TYAN q35T-AM, User Manual

Page 1: ...osoft Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation SuSE is a trademark of Novell 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...

Page 2: ...Cooling Fan 23 2 7 Attaching Drive Cables 26 2 8 Installing Add in Cards 27 2 9 Installing Optional SO DIMM Modules 28 2 10 Connecting External Devices 29 2 11 Installing the Power Supply 30 2 12 Finishing Up 30 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 About the BIOS 31 3 2 Main BIOS Setup 33 3 3 Main Menu 34 3 4 Advanced Menu 41 3 5 Security Menu 61 3 6 Power Menu 62 3 7 Boot Menu 63 3 8 Exit Menu 64 Chapter 4 D...

Page 3: ...3 x Serial ATA power cables 3x Serial ATA cables 1x USB2 0 cable 1 x S5220 user s manual 1 x S5220 Quick Reference guide 1 x TYAN driver CD 1 x I O shield If any of these items are missing please contact your vendor dealer for replacement before continuing with the installation process ...

Page 4: ...4 NOTE ...

Page 5: ... Yorksfield Quad core processors Supports 1333 1066 800 MT s FSB Expansion Slots One 1 PCI E x16 slot with Tyan M2061 riser card PCI E x8 to PCI X with Tyan M2083 RS riser card PCI E x16 to PCI E x16 One 1 PCI X x8 slot with PCI E x4 link only Four 4 PCI slots Chipset Intel Q35 Memory Controller Hub GMCH Intel 82801IR I O Controller Hub ICH9R Winbond W83627DHG super I O Onboard Audio Onboard Realt...

Page 6: ...nsole Redirect Supports Watch Dog Timer ACPI S1 S3 S4 S5 External I O Ports Stacked PS 2 mouse keyboard ports Stacked two 2 USB ports Stacked COM port and VGA port Stacked two 2 USB ports and one 1 10 100M LAN port LAN port is for M3295 2 only Two 2 RJ 45 10 100 1000M ports Audio connectors Line in Line out Mic in BIOS Phoenix BIOS on 8Mbit LPC Flash ROM Supports boot from USB device Supports ACPI...

Page 7: ...he 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 connector...

Page 8: ... 2 1 Board Image Toledo q35T S5220 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 Toledo q35T S5220 ...

Page 10: ...is 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 Jumper Legend OPEN Jumper OFF without jumper cover CLOSED Jumper ON with jumper cover ...

Page 11: ... Connector TYFP2 TYFP3 Front Panel Connector for Barebone LCM LCM Connector for Barebone J13 OPMA Connector supports TYAN M3295 J24 Aux Power Connector for TYAN Riser Card M2061 FP AUDIO Front Panel Audio Connector J35 Reset Switch J36 Power Switch TYFAN J50 J52 Fan Connector for Barebone CMOS J14 Clear CMOS Jumper Pin 1 2 closed Normal Default Pin 2 3 closed Clear ...

Page 12: ...12 CPUFAN1 TYFP1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN6 FAN4 J24 FAN5 LCM ...

Page 13: ...gnal Pin Signal 1 12V 2 GND 3 GND 4 5V LCM J30 LCM Header for Barebone 2 1 5 6 It is designed for barebone use only Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5V 2 RXD Receive Data 3 Key Pin 4 GND 5 5V Standby 6 TXD Transmit Data TYFP1 J37 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 Intru...

Page 14: ...14 USB6 FP AUDIO USB5 USB3 SATA1 SATA4 SATA2 SATA5 SATA3 SATA6 USB4 COM2 ...

Page 15: ...n Signal 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 DSR Data Set Ready 3 RXD Receive Data 4 RTS Request To Send 5 TX Transmit Data 6 CTS Clear To Send 7 DTR Data Terminal Ready 8 RI Ring Indicator 9 GND 10 NC SATA1 2 3 4 5 6 Serial ATA Connector 7 1 Connects to the Serial ATA ready drives via the Serial ATA cable Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 Pin 5 Pin 6 Pin 7 GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP GND SATA1 J34 SATA4 J46 SATA2 J33 ...

Page 16: ...16 J52 J50 TYFP3 TYFP2 TYFAN ...

Page 17: ...ng LED 9 SMBus Data 10 SMBus Clock 11 Ext Interrupt NMI 12 5V 13 5V Standby 14 Intrusion 15 GND 16 PWR_SW 17 LAN1 LED 18 LAN1 LED 19 LAN2 LED 20 LAN2 LED 21 NC 22 NC 23 ID LED 24 ID LED 25 ID SW 26 ID SW 27 Key Pin 28 NC J50 J52 TYFAN J27 Fan Connector for Barebone TYFAN 1 14 13 2 J50 J52 1 1 4 4 It is designed for barebone use only Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Tachometer 1 2 Tachometer 6 3 Tachometer ...

Page 18: ...18 CMOS ...

Page 19: ...p password or need to clear the system BIOS settings How to clear the CMOS data Power off system and disconnect the power supply from 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 ...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...ules Key points to note before installing memory For optimal dual channel DDRII operation always install memory in pairs beginning with DIMM1 and DIMM3 Memory modules of the same type and density are required for dual channel DDRII operation Mismatched memory may cause system instability Only DDRII 800 667 un buffered non ECC memory modules are supported All installed memory will automatically be ...

Page 22: ...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 23: ...talled carefully Make sure you are wearing an antistatic strap and handle the processor as little as possible Follow these instructions to install your processor and heat sink 1 Locate the processor socket on the motherboard and lift the locking lever to a fully open position 2 Lift the load plate to a fully open position 3 Insert the processor into the socket and make sure that pin 1 is correctly...

Page 24: ... installed the processor the heatsink should be installed to ensure that the processor runs efficiently and does not overheat Use the heatsink supplied for best results Follow these instructions to install the heatsink shown 1 Take out the heatsink from the package Turn the heatsink upside down and you can see that the heatsink has already applied a layer of thermal compound PnP cap thermal compou...

Page 25: ...nsert the heat sink spring mechanism as shown 3 Align the heatsink with the four holes around the processor socket 4 Press the heatsink down until the four screws are securely seated in the holes 5 Use screw drive to secure the four screws ...

Page 26: ...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 BIOS to ...

Page 27: ...iagrams below showing the slots that appear on your motherboard PCI E x16 slot PCI E x8 slot 32 33 PCI 2 3 slot Simply find the appropriate slot for your add in card and insert the card firmly Do not force any add in cards into any slots if they do not seat in place It is better to try another slot or return the faulty card rather than damaging both the motherboard and the add in card NOTE YOU MUS...

Page 28: ...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 spring levers click into place as shown NOTE The SO DIMM expansion cards will fit in the slot only one way Make s...

Page 29: ...ion Onboard LAN LED Color Definition The two 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 Link Activity Right LED Speed Status 10 Mbps Off 100 Mbps Green 1000 Mbps Green Blinking Green Yellow No Link Off Off USBx2 Serial Port VGA Port IPMI LAN USB x 2 Mouse Keyboa...

Page 30: ...MUST unplug the power supply before plugging the power cables to motherboard connectors 2 12 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 ...

Page 31: ...it CPU memory and I O subsystems This BIOS has been customized by adding important features such as virus and password protection power management and chipset tuning features that control the system This section will guide you through the process of configuring the BIOS for your system setup Starting Setup The BIOS is immediately activated when you turn on the computer The BIOS reads system config...

Page 32: ...hipset section unless you are sure of the outcome TYAN or your system manufacturer has carefully chosen the chipset defaults for best performance and reliability Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup options may cause the system to become unstable or unusable Setup Variations Not all systems have the same BIOS setup layout or options While the basic look and function of the BIOS setup...

Page 33: ... to OS Used by devices xx xx xx xx xx xxxx Disabled 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 The main menu contains the following menu items Main Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Security Use this men...

Page 34: ...TA Port 5 X SATA Port 6 X Ext Primary Master X Ext Primary Slave X Memory Cache X Boot Features Installed memory Available to OS Used by devices xx xx xx xx xx xxxx Disabled 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 HHHours 24hr f...

Page 35: ...on the detected disk and the maximum storage capacity of the disk This option lets you set the following hard disk parameters Type Selects the type of device connected to the system Options Auto CD DVD Not Installed ARMD Multi Sector Transfers This option allows you to specify the number of sectors per block for multiple sector transfers Options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 Sectors 16 Sectors LB...

Page 36: ... DMA 2 Ultra DMA Mode Enables or disables Ultra DMA Mode Ultra DMA UDMA or more accurately Ultra DMA 33 is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer s data paths or bus to the computer s random access memory RAM The Ultra DMA 33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33 3 MBps megabytes per second twice as fast as the previous Direct Memory Access ...

Page 37: ...IOS 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 waste of L2 cache bandwidth to cache the system BIOS instead of data that are more critical t...

Page 38: ...tect Write Back Cache Base 512 640K Control caching of 512K 640K base memory Options Write Through Write Back Cache Extended Memory Area Control caching of system memory above one megabyte Options Write Through Write Back Cache A000 AFFF Cache DC00 DFFF Control caching of the memory blocks Options Disabled USWC Caching Write Back Write Through Write Protect Cache E000 E3FF Cache EC00 EFFF Control ...

Page 39: ...ll speed the boot process Options Disabled Enabled Halt on Errors Select No Errors if users don t want to stop POST with any error Options All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard Keyboard Error Report Enabled BIOS keyboard error report BIOS will display the keyboard error message save the event in DMI Disabled BIOS keyboard error report BIOS will not warn display the error message Options Enabled Di...

Page 40: ...tain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Options Disabled Enabled Extended Memory Testing Determines the tests that will be run on extended memory memory above 1MB during boot up Options Normal Just zero it None ...

Page 41: ...ware Monitor submenu is disabled and the IPMI submenu is enabled and vice versa 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 Therefore there is usually no need to manually force the BIOS to reconfigure the ESCD Select Yes if ...

Page 42: ...ATA AHCI Legacy Enable Disabled 10 Mins Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto 1MB 128MB xxxxKB xxxxKB Auto No Enabled Auto Disabled Disabled Disabled These items determine whether the integrated PCI Devices will be Enabled in PCI Config Space F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Note When DVMT 4 0 Mode is set to Auto Pre Allocated...

Page 43: ... Options Auto Disabled DVMT 4 0 Mode Select the configuration of DVMT 4 0 Graphics Memory that Driver will allocate for use by the Internal Graphics Device Options Auto Fixed DVMT Pre Allocated Memory Size Select the amount of Pre Allocated Graphics Memory for use by the Internal Graphics Device Options 1MB 8MB IGD Memory Size Select the amount of the Main Memory that the Internal Graphics Device ...

Page 44: ...uration of hardware RAID arrays With the SATA RAID ROM option disabled the drives attached to the controller can only act independently of one another Options Enabled Disabled SATA AHCI Enable This item allows you to enable the SATA AHCI functionality Options Disabled Enabled SATA AHCI Legacy Enable Enabled SATA and PATA drives are auto detected and placed in Legacy Mode Disabled SATA and PATA dri...

Page 45: ...trol Sub Menu USB Dev 29 USB Dev 26 Fun 0 1 2 3 7 Fun 0 1 2 7 These items control LAN devices F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit USB Dev 29 Controls Dev 29 Options Fun 0 1 2 3 7 Fun 0 Fun 0 1 Fun 0 1 2 Fun 0 1 2 3 Disabled USB Dev 26 Controls Dev 26 Options Fun 0 1 2 7 Fun 0 7 Fun 0 1 7 Disabled ...

Page 46: ...2 Option ROM Scan Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enable Disable for the integrated LAN device F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit LAN1 LAN2 Enable Disable for the intergrated LAN device Options Enabled Disabled LAN1 LAN2 Option ROM Scan Initialize device expansion ROM Options Disabled Enabled ...

Page 47: ...ase Address Egress Port Base Address X PCI E1 Sub Menu ICH9 RCB Base Address X PCI E2 Sub Menu These items are for debugging the PCI Express Graphics Port F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit PCI Express Base Address GMCH Base Address DMI Base Address Egress Port Base Address ICH9 RCB Base Address Read only ...

Page 48: ...lways disabled Enabled Port always enabled Auto Only enable if card found Debug only enable if card found Don t force link width F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit PCI Express Graphics Port This feature is used to control the PCI Express Graphics port Options Auto Enabled Disabled Debug PEG Enabled PEG Number PEG Width...

Page 49: ... disabled If Port 1 is disabled then the rest of the Ports will also be disabled Enabled Port always enabled Auto Only enable if card found F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit PCI Express Port 1 This feature is used to control the PCI Express Port 1 Options Auto Enabled Disabled Port 1 Enabled Port 1 Number Port 1 Width...

Page 50: ...es with the other threads within the physical package F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Previous Values Hyperthreading Enable this only if you have an Intel Hyper Threading processor Enabling Hyperthreading activates additional CPU threads These threads may appear as additional processors but will share some resources with the othe...

Page 51: ... applied in both user and kernel mode Windows XP SP2 supports this technology Options Enabled Disabled Frequency Ratio Select the internal frequency multiplier of the CPU Options BIOS CPU Detect Default Frequency Hi Ratio Select the Hi ratio for the Intel Speedstep CPU Selecting unsupported ratios will cause hang Clear CMOS to recover Options BIOS CPU Detect x10 Processor Power Management Thermal ...

Page 52: ...to BIOS or OS chooses configuration OS Controlled Displayed when controlled by OS F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Previous Values Floppy disk Controller This defines how the floppy disk controller is detected and configured Options Disabled Enabled Auto Serial Port A B This defines how the serial port A B is detected and configur...

Page 53: ...sc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Previous Values Event Log Capacity It reports the space available in the DMI event log If set to Full the event log has no more available space to store DMI events read only Event Log Validity It reports the validity of the DMI event log read only View DMI Event Log It allows you to view the contents of the DMI event log read only Event Logging Selec...

Page 54: ...LED Indicator Auto FAN Control Disabled Disabled F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Previous Values CPU FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 FAN5 FAN6 CPU Temp Ambient1 Temp Ambient2 Temp Items can not be modified in user mode Read only FAN Fail LED Indicator When it is set to Enabled the LED will be on when the FAN failed Options Disabled Enabled A...

Page 55: ...d Security Power Boot Exit Voltage Monitoring Item Specific Help CPU Vcore Vddr2 5V 12V 3 3V F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Previous Values All items on this submenu can not be modified in user mode Read only ...

Page 56: ...play the System Event Log F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit IPMI Specification Version BMC Firmware Version It displays the version of the IPMI Specification and BMC Firmware Read only System Event Logging Select Enabled to allow logging of system events Options Enabled Disabled Clear System Event Log When set to Enab...

Page 57: ...t Log Sub Menu PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit System Event Log SEL Entry Number 1 SEL Record ID 0001 SEL Record Type 02 System Event Record Timestamp 03 17 2073 13 10 06 Generator ID 01 00 SEL Message Rev 04 Sensor Type 0E POST Memory Resize Sensor Number 00 unknown SEL Event Type 6F Sensor specific Event Description POST Memory Resize SEL Event Data A0 00 00 F1 H...

Page 58: ...hoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit 0007 V5VSB Voltage 03 17 2073 13 10 08 SEL Entry Number 7 SEL Record ID 0007 SEL Record Type 02 System Event Record Timestamp 03 17 2073 13 10 06 Generator ID 20 00 SEL Message Rev 04 Sensor Type 02 Voltage Sensor Number 57 V5VSB SEL Event Type 01 Threshold Event Description Lower Critical Going Low Assertion SEL Event Data 52 81 B5 F...

Page 59: ...0 H1_THERM 0 00 degrees C 0 00 75 00 LocalTemp1 0 00 degrees C 0 00 59 00 VTIN2 0 00 degrees C 0 00 70 00 H0_THERMP 0 00 degrees C 0 00 75 00 VTIN1 29 00 degrees C 0 00 70 00 SYS_TEMP 127 00 degrees C 0 00 70 00 Voltage H0_DDRII_1 8Run 0 00 Volts 1 58 2 02 F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Previous Values All items on this submenu ...

Page 60: ...t Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Com Port Address Selects Com Port on BMC or motherboard Options Disabled On board COM A On board COM B Baud Rate Enables the specified baud rate Options 19 2K 300 1200 2400 9600 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K Console Type Enables the specified console type Options VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Flow Control Enables Flow Control Options None...

Page 61: ...r 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 Options Supervisor Disabled Fixed disk boot sector This option allows the user to write protect boot sector...

Page 62: ... S1 S3 Resume On Time When enabled this allows the system to be worked up at a specified time This time is specified by the Resume Time parameter Options Off On Resume Time This option allows the user to specify the time when the system is to wake up Chassis Intrusion Detect This feature is used to enable disable the function when chassis open event is detected BIOS will record the event Options N...

Page 63: ...wer Boot Exit Item Specific Help Boot priority order Excluded from boot order F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select X Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Boot Priority Order It shows the boot priority for installed devices Excluded from boot order It lists devices to be excluded from boot order ...

Page 64: ...ges 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 This loads the factory default values Discard Changes This discards all changes made without exiting ...

Page 65: ...rror 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 it was designed for For Flash ...

Page 66: ...ers in system 12h Restore CPU control 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 keybo...

Page 67: ...word optional 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports B9h Prepare Boot 83h Configure 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 s...

Page 68: ...h Initialize security engine optional 85h Check force recovery boot 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 86h Checksum BIOS ROM 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives 87h Go to BIOS A0h Set time of day 89h Set Huge Segment 88h Initialize Multi Processor 92h Initialize Run Time Clock 8Ah Initialize OEM special code 93h Initialize video 8Bh Initialize PIC and DMA 8Fh Initialize System Management Mode ...

Page 69: ...etwork 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 Platform ...

Page 70: ...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 71: ...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 72: ...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 73: ...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 the size shape power supply type and external connector type of the Personal Computer Board PCB or motherboard...

Page 74: ...art 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 EEPROM are both examples of Non Volatile RAM memory that holds its data without power DRAM in contrast is volatile OEMs Original Equipment Manufacturers Compaq...

Page 75: ...oring which stores the data within at least two hard drives but does not stripe RAID level 1 also allows for faster access time and fault tolerance since either hard drive can be read at the same time RAID level 0 1 is both striping and mirroring providing fault tolerance striping and faster access all at the same time RAIDIOS stands for RAID I O Steering a type of RAID technology from Intel RAIDI...

Page 76: ...down SRAM Static RAM unlike DRAM this type of RAM does not need to be refreshed in order to prevent data loss Thus it is faster and more expensive SSI Server System Infrastructure an industry initiative intended to provide ready to use design specifications for common server hardware elements chassis power supplies and racks to promote and support server industry growth Standby mode in this mode t...

Page 77: ...ections 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 support thro...

Page 78: ... 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 undesired ...

Page 79: ...s 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 of used ...