible to use the Delete key to enter the setup in this case it might be possible to do this with the Backspace key serial console to configure initial serial console bitrate 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 115200 bps by default cpu frequency CPU frequency 680MHz and 800MHz 680MHz default 800MHz overclock use with caution boot device initial boot device boot over Ethernet boot from NAND boot Ethernet once then NAND boot from NAND by default You can also select boot chosen device option to boot from the device selected immediately without saving the setting reset configuration whether to reset all the boot loader settings to their respective default values yes no no by default format nand perform a low level NAND format During this operation all previously marked bad sectors are retested to find out if they are faulty indeed upgrade firmware receive a new boot loader image using XModem protocol over serial line or using DHCP BOOTP and TFTP protocols through the Ethernet network upgrade firmware over ethernet upgra
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