WATCHGUARD

GUIDE
HARDWARE DOCUMENTATION

Firebox-Core: X500, X700, X1000 and X2500 Firebox-X-Peak: X5000, X6000 and X8000 Firebox-X-
Core-e: X550e, X750e and X1250e Firebox-X-Peak-e: X5500e, X6500e and X8500e same hardware
as X-Core-e

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CONTENT

Overview X-Core ................................................................................................................................................... 3

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................4

Overview X-Peak................................................................................................................................................... 5

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................6

Overview X-Core-e................................................................................................................................................ 7

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................8

Soldering points.................................................................................................................................................... 9

X-Core .................................................................................................................................................................................9

VGA ................................................................................................................................................................................9

USB .................................................................................................................................................................................9

X-Peak ..............................................................................................................................................................................10

USB ...............................................................................................................................................................................10

SATA .............................................................................................................................................................................11

FDD/IDE CONNECTOR ..................................................................................................................................................12

IDE connector ...............................................................................................................................................................12

E-series .............................................................................................................................................................................13

miniPCI .........................................................................................................................................................................13
Headers on board ............................................................................................................................................... 14

X-Core ...............................................................................................................................................................................14

Keyboard connector .....................................................................................................................................................14

Frontpanel connector...................................................................................................................................................15

LAN LED Frontpanel .....................................................................................................................................................16

LCD PANEL CONNECTOR ..............................................................................................................................................17

X-Peak ..............................................................................................................................................................................18

Keyboard connector .....................................................................................................................................................18

E-series .............................................................................................................................................................................19

Keyboard connector .....................................................................................................................................................19

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VGA connector .............................................................................................................................................................20

JUMPER SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................................. 21

X-Core ...............................................................................................................................................................................21

LAN Disable/Enable ......................................................................................................................................................21

HDD Master/Slave ........................................................................................................................................................22

X-Peak ..............................................................................................................................................................................22

E-series .............................................................................................................................................................................22

CPU ...............................................................................................................................................................................22

Reset button.................................................................................................................................................................23
CPU ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23

X-Core ...............................................................................................................................................................................23

X-Peak ..............................................................................................................................................................................23

Known working ............................................................................................................................................................23

E-series .............................................................................................................................................................................24

Known working ............................................................................................................................................................24

HDD .................................................................................................................................................................... 24

X-Core ...............................................................................................................................................................................24

X-Peak/E-series ................................................................................................................................................................24

KNOWN PROBLEMS ............................................................................................................................................ 26

X-Core ...............................................................................................................................................................................26

X-Peak ..............................................................................................................................................................................26

E-series .............................................................................................................................................................................26

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OVERVIEW X-CORE

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HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

X500 X700 X1000 X2500

Processor type Pentium III Pentium III Pentium III Pentium III
Processor GHz 1.2 Celeron 1.2 Celeron 1.2 Celeron 1.2 Celeron
RAM original 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB
Max. RAM possible 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
RAM Type SDRAM 133 SDRAM 133 SDRAM 133 SDRAM 133
Possible RAM Type
yes/? yes/? yes/? yes/?
non-ECC/ECC
NIC chipset Realtek Realtek Realtek Realtek
Number of 10/100
6 6 6 6
NICs - copper
Number of
10/100/1000 NICs - - - - -
copper
Number of 1000
- - - -
NICs - fiber
Mainboard WG-X66 WG-X66 WG-X66 WG-X66
Mainboard
NORCO NORCO NORCO NORCO
manufacturer
Mainboard chipset 815E/ICH2 815E/ICH2 815E/ICH2 815E/ICH2
mini-PCI slot 1 1 1 1
standard PCI slot 1 1 1 1
PCIexpress slot
- - - -
x4/x8
CF card slot 1 1 1 1
Standard IDE
1 1 1 1
connector
Notebook IDE
1 1 1 1
connector
SATA connector - - - -
Keyboard
1 1 1 1
connector
VGA connector - - - -
LCD 20x2 20x2 20x2 20x2

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OVERVIEW X-PEAK

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HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

X5000 X6000 X8000

Processor type Pentium IV Pentium IV Pentium IV
Processor GHz 2.8 2.8 2.8
RAM original 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Max. RAM possible 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
RAM Type DDR1 400 DDR1 400 DDR1 400
Possible RAM Type non-
yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes
ECC/ECC
NIC chipset Intel Intel Intel
Number of 10/100 NICs -
10 9 7
copper
Number of 10/100/1000
- 1 3
NICs - copper
Number of 1000 NICs -
- - -
fiber
Mainboard AIMB-X3 AIMB-X3 AIMB-X3
Mainboard
Advantech Advantech Advantech
manufacturer
Mainboard chipset 875p ICH5 875p ICH5 875p ICH5
mini-PCI slot 1 1 1
standard PCI slot - - -
PCIexpress slot x4/x8 - - -
CF card slot 1 1 1
Standard IDE connector 1 1 1
Notebook IDE connector - - -
3 3
SATA connector 1 1 13
Keyboard connector 1 1 1
VGA connector - - -
LCD 20x2 20x2 20x2
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OVERVIEW X-CORE-E

Copper version

Fiber version

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HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

X550e X750e X1250e X5500e X6500e X8500e X8500e-F

Processor type Celeron M Celeron M Celeron M Pentium M Pentium M Pentium M Pentium M
Processor GHz 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
RAM original 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Max. RAM
2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
possible
RAM Type DDR2 533 DDR2 533 DDR2 533 DDR2 533 DDR2 533 DDR2 533 DDR2 533
Possible RAM
Type non- yes/? yes/? yes/? yes/? yes/? yes/? yes/?
ECC/ECC
NIC chipset Marvell Marvell Marvell Marvell Marvell Marvell Marvell
Number of
10/100 NICs - - - - - - - -
copper
Number of
10/100/1000 4 8 8 8 8 8 4
NICs - copper
Number of
1000 NICs - - - - - - - 4
fiber
NAMB- NAMB- NAMB- NAMB- NAMB- NAMB- NAMB-
Mainboard
5160X2E 5160X2E 5160X2E 5160X2E 5160X2E 5160X2E 5160X2E
Mainboard
Advantech Advantech Advantech Advantech Advantech Advantech Advantech
manufacturer
Mainboard 915GM 915GM 915GM 915GM 915GM 915GM 915GM
chipset ICH6 ICH6 ICH6 ICH6 ICH6 ICH6 ICH6
mini-PCI slot 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
standard PCI
- - - - - - -
slot
PCIexpress slot
1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
x4/x8
CF card slot 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Standard IDE
12 12 12 12 12 12 12
connector
Notebook IDE
- - - - - - -
connector
SATA connector - - - - - - -
Keyboard
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
connector
VGA connector 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
LCD 20x2 20x2 20x2 20x2 20x2 20x2 20x2
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SOLDERING POINTS

X-CORE

VGA

It isnt possible to use this header because there is no video support in the chipset!

USB

No experiences for now

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X-PEAK

USB

Comments by Steve:

USB controllers capable of USB 2 speeds (480Mbps) automatically switch devices to different hubs depending on the
speed capability of the device (480Mbps or 12Mbps).

Conclusion: the usb port on the front of the firebox is capable of USB2 speeds.

The Advantech AIMB-X3 motherboard has by default only one usb connection, the front mounted usb port. It has
hardware, however, to support at least 4 ports and possibly 6 or 8! The Intel FWE6300ESB chip haas a 4 port controller
and the I/O chip has an additional controller. The usbdevs command shows 6 ports.

There are unpopulated headers on the motherboard for three additonal ports. They are just behind the existing USB
port and labeled CN25 and CN27. In order to get these to function some soldering skills are required along with some
bravery!

The 5V power for the USB ports is supplied via a fuse and the data connections are routed via a common mode filtering
choke. Only the existing port has a choke and fuse in place, the others are unpopulated. Fortunately the existing fuse,
Fuse 3 (FS3, 1.1A), supplies both the front port and CN27 so to get just one internal port we don't have to add any fuses.
The filtering chokes are layed out in a line on the pcb labeled CK1-CK4. Only CK4 is present. I purchased the smalled
choke I could easily find but it was still far too big (3x2mm!) as a test I simply used some wire instead of the choke and
so far it seems to function just fine. It could be that the filtering is overkill or that I'm not really stressing it enough to
show up any problems.

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SATA

They are fully functional without soldering any other components.

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FDD/IDE CONNECTOR

IDE CONNECTOR

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E-SERIES

MINIPCI

It is fully functional without soldering any other components.

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HEADERS ON BOARD

X-CORE

KEYBOARD CONNECTOR

WG Description PS2
1 KBCLK 5
2 GND 3
3 n.c. n.c.
4 KBDATA 1
5 n.c. n.c.
6 MSDAT 2
7 MSCLK 6
8 +5V 4

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FRONTPANEL CONNECTOR

PLRS1 Pin No. Description

1 Power LED +
2 Power LED +
3 GND
4 HDD LED +
5 HDD LED -
6 RESET SW +
7 RESET WS (GND)
8 External Speaker -
9 Internal Buzzer -
10 n.c.
11 External Speaker +

Pin 8 and 9 are shorted by default to use the internal buzzer.

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LAN LED FRONTPANEL

LEDE1 Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 POWER LED 2 POWER LED
3 Arm/Disarm LED 4 Arm/Disarm LED
5 Lan5 10 LED + 6 Lan5 10 LED -
7 Lan5 100 LED - 8 Lan5 100 LED +
9 n.c. 10 n.c.
11 Lan4 10 LED + 12 Lan4 10 LED -
13 Lan4 100 LED - 14 Lan4 100 LED +
15 n.c. 16 n.c.
17 Lan3 10 LED + 18 Lan3 10 LED -
19 Lan3 100 LED - 20 Lan3 100 LED +
21 n.c. 22 n.c.
23 Lan2 10 LED + 24 Lan2 10 LED -
25 Lan2 100 LED - 26 Lan2 100 LED +
27 n.c. 28 n.c.
29 Lan1 10 LED + 30 Lan1 10 LED -
31 Lan1 100 LED - 32 Lan1 100 LED +
33 n.c. 34 n.c.
35 Lan0 10 LED + 36 Lan0 10 LED -
37 Lan0 100 LED - 38 Lan0 100 LED +
39 n.c. 40 n.c.
41 Lan? 10 LED +* 42 Lan? 10 LED -*
43 Lan? 100 LED -* 44 Lan? 100 LED +*

*LED not used hided behind the front panel

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LCD PANEL CONNECTOR

LCMA1 Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 Vcc 2 PGND
3 LSTIN - 4 Vee
5 LAFD - 6 LINIT -
7 LPD1 8 LPD0
9 LPD3 10 LPD2
11 LPD5 12 LPD4
13 LPD7 14 LPD6
15 LCD 16 Vcc

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X-PEAK

KEYBOARD CONNECTOR

WG Description PS2
1 KBCLK 5
2 GND 3
3 n.c. n.c.
4 KBDATA 1
5 n.c. n.c.
6 MSDAT 2
7 MSCLK 6
8 +5V 4

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E-SERIES

KEYBOARD CONNECTOR

CN_KBMS2 WG Description PS2

1 KBCLK 5
2 GND 3
3 n.c. n.c.
4 KBDATA 1
5 n.c. n.c.
6 MSDATA 2
7 MSCLK 6
8 +5V 4

CN_KBMS1 WG Description PS2

1 GND 3
2 +5V 4
3 MSDATA 2
4 MSCLK 6
5 GND 3
6 +5V 4
7 KBDATA 1
8 KBCLK 5

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VGA CONNECTOR

Here is some X750 info.

WG Description VGA female

1 Red 1
2 n.c. n.c.
3 Green 2
4 GND? n.c.
5 Blue 3
6 n.c. n.c.
7 n.c. n.c.
8 V_SDAT 12
9 GND 5
10 Hsync 13
11 GND 6
12 Vsync 14
13 GND 7
14 V_SCLK 15
15 GND 8
16 n.c. n.c.

Unfortunately the connector is 2X8 but has a 2mm pitch (most headers have a 2.54mm, 0.1", pitch). I've so far not
found a connector easy to come by. I think you'd have to make up your own cable.

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JUMPER SETTINGS

X-CORE

LAN DISABLE/ENABLE

DLA1 - 6

ON DISABLE

OFF ENABLE

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HDD MASTER/SLAVE

SCF1 Compact Flash Card

Master 1-2 (Default)

Slave 2-3

X-PEAK

E-SERIES

CPU

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RESET BUTTON

Reset button that's hidden behind the front panel.

CPU

X-CORE

X-PEAK

KNOWN WORKING

SL6LC

SL6FH

SL5Z7

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E-SERIES

KNOWN WORKING

SL6N7 1.3GHz Banias Celeron-M (original cpu)

SL7GL 1.5GHz Dothan Pentium-M

SL7EP 1.7GHz Dothan Pentium-M

HDD

X-CORE

X-PEAK/E-SERIES

Adapter for 2.5 hard drive

And here is the original Watchguard caddy.

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I just got a hard drive caddy that fits the X peak perfectly.

It's nice and snug in the plastic rails and has a little handle on the back to pull it out without opening the case.

It's from a laptop, an ECS-320. In the UK it was sold rebadged as an Advent 7081 and also Patriot 2005.

Possible models that used the same caddy are Advent 7086, 7094, and ECS 321. Make sure you get the adapter with it.

Steve

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KNOWN PROBLEMS

X-CORE

The interfaces can stop responding with a watchdog timeout.

X-PEAK

To access the bios on the x-peak you need a combination of ps2 connected keyboard for input and bios console redirect
for output. Then it works fine.

E-SERIES

The NIC leds don't behave as you might expect. This can lead to confusion where it doesn't look as though the link is up
even though it is.

Testing the maximum throughput of the X-E, the msk interfaces (the add in card) can stop responding with a watchdog
timeout.

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