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1. GND 4 12V 5 4 13 JP5 Internal USB Connector USB 2 0 high speed connector to be used with low profile USB Flash Memory connected to USB Port 4 on the EG20T 4 14 JP8 User I O 26 pins 0 050 header with 16 programmable general purpose input output pins They are connected directly to the Xilinx XC3S50A FPGA and therefore have a maximum voltage input level of 3 3V please visit the Xilinx website for programming information and electrical specifications Pin 1 is marked on the board FPGA Pin Function Pin Number Function FPGA Pin 3 3V Power 1 2 5V Power 3 3V Power 3 4 GND 98 GPIO 0 5 6 GND 94 GPIO 1 7 8 GPIO 2 93 90 GPIO 3 9 10 GND 89 GPIO 4 11 12 GPIO 5 88 86 GPIO 6 13 14 GND 85 GPIO 7 15 16 GPIO 8 84 83 GPIO 9 17 18 GND 78 GPIO 10 19 20 GPIO 11 TI 73 GPIO 12 21 22 GND 72 GPIO 13 23 24 GPIO 14 71 70 GPIO 15 25 26 GND 4 15 JP15 DC Power 4 pins AMP MTA100 header for connecting of an internal power supply of 5V to 28V DC Pin 1 is the top pin closest to JP 16 Please note that JP15 is NOT protected against reverse voltage Function Pin Number GND 1 GND 2 VPWR 3 VPWR 4 4 16 JP16 Battery Backup 2 pins AMP MTA100 header for connecting a 8 4V NiMH rechargeable battery Function Pin Number VBAT 1 GND 2 4 17 JP12 amp JP16 Fans 3 pins AMP MTA100 header2. for connecting optional 12V fans The fans are controlled by the environmental controller in the uManager and should have Tach output Pinout is de facto 3 pins PC standard Function Pin Number GND 1 POWER 2 TACH 3 4 18 JP7 COM2 10 pins 0 050 header for serial port COM2 Can be connected to a DB9 using a de facto standard cable assembly Pin is marked on the board DB9 Pin Function Pin Number Function DB9 Pin 1 DCD 1 2 DSR 6 2 RXD 3 4 RTS 7 3 TXD 5 6 CTS 8 4 DTR 7 8 RIN 9 5 GND 9 10 5V Power 4 19 JP 4 Internal USB 9 pins 0 050 header for two internal USB 2 0 high speed ports connected to USB Port 2 and Port 3 on the EG20T Pinout is the same as defacto PC standard and pin 1 is marked on the board Function Pin Number Function P2 5V 1 2 P3 5V P2 DAT 3 4 P3 DAT P2 DAT 5 6 P3 DAT P2 GND 7 8 P3 GND 2 10 Be 4 20 D12 Power LED This green LED will be on when there is applied power to the board 4 21 D10 Error LED This red LED is connected to the Xilinx FPGA pin 50 It is connected so that it will be on at power on and can then be turned off and on by software control see software section The BIOS will normally turn it off just before booting an operating system 4 22 D8 Status LED This green is connected to the Xilinx FPGA pin 52 It is connected so that it will be off at power on and can then
3. port connector is a standard PC type 9 pins D SUB so a serial crossover cable should be used when connecting to another PC The connected ANSI VT100 terminal or terminal emulator should be set for 19200 baud 8 databits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control 2 3 System Startup When the net6501 is powered up or rebooted the netBIOS will first display diagnostic checkpoint codes on the serial console When it has located and checked the first 64 Kbytes of main memory it will display a sign on message and then continue with additional testing and configuration After that it will start a short countdown before it will try to boot an operating system During the countdown time by pressing Ctrl P the normal boot process can be interrupted and control transferred to the comBIOS s monitor program The monitor is a command line driven program for setup and light diagnostic and debugging Typing or help at the command prompt will show a short list of commands available Note that after changing system parametes using the set command it will be necessary to restart the system before the new parameters will be used by using the reboot command 2 4 Monitor Commands boot drive Load operating system from a boot device using int19 system call Drive can either be a valid int13 drive entered as a hexadecimal number or a special number For example 80 will be first fixed disk drive normally the first SATA disk on the ne
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5. Soekris Engineering Net6501 series boards and systems User s Manual Vers 0 10 September 19 2011 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 3 3 1 3 2 4 4 1 4 2 43 44 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 Table of Contents INTRODU OTIO N ee raae Tise macisaccs eaae iaoa aaea reac cceuct enaducadancumees 4 A E E A 5 Bus EEX Panish ee M 6 8 cce E NF A 7 OA a A CA 7 Serial Console 7 System SIartup eie ret tet exero eene e iai eesdi a vue e ea e edd eu 7 Monitor OD IE ie asss PSSS eS 7 JE rrsu duq nude M 8 Mf NAGE Roost D 10 loui 10 UM anager EO DICERET 10 CONNECTORS AND INDICATORS c eeeeeeeeeeenereenenennnn nnn 11 J75 DG UMPUt Jack c R 11 SW 1 Power Reset Switch sccccsciscsscvcccssssoecssccaseecssccceisosccccectsacssssecevsosshescsesteceneesaceosesededosssstsoesccssce 11 PT COML eiii E regia ees epes sieesoasssecoseedssdecsessedecestecesesessacsscsosswascssessasedseessssesssedsesssesedsseee 11 JP3 USB CONDECION el 11 JPI7 Ethernet Jacks siccccscccscccessececsacesiscsseetsesssssendeseovseuecessseussacassecccceveseussseseavssccesstnaccatesessvesscave 11 J3 PCI Express CONMECCOR vissici
6. an be enabled or disabled default is enabled Useful for preventing MS DOS from changing the console speed on start up BIOSentry To control if the Press Ctrl P for entering Monitor message should be displayed during before booting Value can be enabled or Disabled default is enabled Useful for making it harder for end users to enter the monitor and modify BIOS settings Note that pressing Ctrl P will still work for entering the monitor PCIROMS To control if the BIOS will execute code found in PCI expansion ROM s Value can be enabled or disabled default is enabled Can be used to disable problematic ROM s on PCI boards or to shorten the BIOS boot time BootDelay To set the delay time before booting an operating system Value can be from 2 to 16 seconds default is 5 seconds 3 uManager 3 1 Overview The net6501 have a small 32 bit ARM based microcontroller for out of band management It control power to the rest of the board do voltage monitoring temperature and fan management and also can update the SPI BIOS flash It have a small monitor function that can be accessed over the COMI serial port a little like the monitor in the comBIOS It will use the same serial port speed as set in the comBIOS with 19200 as default if not changed or if the comBIOS is empty The uManager monitor can be entered by entering followed by a one second pause It will then unconditionally take ove
7. be turned off and on by software control see software section 4 23 D7 Disk Activity LED This yellow LED will be on when there is SATA disk activity 4 24 D9 D11 D13 amp D14 Net LED s These Green LED s will indicate status for each ethernet port a LED will be on when the Link is ok it will flash brighter when there is traffic 5 Software Installation The net6501 is designed to be fully PC compatible but has some limitation due to the design decision to leave out the video keyboard and floppy interfaces 5 1 Loading Operating System The net6501 can use SATA disks mSATA SSD or USB Flash disk for permanent program and data storage There are two ways of loading software on the storage device e Booting an install program using the PXE boot ROM and then installing the rest over the network Only some operating systems support PXE booting and or installation over the network e Preloading the storage device on another system The net6501 uses a simple algorithm for sector translation for storage devices if there are less than 1024 tracks it will use the native CHS that the device reports if more than 1024 tracks it will use LBA translation So the host system will need to match that and that will also normally be the case In some cases it may be necessary to change the translation settings in the host system s BIOS or to do manually configuration of the boot loader used 5 2 Ethernet Drivers The used Intel 82574L gi
8. blwld adr List the content of the memory in both ascii and hexadecimal db will show it as 8 bit bytes dw will show it as 16 bit words and dd will show it as 32 bit doublewords adr is a memory address in hexadecimal either in 16 bit seg offset format or as a single linear 32 bit address If no address is entered it will continue listing from last address if d is entered alone it will list in the last used format i blwld port Input and show the content of a port address ib will input a 8 bit byte iw will input a 16 bit word and id will input a 32 bit double word The port address is in hexadecimal from 0 to FFFF o blwld port value Output a value to a port address ob will output a 8 bit byte ow will output a 16 bit word and od will output a 32 bit double word The port address is in hexadecimal from 0 to FFFF and the value is a hexadecimal number e blwld addr value Enter values in memory eb will enter a 8 bit byte ew will enter a 16 bit word and ed will enter a 32 bit double word adr is a memory address in hexadecimal either in 16 bit seg offset format or as a single linear 32 bit address 2 5 BIOS System Parameters ConSpeed Serial Console speed baud rate Value can be 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 or 57600 default is 19200 ConLock Protecting the serial console port from modifications using int14 system calls Value c
9. eal Time Clock Integrated in the Atom E6xx Backup power is provided by a rechargeable lithium battery which can supply power for minimum 1 month Supervision Watchdog timer integrated in the Atom E6xx 32 bit microcontroller provides out of band management temperature and voltage monitoring fan control General Purpose I O 16 bits of programmable input output pins connected directly to a user programmable Xilinx XC3850A FPGA Power Supply 6 to 25V DC max 30W using a DC input Jack at board edge or using a internal power connector Power Consumption Max 8W without using expansion connectors Environmental Conditions Operating 0 C to 60 C temperature 10 to 90 relative humidity non condensing Storage 20 C to 85 C temperature 5 to 95 relative humidity non condensing EMI EMC All interfaces intended for external connections are protected against emissions and immunity Agency Compliance When using the optional metal case CE Marking EN55022 Class A CE Marking EN55024 FCC Part 15 Class A Physical Size Board only 5 70 x 5 80 145mm x 148 mm Wide metal case 5 9 x 11 0 x 1 3 150mm x 280mm x 33mm 1 2 Bus Expansion The net6501 have a number of bus expansion sockets J3 is a standard PCI Express x1 slot J4 is a special connector for an optional riser card for an additional PCI Express x1 slot J5 is a Mini PCI Express USB only slot no PCI Express signals a
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11. gabit ethernet controller is directly supported by the newer versions of most operating systems and will normally be automatically detected As it is a relatively new chip it may be necessary to upgrade to the newest version or to locate device drivers
12. green when set for 100baseTX or 1000baseT and the right LED will be green if there is network activity When software uses the BIOS PCI functions for searching for PCI devices the right jack closest to the D sub connector will be the first Ethernet interface found 4 6 J3 PCI Express Connector PCI Express rev 2 0 connector please see the PCI Express Specification rev 2 0 for pin layout and electrical specifications Also please see the Bus Expansion section for limitations 4 7 J4 PCI Express Riser Header Special header for optional riser board for 2 PCI Express connector 4 8 J5 Mini PCI Express mSATA Socket Mini PCI Express USB only mSATA 0 socket please see the Mini PCI Express Specification rev 1 0 and Serial ATA Specifications rev 3 1 for pin layout and electrical specifications also please see the Bus Expansion section for limitations 4 9 J6 Mini PCI Express mSATA Socket Mini PCI Express mSATA 1 socket please see J5 for more information 4 10 J1 SATA Port 0 Connector SATA Port 0 1 5 3 0 Gbps connector shared with mSATA 0 4 11 J2 SATA Port 1 Connector SATA Port 1 1 5 3 0 Gbps connector shared with mSATA 1 4 12 JP18 SATA Power connector 5 pins AMP MTA100 header to supply power to internal hard drives pin 1 is the pin closest to JP1 Please note that there are limited power available see Bus Expansion for limitations Function Pin Number 43 3V 1 GND 2 5V 3
13. patible embedded computer optimized for network and communication applications This manual assumes that the reader has a good understanding of PC Architecture and will only cover areas specific to the net6501 Most of the net6501 functionality and interfaces are either following official PC standards or unofficial de facto standards Specifications 1 1 Overview Processor Single Chip Intel Atom E6xx 0 6 Ghz to 1 6 Ghz clock Support Chipset Intel EG20T PCH Main Memory 512 to 2048 Mbyte DDR2 800 DRAM soldered on board BIOS Mbyte SPI FLASH soldered on board Contain Soekris Engineering comBIOS and various firmware Bus Expansion One PCI Express x1 slot limited power available One header for optional riser to support 2 PCI Express x1 slot One Full Mini PCI Express shared with mSATA socket One USB only Mini PCI Express shared with mSATA socket Ethernet Four Gigabit Ethernet Controllers using the Intel 182574L PCIe chip supporting 10BaseT 100BaseTX and 1000BaseT RJ 45 Connectors at board edge with built in LED s for link status and network activity Serial Ports Two serial ports using 16C550 uarts One standard with PC type DB 9 connector at board edge One with 10 pins header USB Ports One external USB 2 0 high speed port Two internal USB 2 0 high speed ports Storage One internal low profile USB connector Two mSATA sockets shared with Mini PCI Express sockets R
14. r the COMI serial port write the signon message and a prompt then waiting for commands The uManager is a command line driven program for out of band management and light diagnostics Typing or help at the command prompt will show a short list of commands available 3 2 uManager Commands download Start downloading a binary image over the serial ports directly to the BIOS flash using the XMODEM protocol After entering the command start sending at the terminal program at the other end Will time out after 30 seconds if it does not detect the start of a XMODEM transfer As the microcontroller have limited RAM for storage it will program the BIOS Flash as it is being downloaded exit Will exit the uManager releasing the COMI serial port back to the main processor reset Will do a hard reset to the main processor then exit the uManager power off Will power of the main processor power on Will power on the main processor then exit the uManager update Will update the uMananger firmware from new image in the BIOS Flash df addr Will display contents of BIOS Flash addr is hex address of flash from 00000 to FFFFF 4 Connectors and Indicators The following sections provide pin definitions and descriptions of all onboard connectors and LED indicators Some of the connectors are on located along one edge of the board and are designed for access though the rear of the optional sheet metal case The LED indica
15. t6501 and that is also the default if no parameter is entered Currently defined special number is FO which will try to boot over the network using the PXE boot ROM reboot Will reboot the BIOS normally used after changing system parameters download Start downloading a binary image over the serial ports using the XMODEM protocol After entering the command start sending at the terminal program at the other end Will time out after 30 seconds if it does not detect the start of a XMODEM transfer Downloaded binary image will be saved in memory at 4000 0000 flashupdate Update the system flash BIOS with image at 4000 0000 normally the one just downloaded using the download command time HH MM SS Update the time in the battery backed Real Time Clock or if no parameter show the current date and time The time should be entered in 24 hours format as hour minutes seconds date YYYY MM DD Update the date in the battery backed Real time Clock or if no parameter show the current date and time The date should be entered as year months date set parameter value Set a BIOS system parameter to a value See section 2 5 for a list of currently available parameters to set Note that a reboot is required after changing most parameters before the new value will be used show parameter Show the current value of a parameter or if no parameter show a list of all parametes and their current value d
16. tors are located along the opposite board edge and are designed to be viewed from the front of the case 4 1 J7 DC Input Jack The 2 1mm DC Power Jack should be used for connecting a small wall mount unregulated power adapter supplying 6V 28V DC at minimum 15 VA preferable more depending on expansion added with a 5 5mm outside 2 1 mm inside female power plug with plus at center pin It is protected against reverse polarity Please note that standard unregulated power transformers can supply much higher voltage that the specified nominal voltage so when using such a type it s recommended to use one that is specified for 16V DC or less 4 2 SW1 Power Reset Switch Switch to hard reset the CPU and to control power Press for less than 1 second to reset the board Press for more than 2 seconds to power on the board if in powered down mode Press for more than 4 seconds to power off the board if in powered up mode 4 3 P1 COM1 9 pins DB9 connector for serial port COMI The pinout follow the de facto standard for DB9 PC serial ports Normally used for serial management console 4 4 JP3 USB Connector USB 2 0 high speed connector connected to USB Port 1 on the EG20T 4 5 JP17 Ethernet Jacks Quad 8 pins shielded RJ 45 jacks with built in LED s for link status and network activity Auto detects between 10baseT 100baseTX and 1000baseT When viewed from the rear the left LED is link status will be yellow when set for lObaseT and
17. vailable Shared with mSATA 0 socket J6 is a full Mini PCI Express x1 USB slot Shared with mSATA 1 socket Please note that there are limited power available for the expansion connectors There are only 25W available on the 1 5V 3 3V and 12V power pins total If a 2 5 hard disk is used it will also need to share the available power An onboard DC DC converter supplies 12V 1A to the PCI Express expansion connectors up to 2A is available if the board is supplied with 8V or higher voltage on the power input 2 BIOS 2 4 Overview The net6501 comes with the Soekris Engineering netBIOS The BIOS is designed especially for setup and operation using the serial port as the console The BIOS is located in Flash memory and can be upgraded over the serial port Critical system setup parameters are also saved in the Flash memory so the system will not lose any setup information due to CMOS battery backup power loss 2 2 Serial Console The net6501 does not have any video or keyboard interface and uses the COMI serial port for the primary console interface instead The serial port default baud rate is 19200 but it can be changed by the monitor set command The netBIOS also has an emulation of int10 video system calls and int16 keyboard system calls making it possible to run old real mode programs that expect video and keyboard services This is mostly useful for running MS DOS and is limited to software using the BIOS calls only The serial
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