Chapter 3: Software Information; What Is Tso; Three Components; Four Software Parts - TYAN M3289 User Manual

Chapter 3: Software Information

Tyan System Operator (TSO) is an IPMI-aware management tool for systems based on
TYAN motherboards. Through TSO, Users have an easier way to remotely access
system health information, do system maintenance and make the running systems
much safer.

3.1 What is TSO

3.1.1 Three Components

The specially designed software TSO (Tyan System Operator) includes three
components:
TSO MANAGER
TSO AGENT
TSO CONSOLE
TSO supports the following operating system:
Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro (32/64-bit) and Windows Server 2003 (32/64-bit)
RedHat 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and 9.0, Server 2.1, 3.0 and 4.0 (32/64-bit)
SuSE Server 8.0, 9.0, Professional 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 (32/64-bit)
MANAGER
MANAGER is the core component of TSO.
CONSOLE and AGENT. MANAGER is normally installed at the gateway or proxy
machine in the subnet
AGENT
AGENT runs on a target system which is to be managed. AGENT is normally installed
at a data-server or email-server machines
CONSOLE
CONSOLE provides GUI (Graphic User Interface) for an administrator to perform all
management functions.

3.1.2 Four Software Parts

TSO includes four software parts: Management Console, Authentication Service,
Server Agent and System Monitor. The four parts and their function descriptions are as
following:
Management Console
Provide integrated one-to-many user interface to do remote server management. (OS
supported: Windows XP Pro (32-bit))
Implement Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 2.0 interface
It provides communication between
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