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Tomcat i7230B 

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S5161 

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Copyright 

Copyright © TYAN Computer Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved. No part of 
this manual may be reproduced or translated without prior written consent from 
TYAN Computer Corp. 
 

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Intel, Prescott, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Intel Corporation. 
Phoenix, Phoenix-AwardBIOS are trademarks of Phoenix Technologies. 
Microsoft, Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 
SuSE,is a trademark of SuSE AG. 
IBM, PC, AT, and PS/2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation. 
 
 

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Information contained in this document is furnished by TYAN Computer 
Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior to printing. 
TYAN assumes no liability whatsoever, and disclaims any express or implied 
warranty, relating to sale and/or use of TYAN products including liability or 
warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability. TYAN 
retains the right to make changes to product descriptions and/or specifications 
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Summary of Contents for S5161

Page 1: ...e trademarks of Microsoft Corporation SuSE is a trademark of SuSE AG IBM PC AT and PS 2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation Notice Information contained in this document is furnished by TYAN Computer Corporation and has been reviewed for accuracy and reliability prior to printing TYAN assumes no liability whatsoever and disclaims any express or implied warranty relating to sale and or use of TYAN pr...

Page 2: ...ooling Fan 21 2 6 Installing the Memory 25 2 7 Attaching Drive Cables 27 2 8 Installing Add in Cards 29 2 9 Installing Optional SO DIMM Modules 30 2 10 Connecting External Devices 31 2 11 Installing the Power Supply 32 2 12 Finishing Up 33 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS 35 3 2 BIOS Main Menu 36 3 3 Advanced Menu 44 3 4 Security Menu 62 3 5 Power Menu 63 3 6 Boot Menu 65 3 7 Exit Menu 66 C...

Page 3: ... x S5161 Quick Reference guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O shield 1 x Serial Parallel Port cable set If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor dealer for replacement before continuing with the installation process NOTE The box contents do not include any driver diskette Please use the included driver CD to make a driver diskette Refer to Appendix II for the information on how to ...

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Page 5: ...ngle LGA775 socket Support Intel Pentium 4 Pentium D and Celeron D CPU s 1066 800 533 MHz FSB Chipset Intel E7230 Mukilteo MCH ICH7 R South Bridge PXH V 64 bit PCI Hub SMSC SCH5017 LPC Super I O chip Memory Four 240 pin DDR2 DIMM sockets Supports ECC DIMMs Maximum of 8GB unbuffered Non Reg DDR2 667 533 400 Expansion Slots One 1 PCI X 64 133 slot in lined with one 1 PCIe x4 slot routed to PCIe x8 b...

Page 6: ... Stacked 2 USB ports 1 RJ45 10 100 ports One 9 pin COM port One 15 pin VGA port Two side by side RJ 45 10 100 1000 ports Optional Modules M3291 IPMI 2 0 Remote System Management card Renesas H8S2167 BMC controller BT KCS logging support IPMI over LAN Remote power on off and reset M7901 M7902 Ultra320 SCSI TARO card Adaptec AIC 7901 7902 single dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller Adaptec HostRAID...

Page 7: ... bit Microsoft Windows XP SP1 64 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 32 bit 64 bit SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 0 SP2 32 bit 64 bit SUSE LINUX Professional 9 3 32 bit 64 bit RHEL3 Update 5 32 bit 64 bit RHEL4 Update 1 32 bit 64 bit TYAN reserves the right to add support or discontinue support for any OS with or without notice ...

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Page 9: ...ard from the antistatic bag Unplug the power from your computer power supply and then touch a safely grounded object to release static charge i e power supply case For the safest conditions TYAN recommends wearing a static safety wrist strap 2 Hold the motherboard by its edges and do not touch the bottom of the board or flex the board in any way 3 Avoid touching the motherboard components IC chips...

Page 10: ... http www tyan com 2 1 Board Image This picture is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The board you receive may or may not look exactly like the above picture ...

Page 11: ...11 http www tyan com 2 2 Block Diagram Tomcat i7230B S5161 ...

Page 12: ... JP3 1 1 FDD COM2 LPT SMDC I DE 1 JP3 1 JP1 JP2 1 JP6 1 BIOS J 7 P JP9 1 1 JP8 1 J12 1 J17 1 J 16 P 1 J22 J 21 J24 J25 J20 1 J19 1 JP15 1 J20 J13 J13 J15 J14 J 18 J 11 P J 13 P J 12 P J 10 P 1 1 1 1 INTEL E7230 MCH J7 JP14 J6 This diagram is representative of the latest board revision available at the time of publishing The board you receive may not look exactly like the above diagram ...

Page 13: ...MM Socket J13 J14 J18 Front Fan Connector J15 CPU_Fan Connector J21 J22 J24 J25 Serial ATA RAID Connector JP1 JP2 SMDC ASF2 0 Select Header JP3 LAN3 Enable Disable Jumper JP6 PCI X Speed Select Header JP7 JP9 Front Panel USB2 0 Connector JP14 SMDC Connector JP16 Clear CMOS Jumper J12 J17 J19 J20 Reserved for OEM only JP8 Reserved for OEM only JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 Reserved for OEM only ...

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Page 15: ...rom the AC source Use jumper cap to close Pin 2 and 3 for several seconds to Clear CMOS Replace jumper cap to close Pin 1 and 2 Reconnect the power supply to the AC source Power on system J11 Tyan SO DIMM Connector Use this connector to connect the Tyan TARO card JP1 JP2 SMDC ASF2 0 Select Header Pin 1 2 Closed Enable ASF2 0 support Default 1 3 1 3 Pin 2 3 Closed Enable SMDC card support HDDLED 1 ...

Page 16: ...16 http www tyan com JP8 PCI 3 3V 5V Select Header Pin 1 2 Closed select 5V Default 1 3 1 3 Pin 2 3 Closed select 3 3V JP3 JP9 JP7 JP14 J6 JP8 ...

Page 17: ... Enable LAN3 Default 1 3 1 3 Pin 2 3 Closed Disable LAN3 J6 COM2 Header 10 2 9 1 Use these pin definitions to connect a port to COM2 TYAN does not provide cable for this header It is designed for OEM use only Signal Pin Pin Signal DCD 1 2 DSR RXD 3 4 RTS TXD 5 6 CTS DTR 7 8 RI GND 9 10 Key JP14 SMDC Connector The SMDC connector allows you to connect with the Tyan Server Management Daughter Card SM...

Page 18: ...18 http www tyan com JP6 PCI X Speed Select Header 3 1 Pin 1 2 Closed 133MHz Default 3 1 Pin 2 3 Closed 100MHz max J7 J22 J25 J21 J18 J14 J15 J13 J24 JP6 J9 ...

Page 19: ...r motherboard to keep the system at optimum performance levels J7 FAN 5 J9 FAN4 J15 CPU_FAN Connector S peed Con trol Speed Control GND Tacho mete r Use this header to connect the processor cooling fan to your motherboard to keep the system stable and reliable This connector supports the tachometer monitoring and auto fan speed control J21 J22 J24 J25 Serial ATA RAID Connector 7 GND 6 RXP 5 RXN 4 ...

Page 20: ...mply lay the motherboard inside the chassis and align the screw holes of the motherboard to the studs inside the case If there are any studs missing you will know right away since the motherboard will not be able to be securely installed Some chassis include plastic studs instead of metal Although the plastic studs are usable TYAN recommends using metal studs with screws that will fasten the mothe...

Page 21: ...ssor as little as possible Follow these instructions to install your processor 1 Locate the processor socket on the motherboard and lift the protective cover off as shown WARNING This new processor socket designed by Intel is easy to be damaged The processor has to be installed very carefully to prevent the contact pins of the socket from breaking It is strongly recommended the processor installat...

Page 22: ...runs efficiently and does not overheat Use the heatsink supplied for best results Follow these instructions to install the heatsink shown 1 Apply some thermal compound also called heatsink compound or thermal grease to the top of the processor Try and apply a thin even layer over the top of the processor 2 Align the heatsink with the four holes around the processor socket 3 Press the heatsink down...

Page 23: ... heat sinks require a bracket to be installed beneath the motherboard before the heat sink is placed on the top side of the motherboard To install a heat sink like this 1 Turn the motherboard upside down and place the rear bracket in position with the mounting posts poking through the corresponding holes in the motherboard 2 Turn the motherboard the right way up holding the bracket in place 3 Plac...

Page 24: ... up with the mounting holes on the rear bracket 4 Screw the heat sink assembly into place If there is a fan on the heat sink you will need to connect the power lead for the fan to one of the fan power supply pin headers on the motherboard ...

Page 25: ... of memory recommended for your motherboard The following diagram shows common types of DDR2 memory modules Key points to note before installing memory Only DDR2 667 533 400 unbuffered Non Reg ECC memory modules are supported All installed memory will automatically be detected and no jumpers or settings need changing The Tomcat i7230B S5161 supports up to 8GB of memory Notes Standard DDR memory mo...

Page 26: ...1 1 Press the locking levers in the direction shown in the following illustration 2 Align the memory module with the socket The memory module is keyed to fit only one way in the socket 3 Seat the module firmly into the socket by gently pressing down until it sits flush with the socket The locking levers pop up into place Key slot ...

Page 27: ...or and the other end s into the drive s Each standard IDE cable has three connectors two of which are closer together The BLUE connector that is furthest away from the other two is the end that connects to the motherboard The other two connectors are used to connect to drives Note Always remember to properly set the drive jumpers If only using one device on a channel it must be set as Master for t...

Page 28: ... Attaching floppy diskette drives are done in a similar manner to hard drives See the picture below for an example of a floppy cable Most of the current floppy drives on the market require that the cable be installed with the colored stripe positioned next to the power connector In most cases there will be a key pin on the cable which will force a proper connection of the cable Attach first floppy...

Page 29: ... allows you to install a PCI E x8 card Please install the M2082 2 into the indicated PCI X and PCIe slots While using the M2082 2 for PCI E capabilities you can not use the PCI X slot for an additional PCI X add in card PCI IDESELs and IRQ Assignments Slot or Device IDSEL Bus PCI X PAAD19 PCI X Bus SODIMM PAAD22 PCI X Bus Onboard 82551 AD18 PCI Bus Onboard XG20 AD21 PCI Bus NOTE YOU MUST ALWAYS un...

Page 30: ...nsions cards visit the TYAN website at http www tyan com To install a SO DIMM expansion card 1 Open the spring levers as shown 2 Insert the SO DIMM card as shown making sure that the card is the right way up The card will fit in only one way and the screw holes in the card should line up exactly with the mounting posts on the motherboard 3 Push the SO DIMM card down into place and make sure the sp...

Page 31: ...only one way Make sure that you align the slot in the card with the key in the card slot 2 10 Connecting External Devices The following diagrams will detail the rear port stack for this S5161 motherboard NOTE Peripheral devices can be plugged straight into any of these ports but software may be required to complete the installation USBx2 LAN Stacked VGA Port Serial Port PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Gigabit...

Page 32: ...nge No Link Off Off 2 11 Installing the Power Supply There are two power connectors on your Tomcat i7230B S5161 The Tomcat i7230B S5161 requires that you use an EPS12V power supply that has a 24 pin and an 8 pin power connector Please be aware that ATX 2 x ATX12V and ATXGES power supplies are not compatible with the motherboard and can damage Applying power to the board 1 Connect the EPS 12V 8 pin...

Page 33: ...roperly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumpers You may have difficulty powering on your system if the motherboard jumpers are not set correctly In the rare circumstance that you have experienced difficulty you can find help by asking your vendor for assistance If they are not available for assistance please find setup information and documentation online at our website or by calling yo...

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Page 35: ...tch exactly what is displayed on screen This section describes the BIOS setup program The setup program lets you modify basic configuration settings The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery backed memory called NVRAM that retains the information even when the power is turned off To start the BIOS setup utility 1 Turn on or reboot your system 2 Press Del during POST F4 on remote console ...

Page 36: ...section unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing The Chipset defaults have been carefully chosen either by TYAN or your system manufacturer for best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable 3 2 BIOS Main Menu In this section you can alter general features such as the date and time as well ...

Page 37: ...his displays the amount of system memory present on the system 3 2 1 IDE Primary Master Primary Slave Setup Computer detects IDE drive type from drive C to drive F Press Enter on any of the Primary Master Primary Slave options to view advanced details of the corresponding drive The system displays advanced details like the number of heads cylinders sectors on the detected disk and the maximum stor...

Page 38: ... 16 bit chunks of data from the drive into a 32 bit group which is then transmitted to the processor or memory This results in a small performance increase Enabled Disabled Transfer Mode These modes determine the speed at which data is transferred to and from the drive The Auto option automatically determines the correct transfer rates Auto Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 FPIO...

Page 39: ...39 http www tyan com 3 2 2 SATA Port 1 2 3 4 Press Enter on any of the Primary Master Primary Slave options to view advanced details of the corresponding drive ...

Page 40: ...OS often As such it would be a waste of L2 cache bandwidth to cache the system BIOS instead of data that are more critical to the system s performance In addition if any program writes into this memory area it will result in a system crash So it is recommended that you write protect this area for optimal system performance NULL Write Protect Cache Video BIOS Area This feature is only valid when th...

Page 41: ...512K 640K This feature allows you to control caching of 512K 640K base memory Uncached Write Back Write Through Write Protect Cache Extended Memory Area This feature allows you to control caching of system memory above one megabyte Uncached Write Back Write Through Write Protect Cache A000 AFFF B000 BFFF These features allow you to control caching of A000 AFFF B000 BFFF memory USMC Caching Disable...

Page 42: ...s or disables the display of the summary screen during boot up When Summary Screen is Enabled the default a Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility summary screen appears during system boot after the power on self test POST The summary screen lists many of the system setup settings When this option is set to Disabled the summary screen does not appear Enabled Disabled Boot time Diagnostic Screen This feature i...

Page 43: ...t Read memory size from the SPD Serial Presence Detect chip on the memory modules Eliminate logo delays If disabled the BIOS will run the whole gamut of boot up tests It is recommended that you disable this feature when you boot up a new computer for the first time or whenever you install a new piece of hardware This allows the BIOS to run full diagnostic tests to detect any problems that may slip...

Page 44: ...iguration the BIOS will automatically detect the changes and reconfigure the ESCD Extended SystemConfiguration Data Therefore there is usually no need to manually force the BIOS to reconfigure the ESCD However sometimes the BIOS may not be able to detect the hardware changes A serious resource conflict may occur and the operating system may not even boot as a result This is where the Reset Configu...

Page 45: ... more than 16 heads and or more than 64 tracks per sector is present on the system Set this option to DOS if such a hard drive is present Else set this option to Other Virtually all modern hard disks have these characters so leave this option at DOS unless you know otherwise DOS Other Route Port 80h cycles to This feature allows you to route Port 80h I O cycles to LPC or PCI bus LPC PCI Legacy USB...

Page 46: ...GA card PCI VGA or PCI E VGA Auto PCI Spread Spectrum This feature is used to configure the function of clock spread spectrum Enabled Disabled ECC Condition This feature is used to select ECC Error condition to be detected Multiple bit None Single bit Both ECC Error Handler When an ECC error occurs it generates an interrupt This feature is used to select the type of interrupt to report SMI NMI SCI...

Page 47: ...Native Mode Auto Serial ATA SATA Controller Mode Option This feature is used to select SATA controller mode In compatible mode SATA and PATA drives are auto detected and placed in Legacy mode In Enhanced non AHCI mode SATA and PATA drives are auto detected and placed in Native IDE mode Compatible Enhanced non AHCI SATA RAID Enable This feature is used to enable SATA RAID functionality Disabled Ena...

Page 48: ...evice by setting item to the desired value Enabled Disabled USB Device 29 Function 2 3 Enable or Disable these 2 USB Functions by setting item to the desired value Enabled Disabled USB Device 29 Function 1 2 3 Enable or Disable these 3 USB Functions by setting item to the desired value Enabled Disabled USB Device 29 Function 0 1 2 3 Enable or Disable these 4 USB Functions by setting item to the de...

Page 49: ...49 http www tyan com USB Device 29 Function 7 Control USB 2 0 functionality through this Setup Item Enabled Disabled 3 3 1 2 PCI Express Sub Menu These items are for debugging the PCI Express Ports ...

Page 50: ...ww tyan com 3 3 1 2 1 Slot 1 x8 Port Sub Menu These items are for PCI Express MCH Dev1 port control options PCI Express MCH Dev 1 This feature is used to enable PCI Express MCH Dev1 port control Enabled Disabled ...

Page 51: ... tyan com 3 3 1 2 2 Integrated PXH V x4 Port Sub Menu These items are for PCI Express Root Port 1 control options PCI Express Port 1 This feature is used to enable PCI Express Port 1 control Auto Enabled Disabled ...

Page 52: ...b Menu These items are for Integrated LAN1 LAN2 control option Integrated LAN Control This feature is used to enable Integrated LAN control Auto Enabled Disabled Option ROM Scan This feature is used to enable the functionality of option ROM scanl Disabled Enabled ...

Page 53: ...s higher processing throughput Hyper Threading Technology is a form of simultaneous multi threading technology SMT where multiple threads of software applications can be run simultaneously on one processor This is achieved by duplicating the architectural state on each processor while sharing one set of processor execution resources Hyper Threading Technology also delivers faster response times fo...

Page 54: ...nce the CPU has reached a safe operating temperature thermal throttling is automatically disabled and normal full speed processing begins again Disabled Enabled Set Max Ext CPUID 3 Sets Max CPUID extended function value to 3 Disabled Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode This feature is used to enable the C1 Enhanced mode Disabled Enabled No Execute Mode Mem Protection This feature is used to enable the functi...

Page 55: ...O Address Set the base I O address for serial port A B 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Interrupt Set the interrupt for serial port A B IRQ3 IRQ4 Parallel Port This defines how the parallel port is detected and configured Disabled Enabled Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode The default value is Standard that automatically selects the correct mode to use The other modes are explained as...

Page 56: ...f the parallel port 378 IRQ7 Disabled 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 DMA Channel This BIOS feature determines which DMA channel the parallel port should use when it is in ECP mode The ECP mode uses the DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates of up to 2 5 Mbits s and provides symmetric bidirectional communications For all this it requires the use of a DMA channel By default the parallel port uses DMA Channe...

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Page 59: ...Control This feature is used to set function of Auto Mode Fan Control Disabled Enabled J15 J14 J18 J13 Number of Pins Select These features are used to select 3 or 4 pin fan connector After the setting then you can use the function of Auto Fan Control 4 Pin 3 Pin ...

Page 60: ...d modify DMI event logs Event Logging Select Enabled to allow logging of DMI events Disabled Enabled ECC Event Logging Select Enabled to allow logging of ECC events Disabled Enabled Clear all DMI event logs Setting this to Yes will clear the DMI event log after rebooting No Yes ...

Page 61: ...d rate 300 19 2K 1200 2400 9600 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K Console Type This feature is used to enable the specified console type VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 NULL Flow Control This feature is used to enable the flow control None XON XOFF CTS RTS Console Connection This feature is used to indicate whether the console is connected directly to the system or a modem is used to connect ...

Page 62: ...and user passwords Set Supervisor Password This option allows the supervisor to set the supervisor password to restrict access to the BIOS settings Set User Password This option allows the user to set the user password Diskette access This option allows the user to control access to diskette drives Supervisor Disabled Fixed disk boot sector This option allows the user to write protect boot sector ...

Page 63: ...ord on boot When enabled the system will ask for a password at every boot The system will continue booting only if the correct password is entered If the wrong password is entered three times the system will automatically shut down Disabled Enabled FirstWare Authentication Level This feature is used to select FirstWare Authentication Level High Medium Low 3 5 Power Menu These settings allow you to...

Page 64: ...m after the power button is pressed Wake Sleep This wakes the system from puts the system to sleep After Power Failure Specifies the mode of operation after the system recovers from a power loss Enabled This restores the system to the last state it was in before the power loss occurred Chassis Intrusion Detect This feature is used to enable disable the function when chassis open event is detected ...

Page 65: ...65 http www tyan com 3 6 Boot Menu Use this screen to select options for the Boot Settings Configuration ...

Page 66: ...This exits BIOS setup after saving the changes made Exit Discarding Changes This exits BIOS setup after discarding the changes made Load Setup Defaults Loads the factory default values Discard Changes Discards all changes made without exiting BIOS setup Save Changes Saves all changes made without exit BIOS ...

Page 67: ...has occurred The most common type of error is a memory error Before contacting your vendor or TYAN Technical Support be sure that you note as much as you can about the beep code length and order that you experience Also be ready with information regarding add in cards drives and O S to speed the support process and come to a quicker solution 4 2 Flash Utility Every BIOS file is unique for the moth...

Page 68: ...series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 0Ah 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Autodetect ports for keyboard mouse followed by a port interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 0Eh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes...

Page 69: ...nto C000 0 26h 1 If Early_Init_Onboard_Generator is not defined Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI DIMM slots 2 Init onboard PWM 3 Init onboard H W monitor devices 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 29h 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU 3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup...

Page 70: ...P device 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord_AUDIO 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 63h Reset keyboard if Early_Reset_KB is not defined 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 67h Prepare memory siz...

Page 71: ...k to text mode 87h NET PC Build SYSID Structure 89h 1 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 2 Set up ACPI table at top of the memory 8Bh 1 Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs 2 Invoke all PCI ROMs except VGA 8Dh 1 Enable Disable Parity Check according to CMOS setup 2 APM Initialization 8Fh Clear noise of IRQs 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program Daylight Savi...

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Page 73: ... AGP card Network card or SCSI card SMDC does not require any hardware specific driver As long as a standby power comes into the system SMDC will begin looking after the system Tyan SMDC provides diversified methods to communicate with the hardware IT manager has the flexibility to choose among Keyboard Controller Style KCS Block Transfer BT style Intelligent Chassis Management Bus ICMB Intelligen...

Page 74: ...DC will continue to function even if the system is not powered on How SMDC and TSO Work The brief descriptions below will help explain how these items function Agent a system with SMDC installed The SMDC is installed in the Agent system that uses a compatible supported Tyan motherboard Manager manages the Agent The Manger is set up to manage the Agent that has the SMDC The Manager and Agent should...

Page 75: ...stem to Tyan diskette maker If you would like to boot from hard disk press 0 and Enter or just wait for 10 seconds to boot automatically from hard disk Boot from CD ISOLINUX 2 00 2002 10 25 Copyright C 1994 2002 H Peter Anvin 0 Boot from first hard drive 1 Boot to TYAN diskette maker boot 1_ 2 Choose the chipset vender which you need from the main menu TYAN Driver Diskette Maker V1 0 Main Menu Cho...

Page 76: ... Diskette Maker Example Chipset Driver Diskette 01 Microsoft Windows 2000 32 bit Diskette 02 Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit Diskette 03 Microsoft Windows XP 64bit Diskette 04 Microsoft Windows 2003 64 bit Back 5 Follow the instruction on menu to insert a diskette and press ENTER Please insert a formatted diskette into A and press ENTER Writing image to drive A Track 36 Hoad 8 Sector 1 6 Using ESC key...

Page 77: ...s are built in Bandwidth refers to carrying capacity The greater the bandwidth the more data the bus phone line or other electrical path can carry Greater bandwidth then also results in greater speed BBS BIOS Boot Specification is a feature within the BIOS that creates prioritizes and maintains a list of all Initial Program Load IPL devices and then stores that list in NVRAM IPL devices have the a...

Page 78: ...ed Closed and open jumpers jumpers and jumper pins are active when they are on or closed and inactive when they are off or open CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors chips that hold the basic startup information for the BIOS COM port another name for the serial port which is called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire and receives data on another sin...

Page 79: ...stem Configuration Data a format for storing information about Plug n Play devices in the system BIOS This information helps properly configure the system each time it boots Fault tolerance a term describing a system where one component can quickly be replaced without causing a loss of service such as in a RAID system Firmware low level software that controls the system hardware Form factor an ind...

Page 80: ...e doubling up devices on IRQ lines can lock up your system Plug n Play operating systems can take care of these details for you ISA Industry Standard Architecture a slower 8 or 16 bit bus data pathway Latency the amount of time that one part of a system spends waiting for another part to catch up This is most common when the system sends data out to a peripheral device and it waiting for the perip...

Page 81: ...ply plug them into a computer that is running on a Plug n Play aware operating system such as Windows 98 and go to work Devices and operating systems that are not Plug n Play require you to reconfigure your system each time you add or change any part of your hardware PXE Preboot Execution Environment one of four components that together make up the Wired for Management 2 0 baseline specification P...

Page 82: ... and lower voltage requirements SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic RAM called as such because it can keep two sets of memory addresses open simultaneously By transferring data alternately from one set of addresses and then the other SDRAM cuts down on the delays associated with non synchronous RAM which must close one address bank before opening the next Serial port called as such because it transmits the ...

Page 83: ... type can function as a serial parallel mouse keyboard or joystick port It is fast enough to support video transfer and is capable of supporting up to 127 daisy chained peripheral devices VGA Video Graphics Array the PC video display standard V SYNC controls the vertical scanning properties of the monitor ZCR Zero Channel RAID PCI card that allows a RAID card to use the onboard SCSI chip thus lowe...

Page 84: ...Support sections with downloadable Linux drivers and comprehensive compatibility reports for chassis memory and much more With all these convenient resources just a few keystrokes away users can easily find the latest softare and operating system components to keep their systems running as powerful and productive as possible Tyan also ranks high for its commitment to fast and friendly customer sup...

Page 85: ...TYAN will pay to have the board shipped back to you Notice for the USA Compliance Information Statement Declaration 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 and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause u...

Page 86: ...unications dans les reglements d ineteference radio Notice for Europe CE Mark This product is in conformity with the Council Directive 89 336 EEC 92 31 EEC EMC CAUTION Lithium battery included with this board Do not puncture mutilate or dispose of battery in fire Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by manufacturer Dispose...

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