Tangent Rugged E3, User Manual

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Table of Contents 

Prefaces .................................................................................................... 04 

Revision ............................................................................................................................. 04 
Disclaimer .......................................................................................................................... 04 
Copyright Notice ............................................................................................................... 04 
Trademarks Acknowledgment........................................................................................... 04 
Environmental Protection Announcement ....................................................................... 04 
Safety Precautions ............................................................................................................ 05 
Technical Support and Assistance ..................................................................................... 06 
Conventions Used in this Manual ..................................................................................... 06 

Chapter 1  Product Introductions ……………………………………………………..…  07 

1.1  Overview ………………….………………………………..………….…………..………………..  08 

1.1.1 Key Feature ………….…………………..…………….……….…..…..…………....... 

08 

1.2  Hardware Specification ….………..………….....…………….……..……..………………  09 
1.3  System I/O ………..……………..……………………..……………………..……………………  10 

1.3.1 Rugged E3 ………………………......................……………………………………… 

10 

1.4  Mechanical Dimension ……………………..………………………..…..………….………. 

12 

Chapter 2  Switches and Connectors …………….…………………………………….  13 

2.1  Switch and connector Locations ………………………………………..…….….……....  13 

2.1.1 Top View ………………………………………………………………………..…..……… 

14 

2.1.2 Bottom View ……………………………………………………………..……..……….. 

15 

2.2  Connector / Switch Definition ……………………………….……….…….…….............  17 

2.3 

Switch Definitions ………….…………….............................................................  17 

2.4 

Connector Definitions ………………………….....................................................  17 

Chapter 3 

BIOS Setup …………………………………………………………..……………..………………  33 

3.1 

BIOS Introduction …….……….……………………………………….…….…..….…………...  34 

3.2 

Main Setup ……..……….………………….…………………………..….….………………......  35 

3.2.1 System Language ……………………………………………..….……………………....  35 

3.2.2 System Date …….…….……………………..……………..……..……………………....  35 

3.2.3 System Time ………..….……………………………………..……….…………………...  35 

3.3  Advanced Setup …………………………………………..…………………………………………  36 

3.3.1 ACPI Settings ……..………………………………………………………..……………….  36 

3.3.2 AMT Configuration …………………………….………..………..……………..……...  37 

3.3.3 NCT6106D Super IO Configuration ……………………….………………..…....  38 

3.3.4 NCT6106D HW Monitor ………………………………......………………..…….....  40 

3.3.5 Serial Port Console Redirection ……………..………….………….….…….…....  42 

3.3.6 CPU Configuration ..……………………………………………..…………..……….....  42 

3.3.7 SATA Configuration ……..……………………………..………………………….......  42 

3.3.8 Network Stack Configuration ……………..…………………………..…………....  42 

3.3.9 CSM Configuration ……………………………..……………..……..………………….  43 

 3.3.10 USB Configuration …………………………..………………………….………..……..  44 

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