Tyan Computer M3291, M3295 warranty Troubleshooting, Question What are Smdc and TSO?

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Chapter 6: Troubleshooting

The following provides the general problems and solutions you will meet in setting up the SMDC card. For more information, please visit our website http://www.tyan.com.

Question: What are SMDC and TSO?

Solution: SMDC means System Management Daughter Card. It’s an embedded system, independent of the operating system, using the SMBus to monitor hardware sensors. TSO means Tyan System Operator. It is installed on different operating systems and allows remote or local monitoring.

Where can I find information about SMDC/TSO on the Tyan Website?

You can find a page of information for all related motherboards and SMDC/TSO needs at the following link: http://www.tyan.com/support/html/faq_tso.html

Where can I find information about bios versions that are needed for my motherboard so it supports SMDC/TSO correctly?

Tyan released BIOS(depend on board spec that support SMDC) are available for SMDC.

http://www.tyan.com/support/html/bios_support.html

Where can I find information about firmware versions that are needed for my motherboard so it supports SMDC/TSO correctly?

You can find a listing of all the firmware versions at the following link: http://www.tyan.com/support/html/software_utilities.html

Where can I find information about utilities that are needed for my motherboard so it supports SMDC/TSO correctly?

You can find the utilities at the following link: ftp://ftp.tyan.com/software/tso/m3291/utility/

Where can I find information about utilities that are needed for my motherboard so it supports TSO correctly?

You can find the TSO software at the following link: ftp://ftp.tyan.com/software/tso/m3291/tso/

Where can I find the link to the manual?

You can find the manual at the following link: ftp://ftp.tyan.com/software/tso/m3291/manuals

Question: Does your SMDC support OpenIPMI?

Solution: Yes. Please enable Gratitous ARP when using OpenIPMI and other IPMI compliant software.

Question: Do you provide a 64-bit version of the TSO Agent?

Solution: Yes

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Contents Server Management Daughter Card Tyan System Operator M3291/3295Table of Contents M3295 Box Contents M3291 Box ContentsAbout this Manual Smdc and TSO OverviewWhat are SMDC? M2-Reasonable Price with Security and Performance M1-The Value SolutionM3-High-End Solution with Graphics Console Redirection Opma and M3295General Features of Smdc Description Features of Tyan Server ManagementAuxiliary SMBus / I2C buses Firmware FirewallRemote Console Redirect over LAN Remote Monitor, Control and DiagnosticsTeamed with other Ipmb Devices PMCs and EMCs Field Replaceable Unit Information Storage FRU Upgrade BMC FirmwareSensor Data Record SDR System Event Log SELOperating System Compatibility How Smdc and TSO workM3291 Card Images M3291 Card Layouts M3291 Hardware InformationLabel Header Type/Part Description Pin Layout M3291 Jumper SettingStep M3291 Card InstallationStep Step M3295 Card Images M3295 Jumper SettingCard Installation M3295 Hardware InformationPress down the card into the socket Firmware Update Software InstallationM3291/3295 Firmware Update UH8.EXE ConfigurationUH8L UH8D.EXEM3295 MAC Address LAN Configuration IP AddressM3291 MAC Address Open Sourced Ipmi Software Broadcom NIC 2nd MAC modeUser Password Setting M3291/3295 default supports 5 users Power Control Serial Over LAN SOL AGENToptional What is TSOSoftware Information Three ComponentsSimple Intranet Model-2 TSO Connection ModelsSimple Intranet Model-1 Simple Internet Model-3 Complex Internet Model Smdc TSO Access ModelSecurity FeaturesRemote System Maintenance Remote System Health Monitoring & AlertingFirewall Pre-setup and InstallationPre-setup Authentication and Privilege Internal-IP and External-IPManager AgentConsole Installation Procedures under Windows System Agent Console Run TSO Page System Event Panel TSO AccessIn-Band Access Log in Manager Log in AgentSensor Reading Panel Login Smdc Manager Power Management PanelOut-Of-Band Access Login Manager Warm Reset Icon Click the icon to warm reset Sensor Reading Panel User Panel BMC PanelConsole Redirect Panel Discovery Setting Discovery setting dialogQuestion What are Smdc and TSO? TroubleshootingQuestion Does Smdc support the ARP protocol? Question Why can I not discover the Smdc card?Question What’s the M3291 Driver Solution Linux Question How to set console redirection SOL in BIOS?Question How to set linux Text mode SOL display? Question What Linux OS does TSO support? Question Why and how to flash Broadcom firmware?Returning Merchandise for Service Page Appendix a M3295 Opma Interface Pin definition table Class Pin Dir Signal106 107 100102 103 105137 129130 133Appendix B Opma Signals grouped by Function Page Page Document # D1739

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