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    1 http://www.tyan.com M3291/3295 Server Management Daughter Card & Tyan System Operator Revision V2.00 Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporati on, 2006-2007. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from TYAN Computer Corp. All registered and unregister ed trademarks and compan y nam[...]

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    2 http://www.tyan.com Table of Contents Box Contents About this Manual Page 3 Page 4 Chapter 1: Overview 1.1 What are SMDC? Page 5 1.2 SMDC and TSO Page 5 1.3 OPMA and M3295 Page 6 1.4 Features of Tyan Server Managem ent Page 7 1.5 How SMDC and TSO work Page 11 1.6 Operating System Compatibilit y Page 11 Chapter 2: M3291 Hardw are Information 2.1 M[...]

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    3 http://www.tyan.com M3291 Box Contents The retail M3291 package s hould contain th e following: 1 x TYAN System Management Daughter Card 1x 50-pin Ribbon Ca ble 1 x Serial-to-Serial Cable 1 x Standard PCI Bracket 1 x Low Profile PCI Bracket 1 x HD Bay Bracket (Option) 1 x SMDC & TSO User’s Manual(Option) 1 x TYAN TSO CD M3295 Box Contents T[...]

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    4 http://www.tyan.com About this Manual This manual is designed to provide th e basic information for the SMDC M3291/3295. It includes the introduction of h ardware, soft ware and general troubleshooting procedures. Chapter 1: Overview – Includes the basic introduction of SMDC, TSO, OPMA and M3295, and Server Management. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3: [...]

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    5 http://www.tyan.com Chapter 1: Overview Servers today provide the necessar y resour ce for corporate databases, fi nancial and statistical analysis data, m ilitary def ense networks, and much more. To act as the heart and soul of any network, servers must be infallible or ne ar infallible. There must be competent management of IT resources at all[...]

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    6 http://www.tyan.com 1.3 OPMA and M3295 OPMA stands for Open Platform Management Architecture which is initiated by AMD. It defines a common hardware interf ace 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 man[...]

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    7 http://www.tyan.com 1.4 Features of Tyan Server Managem ent Monitor various system components remotely - such as fans, processor temperature, and more Remote power on and power off Console redirect -the ability to view system remotely Alert and error actions -such as audible beep, e-mail, power down and reboot SMDC runs on stand-by power -the SMD[...]

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    8 http://www.tyan.com Firmware Firewall Auxiliary Communication Interface Auxiliary SMBus / I 2 C buses Teamed with other IPMB Devices (PMCs and EMCs) Remote Monitor, Control and Diagnos tics Remote Console Redirect ov er LAN(SOL) Sensor Data Record System Event Log Field Replaceable Unit In formation Storage Upgrade BMC firmw are “Always Ready?[...]

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    9 http://www.tyan.com The SMDC provides 4 dedicated an d independe nt buses fo r user expansion. Many devices including Northbridg e, Southbridge, Super I/O, Hardware Monitor, LAN controller, etc., provide I 2 C communication. T hese I 2 C buses bridge the proper communication between these devices. Teamed with other IPMB Devices (PMCs and EMCs) Nu[...]

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    10 http://www.tyan.com Sensor Data Record (SDR) Each sensor has its own corresponding ch arac teristics. They are built according to IPMI standard to provide users the most in formation possible abo ut a sensor. Details such as measuring units and calibr ation fa ctors are available while they are not provided in traditional hard ware monitoring sy[...]

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    11 http://www.tyan.com 1.5 How SMDC and TSO work The brief descriptions belo w will help explai n ho w these items function. For further, more in-depth descriptions, please refer to Chapter 3: Software information . Agent – a system with SMDC installed The SMDC is installed in the Agent s ystem that uses a compatible/supported T yan motherboard. [...]

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    12 http://www.tyan.com Chapter 2: M3291 Hardware Information 2.1 M3291 Card Images 2.2 M3291 Card Layouts[...]

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    13 http://www.tyan.com 2.3 M3291 Jumper Setting Label Header Type/Part Description Pin Layout J1 HDR25X2_SVM_A SVM Edge Connector A Pin 1 DTR Pin 2 DTR Pin 3 TX Pin 4 CTS Pin 5 RX Pin 6 RTS Pin 7 NC Pin 8 NC J2 COM Port Signal remapped for M/B COM2 (9Pin GND) Pin 9 GND 3-5,4-6 Close BMC serial connects to J2 J3/J4 TX/RX Switch RTS/CTS Switch BMC Se[...]

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    14 http://www.tyan.com 2.4 M3291 Card Installation Before you begin, please take the follo wing precautions: (1) Ground yourself properly befor e removi ng the SMDC from the antistatic bag. Unplug the power cord from your computer po wer supply and then touch a safely grounded object to release static charge (i.e. power supply case). For the safest[...]

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    15 http://www.tyan.com 3. Direct mounting to TYAN Chassis solution 4. Hard Driver size bracket mounting solution Step 2: Connect 2x25 ribbon cable b etween Tyan motherbo ard SMDC connector and Tyan SMDC J1 . Make sure that the key on the ribbon cable aligns with the key on the connector, and that the red line on the ribbon aligns with pin 1 of the [...]

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    16 http://www.tyan.com Step 3: Connect 2x5 ribbon cable bet ween Tyan motherb oard COM2 connector and Tyan SMDC J2. ( Check with ww w.ty an.c om SMDC FAQ for J2 connector ) Make sure that the key on the ribbon cable aligns with the key on the connector, and that the red line on the ribbon aligns with pin 1 of the connector. Step 4: Locate the onboa[...]

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    17 http://www.tyan.com Chapter 3: M3295 Hardware Information 3.1 M3295 Card Images 3.2 M3295 Jumper Setting Label Header Type/Part Description Pin Layout J1 Reset M3295 BMC Reset Jumper 3.3 Card Installation Before you begin, please take the follo wing precautions: (6) Ground yourself properl y before re moving M3295 from the antistatic bag. Unplug[...]

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    18 http://www.tyan.com Step 1: Insert the card with a degree about 45º into the OPMA socket on the motherboard. Step 2: Press down the card into the socket. Step 3: When properly seated, the ret ent ion clips lock into position.[...]

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    19 http://www.tyan.com Chapter 4: Software Installation 4.1 - Firmware Update 1. Verify/flash Tyan motherboard system BIOS w ith the SMDC support M3291/M3295 need BIOS support. So befor e using M3291/ 3295, please make sure BIOS you used is IPMI enabled. If not, please update BIOS first. Users can refer to http://www.tyan.com/support/html/faq_tso.h[...]

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    20 http://www.tyan.com 4) After flashing finish, choose [9] save and exit 3. M3291/3295 Firmw are Update When M3291/3295 producti on, it will load one default firm ware. But it’s impossible to fit every motherboard. So before using M3291/3 295, User also need update M3291/3295 motherboard specified firm ware. M3291/3295 Driver CD contai ns the fi[...]

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    21 http://www.tyan.com 4.2- Configuration Before using M3291/3295, us ers need do some configuration first, such as IP Address. Otherwise some IPMI function won’t work. Users can use the standard IPMI software to set. And Tyan also provide some utilities to do them. The most important configuration are L AN Configuration and User Password Setting[...]

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    22 http://www.tyan.com 2) UH8D.EXE M3291/3295 Thin Version Util ity on DOS It support do configuration via command line. “uh8d /?” for the detail usage. 3) UH8L M3291/3295 Utilit y on Linux. It use its own user space driver. So don’t use any other IPMI driver when using this utility “./uh8l –h” for detail usage.[...]

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    23 http://www.tyan.com 4) UH8W.EXE M3291/3295 Utilit y on Windows UH8W.EXE depends on the I ntel IPMI Reference Driver. So users must install it when using this utility. About Intel IPMI Reference Driver inst allation, please refer to M3291/32 95 FAQ. 1. LAN Configuration 1) IP Address Users can set M3291/3295 IP Address as they want. Following is [...]

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    24 http://www.tyan.com Due to NIC hardware limitation, not all the IPMI NIC support DHCP. Right now, only Broadcom, Intel 54x/56x/ 57x and M3995 dedicat ed LAN support DHCP. 5) Broadcom NIC 2 nd MAC mode On Broadcom NIC, M3291 use the 2 nd MAC address mode. It’s to say, M3291 use different MAC with system OS. You can take them as different logica[...]

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    25 http://www.tyan.com SEL Power Control[...]

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    26 http://www.tyan.com Serial Over LAN (SOL)[...]

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    27 http://www.tyan.com Chapter 5: Software Information Tyan System Operator (TSO) is an IPMI-awa re management tool for systems based on TYAN motherboards. Through TSO, Users have an e asier way to remotely access system health information, do system maintenance and make the running systems much safer. 5.1 What is TSO Three Components The specially[...]

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    28 http://www.tyan.com 5.2 TSO Connection Models 5.2.1 Simple Intranet Model-1 z TSO MANAGER and CONSOLE can be loaded onto th e same system z TSO AGENT can only work over Tyan server motherboards (Check www .tyan.co m TSO FAQ) 5.2.2 Simple Intranet Model-2 z TSO MANAGER and CONSOLE can be load ed onto two separate systems z TSO AGENT can only work[...]

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    29 http://www.tyan.com 5.2.3 Simple Internet Model-3 z TSO MANAGER and CONSOLE can be load ed onto two separate systems z TSO AGENT can only work over Tyan server motherboards[...]

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    30 http://www.tyan.com 5.2.4 Complex Internet Model z TSO MANAGER and CONSOLE can be load ed onto separate s ystems z TSO AGENT can only work over Tyan server motherboards (Check www.ty an.com TSO FA Q) z All TSO CONSOLE systems can log in differ ent MANAGER to read/control AGENT systems[...]

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    31 http://www.tyan.com 5.3 TSO Access Model z In-Band ¾ MANAGER talks to AGENT system through the OS and AGENT services ¾ In-band can only function when the OS and AGENT services are running z Out-Of-Band ¾ MANAGER talks to AGENT system through the BMC chip of the SMDC ¾ Out-of-band can function with or without the OS and Agent services. z Acce[...]

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    32 http://www.tyan.com 5.4 Features Remote System Health Monitoring & Alerting Remote monitor system’s health, includi ng voltage, temperature, fan and so on. Log event when error occurs and alert by beepin g, emailing administrator, or doing po wer down/reboot, according to customizabl e settings. z IPMI related information browsing Browse F[...]

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    33 http://www.tyan.com z User account management Add, modify and delete user. Assign priv ile ge to user on the specific server. 5.5 Pre-setup and Installation 5.5.1 Pre-setup Authentication and Privilege TSO provides security access with MANAGER Authentic ation, Agent Authentication and SMDC Authent ication. User needs to prepar e the privilege in[...]

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    34 http://www.tyan.com 21021 21030 21031 ¾ UDP 624 7777 20040 20060 For RedHat Firewall (IPTABLES) Setup 1. Type "setup" to exec ute the setup utility 2. Select "Firewall Config uration" 3. Select "Customize" 4. Select "Other Ports" 5. Type "20010 :tcp, 20040: upd, 20060:udp, 210 20:tcp" 6. Select [...]

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    35 http://www.tyan.com - Select one of external net work interface to bundle. - Press Enter to comp lete installation. Console: - Select one of external net work interfaces to bundle. - Press Enter to comp lete installation. 4. After finishing the installation, select Exit to leave the screen.[...]

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    36 http://www.tyan.com z Installation Procedures under Win dows System Age nt 1. Put the TSO CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Click on the “TSO” item. Se lect “TSO Server Agent”. 3. Click on “Next” to start the installation procedure. 4. Indicate the Server Agent’s computer name. 5. A License Agreement menu will pop up. Click “Yes”. 6. [...]

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    37 http://www.tyan.com Console 1. Put “TSO” CD into CD-ROM drive. Click “TSO Console”. 2. Click on “INSTALL SUN JDK 1.4J_02”. 3. A Welcome message will appear. Click “Next”. 4. A License Agreement menu will show up. Click “Yes”. 5. After confirming the destination location of software, click “Next”. 6. Select all the compone[...]

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    38 http://www.tyan.com 7. The software will link with IE. Then click “Next”. 8. Click “Finish” to finish Javk2 SDK installation. 9. Go back to “INSTALL TSO CONSOLE” menu. Select “INSTALL TSO Console”. 10. A Welcome Message will pop up. Click “Next”. 11. A License Agreement menu will show up. Click “Yes”. 12. After typing use[...]

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    40 http://www.tyan.com 5.6 TSO Access TSO provides two ways (In-Band and Out-Of-Band) for reading and controlling AGENT systems. 5.6.1 In-Band Access • Log in MANAGER o Log in MANAGER from CONSOLE with the privilege ID, user name and password • Log in AGENT o Highlight the IP of the target system (Under In-Band) o Log in AGENT of the target sys[...]

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    41 http://www.tyan.com • Sensor Reading Panel o Click “Sensor Reading Panel ” to read all sensor data record of the target system o “Notification Setting” Icon - Highlight any row in the SDR wind ow - Click the icon to set Sensor Threshold o “Properties” Icon - Highlight any row in the SDR wind ow - Click the icon to set Sensor Alert [...]

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    42 http://www.tyan.com • Power Management Panel o Click “Power Management Panel” to access all In-Band power management features of the target system o “Power Off” Icon - Click the icon to have the target system do graceful shutdown o “Reboot” Icon - Click the icon to have the target system do graceful reboot o “Update BIOS” Icon [...]

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    43 http://www.tyan.com • Power Management Panel o Click “Power Management Panel” to access all Out-of-Band power management features of the target system o “Refresh” Icon - Click the icon to instantly update SMDC Information “Power Dow n” Icon - Click the icon to hard shutdown the target system o “Power UP” Icon - Click the icon t[...]

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    44 http://www.tyan.com • Sensor Reading Panel o Click “Sensor Reading Panel ” to read all sensor data record of the target system - The initial access of the sensor reading panel will take about one minute and all readings will be updated there after every 15 seconds. • System Event Panel o Click “System Event Panel” to read all event l[...]

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    45 http://www.tyan.com • BMC Panel o Click “BMC Panel” to read all BMC LAN configurations of the target system o “Refresh” Icon - Click the icon to review IP Address, MAC Address and Subnet Mask o “Update” Icon - Make all desired changes about IP Address, MAC Address and Subnet Mask - Click the icon to update new values into SMDC • [...]

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    46 http://www.tyan.com • Console Redirect Panel o Click “Console Redirect Panel” to begin console redirect vi a LAN feature of the target system o “Start” Icon - Click the icon to start console redirect via LAN feature of the target system o “Stop” Icon - Click the Stop icon to stop the console redirect via LAN featu re of the target [...]

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    47 http://www.tyan.com Chapter 6: Troubleshooting The following provides the ge neral 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 C ard. It’s an embedded system, independent [...]

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    48 http://www.tyan.com Question: Why can I not discover the SMDC ca rd? Solution: There may be many reasons why the SMDC card is not located: z Check the SMDC light. Make sure that when the computer is on it is in “po wer on” status (light continua lly on and not flas hing). Th is assures that the SMDC firmware is functioning properly. When the[...]

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    49 http://www.tyan.com Install driver manually Control Panel->A dd Hardware Select “No, I have already connected the ha rdware” Select “add a new hardware device” Select “Install the hard ware the I manually select from a list” Select “System Devices” Select “Have Disk” Select “Browse” Select file “imbdrv.inf” Linux: [...]

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    50 http://www.tyan.com serial=1,19200n8 #Change append="root=LABEL=/" to append="root=LABEL=/ console=ttyS1,19200n8 console=tty0" After changing and saving the lilo.conf, you need to use "lilo" to update the boot conf. Please find the conf for grub if you want to use that. 2. For the terminal login /etc/inittab #After [...]

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    51 http://www.tyan.com Technical Support If a problem arises with your system, you sho u ld first turn to your dealer for direct support. Your system has most likely be en configured or designe d by them and they should have the best idea of what hard ware and software your system contains. Hence, they should be of the most assistanc e for you. Fur[...]

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    52 http://www.tyan.com Notice for the USA Compliance Information Statement (Declarati on of Conformity Procedure) DoC FCC Part 15: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interference 2) This device must accept any interfere n ce received including i n[...]

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    53 http://www.tyan.com Appendix A: M3295 OPMA Inte rface Pin definition table Class Pin Dir Signal Signal Dir Pin Class 1 GND RSVD 2 3 RSVD GND 4 5 GND RSVD 6 7 RSVD GND 8 9 GND DVI_TX0_H 10 11 LDRQ_L DVI_TX0_L 12 13 LF RAME_L GND 14 15 LAD0 DVI_TX1_H 16 17 LCLKR UN_L DVI_TX1_L 18 LPC 19 LAD1 GND 20 21 LAD2 DVI_TX2_H 22 23 LAD3 DVI_T X2_L 24 25 SER[...]

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    54 http://www.tyan.com 65 MCARD_I2 C_SH ARED_SCL MCARD_FAN_PW M_SYS 66 PWM 67 MCARD_I2 C_SH ARED_SDA MCARD_FAN_PW M_PS 68 69 GND GND 70 71 DEBUG_IF0 MCARD_FAN_TA CH0 72 DEBUG 73 DEBUG_IF1 MCARD_FAN_TA CH1 74 TA CH 75 DEBUG_IF2 MCARD_FAN_TA CH2 76 77 DEBUG_IF3 MCARD_FAN_TA CH3 78 79 GND GND 80 81 MCARD_ DTR0_ L MCARD_FAN_ SEL0_L 82 83 MCARD_ DCD0_ L[...]

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    55 http://www.tyan.com PKR_DATA 127 MCARD_CLR_ C MOS_L MCARD_TXD1_EN ABLE 128 129 GND GND 130 MISC 131 CLK_32768 ALL_PWROK 132 133 GND SYS_THERMTRIP _L 134 CA RD 135 MCARD_DETEC T_L SYS_INTRUDER_ L 136 137 GND SYS_LINE_AC_L 138 139 ACOMP_ADC0 SYS_PWRBTN_L 140 STAT 141 ACOMP_ADC1 SYS_RSTBTN_L 142 SENS 143 ACOMP_ADC2 SYS_NMIBTN_L 144 145 ACOMP_ADC3 S[...]

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    56 http://www.tyan.com Appendix B: OPMA Signals grouped by Function This table lists the signals that comprise the OPMA interface. You may als o find this table from OPMA spec. http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8796_1249 8,00.html[...]

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    59 http://www.tyan.com Compatibility Note : For consistency going forward, th is version of the specification terminates all pull-ups to the +3.3VDC rail wh ereas earlier versions of the specification terminated some of these signals to the +5 VDC rail. This specification is backward- compatible with motherboards that are compliant to the ear lier [...]