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3.3.11 PCI Configuration

This screen contains the additional setup menus to configure PCI devices.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

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PCI Configuration

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PCI Device, Slot #1

PCI Device, Slot #2

PCI Device, Slot #3

PCI Device, Slot #4

PCI Device, Slot #5

PCI Device, Slot #6

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Page 1: ...d BIOS are trademarks of Phoenix Technologies 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 products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particula...

Page 2: ... s 20 2 6 Installing the Memory 23 2 7 Attaching Drive Cables 25 2 8 Installing Add in Cards 27 2 9 Connecting External Devices 28 2 10 Installing the Power Supply 29 2 11 Finishing up 29 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS 30 3 2 BIOS Main Menu 32 3 3 Advanced Menu 38 3 4 Security Menu 55 3 5 Power Menu 57 3 5 Boot Menu 58 3 6 Exit Menu 60 Chapter 4 Diagnostics 4 1 Beep Codes 61 4 2 Flash Uti...

Page 3: ...rial ATA Cable 1x Cable set 9 pin Serial and 25 pin Parallel 1 x USB2 0 cable 2 x SAS cable 1 x Tempest i5000XT user s manual 1 x Tempest i5000XT Quick Reference guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O shield 2 x CPU Mounting Kit If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor dealer for replacement before continuing with the installation process ...

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Page 5: ... and BIOS upgrades 1 2 Hardware Specifications Processor Dual LGA771 sockets Supports up to 2 Intel Xeon Multi core processors VRD 11 0 Chipset Intel 5000X Greencreek MCH and ESB2 chipset Supports 1333 1066 667 MHz FSB Winbond W83627EHG Super I O Chip Memory Eight 8 240 pin DDR2 FB DIMM sockets 4 memory channels Supports ECC DIMMs Maximum of 16 32GB DDR2 533 667 FB DIMM Fully Buffered DIMM Integra...

Page 6: ...S and SATA data transfer rates Raid support IM IME IS BIOS Phoenix BIOS on 8Mbit Flash ROM Supports ACPI 2 0 PXE via Ethernet USB device boot PnP DMI 2 0 WfM 2 0 power management User configurable H W monitoring Auto configuration of hard disk types Multiple boot options 48 bit LBA support Trusted Platform Management TPM Infineon SLB9635TT 1 2 with 5000X G chipset Form Factor SSI Extended ATX 12 x...

Page 7: ...m 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 connec...

Page 8: ...8 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 9: ...9 2 2 Block Diagram S2696 Block Diagram ...

Page 10: ...0 2 3 Board Parts Jumpers and Connectors 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 11: ... Disable Jumper E50 CMOS Clear Jumper JP10 PS 2 Devices Wake up Enable Jumper JP14 FW Write Protect Jumper JP16 PCI X Frequency Setting Jumper JP19 Chassis Intrusion Jumper JP23 BIOS Recovery Jumper J84 J85 USB 2 0 Connector J7 Front Panel Header P17 HDA Digital Header SATA II 0 1 2 3 4 5 SATA II Connectors SAS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SAS Connectors CPU0 FAN CPU1 FAN CPU0 1 Fan Connectors ...

Page 12: ...12 JP1 Internal Buzzer Enable Disable Jumper 1 Use this jumper to disable the onboard internal Buzzer 1 Default Use this jumper to enable the onboard internal Buzzer ...

Page 13: ...close pin_2 and 3 for several seconds to clear the CMOS Replace the jumper cap to close pin_1 and 2 Reconnect the power supply to the AC source and power on the system J15 Audio Front Panel AUD_MIC_L 1 2 GND AUD_MIC_R 3 4 PRESENCE AUD_HP_R 5 6 MIC_sence_return Sense_send 7 8 KEY AUD_HP_L 9 10 HP_sense_return JP7 JP8 LAN Enable Disable Jumper 1 1 3 Default JP7 Enable the 1 st LAN port JP8 Enable th...

Page 14: ...14 JP14 FWH Write Protect Jumper 1 Default Use this jumper to disable the FWH write protect 1 Use this jumper to enable the FWH write protect ...

Page 15: ...e system chassis intrusion alarm J84 J85 Front Panel USB2 0 Connectors Use these two headers to connect the USB devices via the enclosed USB cable 1 1 3 Use this jumper to disable the PS 2 devices from waking up 3 1 Default Use this jumper to enable the waking up of the PS 2 devices Key 1 2 Reserved Power 3 4 Power USB_A 5 6 USB_B USB_A 7 8 USB_B GND 9 10 GND Key 11 12 NC ...

Page 16: ...16 JP23 BIOS Recovery Jumper 1 Default No BIOS recovery function 1 BIOS will be forced into recovery BIOS image will be loaded from floppy ...

Page 17: ... HD Audio Digital Header is used to support one HD Codec on a cabled up card SATA II 0 1 2 3 4 5 SATA II Connector 7 GND 6 RXP 5 RXN 4 GND 3 TXN 2 TXP 7 1 1 GND Connects to the SATA II ready drives via the SATA II cable You may use these six SATA II ports for RAID 0 1 5 and 10 through the embedded Intel ESB2 chipset BCLK 1 2 GND RST 3 4 DVDD_IO SYNC 5 6 GND SDO 7 8 3 3V_DVDD_CORE SDI 9 10 12V Rese...

Page 18: ...e two headers to connect the CPU cooling fans to your motherboard to keep the system at optimum performance levels J7 Front Panel Header The Front Panel Header is used to connect some control or signal wires from motherboard to chassis such as HDD LED power LED power button and reset button GND 1 2 SPKR_OUT_L SLP_LED 3 4 KEY KEY 5 6 GND PWR_LED _0 7 8 SPKR_OUT_H PWR_LED _1 9 10 NC GND 11 12 NC 3 3...

Page 19: ...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 motherboard mo...

Page 20: ...e 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 easily damaged The processor has to be installed very carefully to prevent the contact pins in the socket from breaking It is strongly recommended that the processor installation process should be ha...

Page 21: ...locking lever to its locked position 5 Repeat this procedure for the second processor socket 6 Turn the board upside down and insert the heat sink spring mechanism as shown The heat sink spring may be already pre installed by the manufacturer 7 Turn the board the right way up again and screw the heat sink into place Pin 1 ...

Page 22: ...t results Follow these instructions to install the heatsink shown 1 Apply some a little will work more doesn t equal better performance thermal compound 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 until the four screws are securely seated in the holes 4 Use a...

Page 23: ...te before installing memory Only DDR2 533 667 FB DIMM ECC memory modules are supported All installed memory will automatically be detected and no jumpers or settings need changing The S2696 supports up to 32GB of memory The following chart outlines the suggested rules for populating memory Memory Population Rules Channel DIMM Single Dual Four Four DDR2 FBDIMM1 x x x x DDR2 FBDIMM2 x DDR2 FBDIMM3 x...

Page 24: ...cking 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 25: ...d 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 the BI...

Page 26: ...g 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 drive dr...

Page 27: ...oth the motherboard and the add in card PCI IDESELs and IRQ Assignments Slot or Device IDSEL PIRQ 0 INT A PIRO 1 INT B PIRO 2 INT C IRQ 3 INT D PCIX1 J25 ESB2 PCIX_AD25 ESB2 PCIX_IRQ _N4 ESB2 PCIX_IRQ _N5 ESB2 PCIX_IRQ _N6 ESB2 PCIX_IRQ _N7 PCIX2 J28 ESB2 PCIX_AD26 ESB2 PCIX_IRQ _N8 ESB2 PCIX_IRQ _N9 ESB2 PCIX_IRQ _N10 ESB2 PCIX_IRQ _N11 PCI J20 ESB2 P_AD20 ESB2 PCI_IRQ_ N_E ESB2 PCI_IRQ_ N_F ESB2...

Page 28: ...he three onboard Ethernet ports have green and yellow LEDs to indicate LAN status The chart below illustrates the different LED states 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN Link Activity LED Scheme Left LED Right LED Link Green Off 10 Mbps Active Blinking Green Off Link Green Green 100 Mbps Active Blinking Green Green Link Green Yellow 1000 Mbps Active Blinking Green Yellow No Link Off Off Parallel Port SPDIF OUT ...

Page 29: ...ug the power supply before plugging the power cables to motherboard connectors 2 11 Finishing up Congratulations on making it this far You re finished setting up the hardware aspect of your computer Before closing up your chassis make sure that all cables and wires are connected properly especially IDE cables and most importantly jumpers You may have difficulty powering on your system if the mothe...

Page 30: ...ly 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 to start ...

Page 31: ... become unstable or unusable 3 1 4 Setup Variations Not all systems have the same BIOS setup layout or options While the basic look and function of the BIOS setup remains more or less the same for most systems the appearance of your Setup screen may differ from the charts shown in this section Each system design and chipset combination requires a custom configuration In addition the final appearan...

Page 32: ...el 0 Slave X SATA Port 1 X SATA Port 2 X SATA Port 1 X SATA Port 2 X Memory Cache X Board Information System Memory Extended Memory xx xx xx xxxx xx xx 1 44 1 25 MB 3 xxxx KB xxxx KB Tab Shift Tab or Enter selects field F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit System Time Date setup System Time Adjusts the system clock HHHou...

Page 33: ...ype Multi Sector Transfers LBA Mode Control 32 Bit I O Transfer Mode Ultra DMA Mode Auto Disabled Disabled Disabled Standard Disabled User your enter parameters of hard disk drive installed at this connection Auto autotypes hard disk drive installed here 1 39 you select pre determined type of hard disk drive installed here CD ROM a CD ROM drive is installed here ATAPI Removable removable disk driv...

Page 34: ...unks 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 Disabled Enabled 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 Standard Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 FPIO 3 DMA 1 FPIO 4...

Page 35: ...F10 Save and Exit Cache System BIOS Area This feature is only available when the system BIOS is shadowed It enables or disables the caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh via the L2 cache This greatly speeds up accesses to the system BIOS However this does not necessarily make the system perform better because the OS does not need to access the system BIOS often As such it would be a wast...

Page 36: ...lows you to control caching of system memory above one megabyte Uncached Write Through Write Protect Write Back Cache A000 AFFF B000 BFFF These features allow you to control caching of A000 AFFF B000 BFFF memory Disabled USMC Caching Write Through Write Protect Write Back Cahe C8000 CBFF Cache CC00 CFFF These features allow you to control caching of C8000 CBFF CC00 CFFF memory Disabled Write Throu...

Page 37: ...nformation PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit Board Information Item Specific Help Bios Version Bios Build Date Board Mfg Board F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit ...

Page 38: ...ed Audio This feature is used to configure the audio controller Disabled Auto Integrated 1394 This feature is used to enable the integrated 1394 controller Enabled Disabled Reset Configuration Data If you install a new piece of hardware or modify your computer s hardware configuration the BIOS will automatically detect the changes and reconfigure the ESCD Extended System Configuration Data Therefo...

Page 39: ...resolve the conflict and allow the operating system to load normally Please note that the BIOS will automatically reset it to the default setting of No after reconfiguring the new ESCD So there is no need for you to manually disable this feature after rebooting No Yes ...

Page 40: ...Speed Control CPU Temp Reading XRealtime sensors Full Speed Auto F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit FAN Speed Control This feature is used to control the fan speed Auto Optimum temperature control at maximum CPU performance Full Speed All fans are working at full speed CPU Temp Reading This item is used to configure th...

Page 41: ...Item Specific Help CPU0 Temperature CPU1 Temperature CPU0 Fan Fan0 CPU1 Fan Fan1 Rear Fan Fan3 Front Fan Fan2 PCI Area Fan Fan4 CPU0 Core voltage CPU1 VCore voltage CPU VTT VCC 1 5V VCC 3 3V VCC 5V VCC12V xxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx C C RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM V V V V V V V F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X S...

Page 42: ...ent Log Enabled Enter Disabled F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit BIOS Event Logging When set to Enabled errors will be logged to BIOS event log Disabled Enabled View BIOS event log Press Enter to view BIOS event log Clear BIOS Event log When set to Enabled BIOS event log will be cleared Disabled Enabled ...

Page 43: ... Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit SERR signal condition Select ECC error conditions that SERR be asserted None Single bit Multiple bit Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature is used to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI resource If MTRRs are not enough we may use this option to reduce the MTRR occupation 256MB 512MB 1 0GB 2 ...

Page 44: ...s used to enable disable FBD configuration for ITK test suite Disabled Enabled High Precision Event Timer This feature is used to enable disable Multimedia Timer support Disabled Enabled Snoop filter This item is used to enable the snoop filter Enabled Disabled ...

Page 45: ...OS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit CPU Cache Control Item Specific Help DCU Prefetcher Hardware Prefetcher IP Prefetcher Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher Direct Cache Access Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Hyperthreading Enable this only if you have an Intel Hyp...

Page 46: ...mance boost on multi threading and multi tasking operations for the Intel NetBurst microarchitecture Disabled Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode This feature is used to enable the C1 Enhanced mode Enabled Disabled Discrete MTRR Allocation This feature is used to configure the MTRR method Disabling the feature will set the MTRR method in continuous status Disabled Enabled 3 3 5 Diskette Controller PhoenixBIO...

Page 47: ...he PATA function Disabled Enabled Serial ATA This feature is used to enable the SATA function Enabled Disabled 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 S...

Page 48: ... Item Specific Help LSI SAS Controller Option ROM Scan Enabled Enabled F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Integrated SAS Interface This feature is used to enable the LSI SAS controller Enabled Disabled Option ROM Scan This feature is used to initialize the device expansion ROM Enabled Disabled ...

Page 49: ...k Interface Item Specific Help LAN Port0 LAN Port1 Option ROM Scan Enabled Enabled Disabled F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit LAN Port0 1 These two features are used to configure the onboard LAN controllers Enabled Disabled Option ROM Scan This feature is used to initialize the device expansion ROM Enabled Disabled ...

Page 50: ...t Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit 3 3 10 Integrated 1394 PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit Integrated 1394 Item Specific Help Integrated 1394 Enabled F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit ...

Page 51: ...Support Enabled Enabled Enabled F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Integrated USB1 1 Enable or Disable all USB devices by setting item to the desired value Enabled Disabled Integrated USB2 0 Control USB 2 0 functionality through this Setup Item Enabled Disabled Legacy USB Support This option is used to enable the suppo...

Page 52: ...ntrolled Base I O Address Set the base I O address for serial port A B 3F8 Interrupt Set the interrupt for serial port A B IRQ3 Parallel Port This defines how the parallel port is detected and configured Disabled Enabled Auto OS Controlled Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode In addition to Output only and Bi directional there are two faster bidirectional modes availabl...

Page 53: ...ol 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 Channel 3 when it is in ECP mode This works fine in most situations This feature is provided just in case one of your add on cards requires the use of DMA Channel 3 In such a case you can use this BIOS fea...

Page 54: ...tup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit PCI Configuration Item Specific Help X PCI Device Slot 1 X PCI Device Slot 2 X PCI Device Slot 3 X PCI Device Slot 4 X PCI Device Slot 5 X PCI Device Slot 6 F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit ...

Page 55: ...ption ROM Scan Latency Timer Enabled Default F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Option ROM Scan This feature is used to initialize the device expansion ROM Enabled Disabled Latency Timer This feature is used to configure the minimum guaranteed time slice allotted for bus master in units of PCI bus clocks Default 0020h ...

Page 56: ...lect X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit The system displays the current supervisor 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 Password on boot When enabled the system will ask for a password at every boot The system will continue ...

Page 57: ... protection of BIOS flash memory When set to enabled the BIOS flash memory will be written protected Disabled Enabled Cabinet Monitoring This item is used to configure the monitoring of system s housing When enabled the system s housing is monitored Disabled Enabled ...

Page 58: ...s F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Enabled ACPI_Sx This feature is used to select one of the ACPI power states S1 or S3 If selected the corresponding power state will be disabled Disabled Enabled After Power Failure This option is used to specify the mode of operation after the system recovers from a power loss Stay off Last State Power On ...

Page 59: ...X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Halt on POST Errors This item is used to pauses and displays the setup entry or resume boot prompt if error occurs at boot If disabled system always attempts to boot Enabled Disabled Summary Screen This feature is used to display the system configuration on boot Enabled Disabled Quick Boot This feature is used to configure the boot message Enabled Displays OEM log inst...

Page 60: ...er expands or collapses devices with a or Ctrl Enter expands all Shift 1 enables or disables a device and moves the device up or down n May move removable device between Hard Disk or Removable Disk d Remove a device that is not installed F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit The boot menu will list all bootable devices Us...

Page 61: ... your changes to CMOS F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Exit Saving Changes 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 ...

Page 62: ...red 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 motherboard i...

Page 63: ...ol word during warm boot 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 14h Initialize keyboard controller 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 50h Display CPU type and speed 17h Initialize cache before memory autosize 51h Initialize EISA board 18h 8254 timer initialization 52h Test keyboard 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initial...

Page 64: ...gure non MCD IDE controllers BAh Initialize DMI parameters 84h Detect and install external parallel ports BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs 85h Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices BCh Clear parity checkers 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports BDh Display MultiBoot menu 87h Configure Motherboard Devices BEh Clear screen optional 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area BFh Check virus and backup reminders 89...

Page 65: ...ts E6h Checksum BIOS ROM 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives E7h Go to BIOS A0h Set time of day E8h Set Huge Segment Code Beeps Description Code Beeps Description E9h Initialize Multi Processor F1h Initialize Run Time Clock EAh Initialize OEM special code F2h Initialize video EBh Initialize PIC and DMA F3h Initialize System Management Mode ECh Initialize Memory type F4h Output one beep bef...

Page 66: ... 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 Intelligent Platfor...

Page 67: ...ontinue 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 be locat...

Page 68: ...yan 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 Choose Chips...

Page 69: ... 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 to quit ...

Page 70: ...lt 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 ability to...

Page 71: ...en 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 single wire that is...

Page 72: ...on 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 industry term for t...

Page 73: ...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 peripheral to send some data back peripherals tend to be slower than onboard system components Mirroring see RAID NVRAM ROM and EEPRO...

Page 74: ...ether make up the Wired for Management 2 0 baseline specification PXE was designed to define a standard set of preboot protocol services within a client towards the goal of allowing networked based booting to boot using industry standard protocols RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks a way for the same data to be stored in different places on many hard drives By using this method the data is ...

Page 75: ...s bank before opening the next Serial port called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire and receives data on another single wire that is the data is transmitted in serial form one bit after another SCSI Interrupt Steering Logic SISL Architecture that allows a RAID controller such as AcceleRAID 150 200 or 250 to implement RAID on a system board embedded SCSI b...

Page 76: ...fer 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 lowering cost of RAID solution ZIF Socket Zero Insertion Force socket these sockets make it possible to insert CPUs ...

Page 77: ...aler for help BEFORE calling TYAN 4 Check the TYAN user group alt comp periphs mainboard TYAN Returning Merchandise for Service During the warranty period contact your distributor or system vendor FIRST for any product problems This warranty only covers normal customer use and does not cover damages incurred during shipping or failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of p...

Page 78: ...t different from that of the receiver Consult the dealer on an experienced radio television technician for help Notice for Canada This apparatus complies with the Class B limits for radio interference as specified in the Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations Cet appareil est conforme aux norms de Classe B d interference radio tel que specifie par le Ministere Canadie...

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