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Chapter 5: 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.
5.1 What is TSO
Three Components
The specially designed software TSO (Tyan System Operator) includes three
components:
z TSO MANAGER
z TSO AGENT(optional)
z 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. It provides communication between
CONSOLE and AGENT. MANAGER is normally installed at the gateway or proxy
machine in the subnet
AGENT(optional)
AGENT runs on a target system which is to be managed. AGENT is normally installed
at a data-server or email-server machines. As IPMI improvement, most of IPMI function
can be done under out-of-band, users don’t need install AGENT normally.
CONSOLE
CONSOLE provides GUI (Graphic User Interface) for an administrator to perform all
management functions.