IEI Technology HTB-200-C236 User manual

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User Manual
HTB-200-C236 Box PC
MODEL:MODEL:
HTB-200-C236
Embedded System with Intel® Xeon® E3-1268L v5 /
Core™ i5-7500T Processor, DDR4, RS-232/422/485,
GbE LAN, HDMI, USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe x16/x4 and RoHS
Rev. 1.00 – January 8, 2020

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Revision
Date Version Changes
January 8, 2020 1.00 Initial release

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Copyright
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CONTACT INFORMATION
IEI Integration Corp.
Address: No. 29, Zongxing Rd., Xizhi Dist.,
New Taipei City 221, Taiwan
Phone: [phone]
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Web Site: www.ieiworld.com
Sales Email: [e-mail]

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Manual Conventions
WARNING
Warnings appear where overlooked details may cause damage to the
equipment or result in personal injury. Warnings should be taken seriously.
CAUTION
Cautionary messages should be heeded to help reduce the chance of
losing data or damaging the product.
NOTE
These messages inform the reader of essential but non-critical information.
These messages should be read carefully as any directions or instructions
contained therein can help avoid making mistakes.

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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................. 2
1.2 FEATURES................................................................................................................... 2
1.3 MODEL VARIATIONS ................................................................................................... 3
1.4 FRONT PANEL ............................................................................................................. 3
1.5 REAR PANEL............................................................................................................... 4
1.6 BOTTOM PANEL.......................................................................................................... 4
1.7 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 5
1.8 DIMENSIONS............................................................................................................... 7
2 UNPACKING ................................................................................................................. 8
2.1 UNPACKING................................................................................................................ 9
2.2 PACKING LIST............................................................................................................. 9
3 INSTALLATION ..........................................................................................................11
3.1 ANTI-S TAT I C PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... 12
3.2 INSTALLATION PRECAUTIONS ................................................................................... 13
3.3 OPENING TOP COVER ............................................................................................... 14
3.4 HDD INSTALLATION................................................................................................. 15
3.5 PCIE MINI CARD INSTALLATION (MSATA ) .............................................................. 17
3.5.1 Half-size PCIe Mini Card Installation............................................................. 19
3.5.1 PCIe Mini Card Slot Pinouts – Full/Half Size (MSATA1) ............................... 21
3.6 EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION ............................................................................. 22
3.7 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION......................................................................................... 24
3.7.1 Clear CMOS..................................................................................................... 24
3.7.2 PCIe x4 Channel Mode Setup .......................................................................... 25
3.7.3 PCIe x16 Channel Mode Setup ........................................................................ 26
3.8 RS-232/422/485 SERIAL DEVICE CONNECTION ....................................................... 26
3.9 POWER-ON PROCEDURE........................................................................................... 27
3.9.1 Installation Checklist ....................................................................................... 27

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3.9.2 Power-on Procedure ........................................................................................ 27
3.10 AVAILABLE DRIVERS .............................................................................................. 29
3.10.1 Driver Download ........................................................................................... 29
4 BIOS .............................................................................................................................. 31
4.1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................... 32
4.1.1 Starting Setup................................................................................................... 32
4.1.2 Using Setup ...................................................................................................... 32
4.1.3 Getting Help..................................................................................................... 33
4.1.4 Unable to Reboot after Configuration Changes .............................................. 33
4.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar................................................................................................ 33
4.2 MAIN........................................................................................................................ 33
4.3 ADVANCED ............................................................................................................... 35
4.3.1 CPU Configuration .......................................................................................... 36
4.3.2 PCH-FW Configuration................................................................................... 38
4.3.3 ACPI Settings ................................................................................................... 39
4.3.4 F81866 Super IO Configuration ...................................................................... 40
4.3.4.1 Serial Port 1 Configuration ....................................................................... 41
4.3.5 iWDD H/W Monitor......................................................................................... 42
4.3.5.1 Smart Fan Mode Configuration ................................................................ 43
4.3.6 RTC Wake Settings ........................................................................................... 46
4.3.7 Serial Port Console Redirection ...................................................................... 47
4.3.7.1 Legacy Console Redirection Settings ....................................................... 49
4.3.8 NVMe Configuration........................................................................................ 50
4.3.9 USB Configuration........................................................................................... 51
4.3.10 iEi Feature ..................................................................................................... 52
4.4 CHIPSET ................................................................................................................... 53
4.4.1 System Agent (SA) Configuration .................................................................... 54
4.4.1.1 Memory Configuration ............................................................................. 55
4.4.1.2 Graphics Configuration............................................................................. 56
4.4.1.3 PEG Port Configuration............................................................................ 58
4.4.2 PCH-IO Configuration .................................................................................... 60
4.4.2.1 PCI Express Configuration ....................................................................... 62
4.4.2.2 SATA Configuration.................................................................................. 64
4.4.2.3 HD Audio Configuration........................................................................... 65

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4.5 SECURITY ................................................................................................................. 66
4.6 BOOT........................................................................................................................ 67
4.7 SAV E &EXIT ............................................................................................................ 69
5 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE ..................................................... 70
5.1 HTB-200-C236 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE OVERVIEW ............................................... 71
5.2 SYSTEM TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................................... 71
5.2.1 The System Doesn’t Turn On............................................................................ 71
5.2.2 The System Doesn’t Boot Up............................................................................ 72
5.2.3 More Troubleshooting...................................................................................... 72
5.3 COMPONENT REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE ................................................................ 73
5.3.1 SO-DIMM Replacement................................................................................... 73
5.4 FLASH DESCRIPTOR SECURITY OVERRIDE................................................................ 75
6 INTERFACE CONNECTORS ................................................................................... 76
6.1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS..................................................................... 77
6.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS ...................................................................... 78
6.3 EXTERNAL INTERFACE PANEL CONNECTORS ............................................................ 79
A REGULATORY COMPLIANCE .............................................................................. 80
B SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ......................................................................................... 85
B.1 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................. 86
B.1.1 General Safety Precautions ............................................................................. 86
B.1.2 Anti-static Precautions .................................................................................... 87
B.1.3 Product Disposal ............................................................................................. 88
B.1.4 Classification................................................................................................... 89
B.2 MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING PRECAUTIONS ........................................................ 89
B.2.1 Maintenance and Cleaning.............................................................................. 89
B.2.2 Cleaning Tools ................................................................................................. 90
C BIOS MENU OPTIONS ............................................................................................. 91
C.1 BIOS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ............................................................................. 92
D WATCHDOG TIMER ................................................................................................ 94
E ERROR BEEP CODE................................................................................................. 97
E.1 PEI BEEP CODES...................................................................................................... 98

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E.2 DXE BEEP CODES ................................................................................................... 98
F HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE.......................................................... 99
F.1 ROHS II DIRECTIVE (2015/863/EU) ...................................................................... 100
F.2 CHINA ROHS.......................................................................................................... 101

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List of Figures
Figure 1-1: HTB-200-C236 AI Box PC ...........................................................................................2
Figure 1-2: Front Panel ..................................................................................................................3
Figure 1-3: Rear Panel....................................................................................................................4
Figure 1-4: Bottom Panel ...............................................................................................................4
Figure 1-5: Dimensions (mm) ........................................................................................................7
Figure 3-1: Top Cover Retention Screws ...................................................................................14
Figure 3-2: HDD Access Panel Retention Screws.....................................................................15
Figure 3-3: HDD Bracket Retention Screws...............................................................................15
Figure 3-4: Inserting the HDD......................................................................................................16
Figure 3-5: Installing the HDD .....................................................................................................16
Figure 3-6: PCIe Mini Slot Location ............................................................................................17
Figure 3-7: Removing the Retention Screw ...............................................................................17
Figure 3-8: Inserting the Full-size PCIe Mini Card into the Slot at an Angle ..........................18
Figure 3-9: Securing the Full-size PCIe Mini Card ....................................................................18
Figure 3-10: Removing the Standoff...........................................................................................19
Figure 3-11: Installing the Standoff ............................................................................................20
Figure 3-12: Inserting the Half-size PCIe Mini Card into the Slot at an Angle........................20
Figure 3-13: Securing the Half-size PCIe Mini Card ..................................................................21
Figure 3-14: Blank Bracket Screw and Card Holder Screw......................................................23
Figure 3-15: Install and Secure Expansion Card.......................................................................23
Figure 3-16: Clear CMOS Button.................................................................................................24
Figure 3-17: BIOS Switch Location.............................................................................................25
Figure 3-18: Power Button and Power LED ...............................................................................28
Figure 3-19: IEI Resource Download Center..............................................................................29
Figure 5-1: SO-DIMM Location ....................................................................................................74
Figure 5-2: SO-DIMM Installation ................................................................................................74
Figure 5-3: Flash Descriptor Security Override Jumper Location ..........................................75
Figure 6-1: Main Board Layout Diagrams ..................................................................................77

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List of Tables
Table 1-1: Model Variations ...........................................................................................................3
Table 1-2: Technical Specifications..............................................................................................6
Table 2-1: Package List................................................................................................................10
Table 3-1: PCIe Mini Card Slot – Full Size (MSATA1) Pinouts .................................................22
Table 3-2: BIOS Switch Settings .................................................................................................25
Table 3-3: PCIe x16 Channel Mode Setup ..................................................................................26
Table 3-4: RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Pinouts ..........................................................................26
Table 4-1: BIOS Navigation Keys ................................................................................................33
Table 4-2: BIOS Options and Configured USB Ports................................................................61
Table 5-1: Flash Descriptor Security Override Jumper Settings.............................................75
Table 6-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors ...............................................................................79
Table 6-2: External Peripheral Connectors................................................................................79

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List of BIOS Menus
BIOS Menu 1: Main .......................................................................................................................34
BIOS Menu 2: Advanced ..............................................................................................................35
BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration ...............................................................................................36
BIOS Menu 4: PCH-FW Configuration ........................................................................................38
BIOS Menu 5: ACPI Configuration ..............................................................................................39
BIOS Menu 6: F81866 Super IO Configuration ..........................................................................40
BIOS Menu 7: Serial Port 1 Configuration Menu .......................................................................41
BIOS Menu 8: iWDD H/W Monitor ...............................................................................................42
BIOS Menu 9: Smart Fan Mode Configuration ..........................................................................43
BIOS Menu 10: RTC Wake Settings ............................................................................................46
BIOS Menu 11: Serial Port Console Redirection.......................................................................47
BIOS Menu 12: Legacy Console Redirection Settings .............................................................49
BIOS Menu 13: NVMe Configuration...........................................................................................50
BIOS Menu 14: USB Configuration .............................................................................................51
BIOS Menu 15: iEi Feature...........................................................................................................52
BIOS Menu 16: Chipset ................................................................................................................53
BIOS Menu 17: System Agent (SA) Configuration ....................................................................54
BIOS Menu 18: Memory Configuration.......................................................................................55
BIOS Menu 19: Graphics Configuration.....................................................................................56
BIOS Menu 20: PEG Port Configuration.....................................................................................58
BIOS Menu 21: PCH-IO Configuration........................................................................................60
BIOS Menu 22: PCI Express Configuration (For BIOS1) ..........................................................62
BIOS Menu 23: PCI Express Configuration (For BIOS2) ..........................................................62
BIOS Menu 24: PCI Express Port 1/2/3/4....................................................................................63
BIOS Menu 25: SATA Configuration ...........................................................................................64
BIOS Menu 26: HD Audio Configuration ....................................................................................65
BIOS Menu 27: Security ...............................................................................................................66
BIOS Menu 28: Boot .....................................................................................................................67
BIOS Menu 29: Save & Exit..........................................................................................................69

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Chapter
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1 Introduction

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1.1 Overview
Figure 1-1: HTB-200-C236 Embedded System
The HTB-200-C236 embedded system is powered by Intel®Xeon®E3-1268L v5 or Intel®
Core™i5-7500T processor. It is designed for applications that require reliable operating
and easy maintenance features.
The HTB-200-C236 provides one PCIe x16 slot and one PCIe x4 slot for building AI
applications by installing IEI Mustang accelerator cards. Its I/O interfaces include two
USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, two GbE, and one HDMI.
The HTB-200-C236 series systems are all capable of supporting one 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s
solid-state drive (SSD) or an mSATA module.
1.2 Features
The HTB-200-C236 has the following features
Compact edge device with great computing and graphics performance
6th/7th Gen Intel®Xeon®or Core™ processor platform with Intel®C236
chipset
Dual ECC & non-ECC unbuffered SO-DIMM slots supporting up to 64 GB of
memory
PCIe x16 slot supports NVIDIA GPU and IEI Mustang accelerator card
PCIe x4 slot supports capture card or other applications

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1.3 Model Variations
There are two models in the HTB-200-C236 series. The model variations are listed
in Table 1-1 below.
Processor Memory
HTB-200-C236-XE/32G/2A Intel® Xeon® E3-1268L v5
(2.4 GHz, quad-core, 35W TDP)
2 x 16 GB DDR4
HTB-200-C236-i5/16G/2A Intel® Core™ i5-7500T
(2.7 GHz, quad-core, 35W TDP)
2 x 8 GB DDR4
Table 1-1: Model Variations
1.4 Front Panel
An overview of the front panel is shown in Figure 1-2 below.
Figure 1-2: Front Panel

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1.5 Rear Panel
The rear panel of the HTB-200-C236 provides access to the following external I/O
connectors, button and expansion slots as shown in Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-3: Rear Panel
1.6 Bottom Panel
The bottom panel has a HDD access panel for HDD installation or replacement.
Figure 1-4: Bottom Panel

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1.7 Technical Specifications
The specifications for the Intel based embedded systems are listed below.
HTB-200-C236
CPU Intel® Xeon®E3-1268L v5 (2.4 GHz, quad-core, 35W TDP)
Intel® Core™ i5-7500T (2.7 GHz, quad-core, 35W TDP)
Chipset Intel®C236
System Memory 2 x 260-pin 1600/2133 MHz dual-channel DDR4 SO-DIMM
ECC/non-ECC unbuffered memory slot (system max. 64 GB)
Preinstalled two 16 GB / 8 GB DDR4 SDRAM SO-DIMM
Thermal Solution Smart fan
Ethernet LAN1: Intel®I219-LM PHY with Intel® AMT 11.0 support
LAN2: Intel®I211-AT PCIe controller
Display 1 x HDMI output port (by iDP signal)
Serial Port 1 x RS-232/422/485 (DB-9)
USB 2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gb/s) ports
Storage 1 x 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s HDD/SSD bay
Expansion 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot
1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot
1 x Half-size PCIe Mini card slot supports mSATA and USB 2.0
Chassis Construction Metal housing (SECC)
Power Requirement 19 V DC
Power Supply 180 W power adapter
100V ~ 240V AC input ,19V DC output

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Operating Shock Half-sine wave shock 5G; 11ms; 100 shocks per axis
Operating Vibration MIL-STD-810G 514.6C-1 (with SSD)
Operating Temperature 0ºC–35ºC
Storage Temperature -20ºC–60ºC
Humidity 10%–95%, non-condensing
Net Weight 2.8 kg
Dimensions (W x D x H) 140 mm x 277 mm x 175 mm
Supported Accelerator
Card
NVIDIA Tesla P4 (50W/75W)
NVIDIA Tesla T4 (75W)
Mustang-F100 (<60W)
Mustang-V100 (<30W)
Supported OS Microsoft Windows 10
Linux
Table 1-2: Technical Specifications

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1.8 Dimensions
The dimensions of the HTB-200-C236 are shown in Figure 1-5.
Figure 1-5: Dimensions (mm)

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Chapter
2
2 Unpacking