Tyan Computer M3291 warranty OPMA and M3295, M1-The Value Solution

1.3 OPMA and M3295

OPMA stands for Open Platform Management Architecture which is initiated by AMD. It defines a common hardware interface between the server platform and its server management subsystem.

M3295 is OPMA compatible card. It’s also compatible with IPMI 2.0 and has dedicated management NIC support. Dedicated management NIC provides high performance and reliability.

	M3291	M3295
Interface	Tyan 2X25 Connector	AMD OPMA
Management NIC	Side-band(Shared)	Dedicated

The specification is available for download from AMD website

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8796_12498,00.html

OPMA spec defines three basic sets of functionality labeled M1, M2, and M3.

M1—The Value Solution

•Main feature = price

•IPMI 1.5 compatible

•No dedicated manageability NIC

M2—Reasonable Price with Security and Performance

•M1 base features plus dedicated management NIC

−Provides high performance and optimal security

•Access to hardware health data through BMC-based web server

−Implies a more powerful BMC CPU core, larger address space, more flash and

RAM

•Remote virtual mass storage

M3—High-End Solution with Graphics Console Redirection

• Features of the M3 functional tier are M2 plus KVMoIP*.

*KVMoIP---Keyboard, Video, and Mouse over Internet Protocol. Used for implementing remote video consoles on headless (i.e., no local keyboard mouse or display) servers.

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