Chapter 1: Overview; What Are Smdc And Tso; Features Of Tyan Server Management - TYAN M3289 User Manual

Chapter 1: Overview

Servers today provide the necessary resource for corporate databases, financial and
statistical analysis data, military defense networks, and much more. To act as the heart
and soul of any network, servers must be infallible or near infallible. There must be
competent management of IT resources at all times in order to keep servers and
networks running smoothly and without incident. However, most network and server
administration staff can just provide part of that support, they cannot be present 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, on a constant 365-day calendar.
To help provide a solution for constant vigilance, the server remote management card
eliminates the problem of having an administrator on call at all times. Tyan has the
entire package to manage servers and networks. This makes the Tyan solution one of
the most complete IT resource tools available.

1.1 What are SMDC and TSO?

SMDC stands for Server Management Daughter Card while TSO stands for Tyan
System Operator. The TSO is software made by Tyan which acts as a front end client
that provides additional functionality for the SMDC. The SMDC and TSO offer remote
management over servers. The remote management gives the ability to monitor and
control remote resources, such as temperature monitoring, fan control, turning system
on/off, or modifying system settings remotely.

1.2 Features of Tyan Server Management

Monitor various system components remotely
- such as fans, processor temperature, and more
Remote power on and power off
Console redirect
-the ability to view system remotely
Alert and error actions
-such as audible beep, e-mail, power down and reboot
SMDC runs on stand-by power
-the SMDC will continue to function, even if the system is not
powered on
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