TYAN M3291 Installation Manual
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M3291 Installation Guide
Hardware Setup
1. 2 X 25 Pin SMDC Cable
M3291 use this cable for mainly communication between BMC and Motherboard
2. 2 X 5 Pin Serial Cable for Serial over LAN
This Cable is used for Serial over LAN(SOL). It connects the M3291 COM port (J2) and
Motherboard on board COM2.
3. NIC Port For IPMI out-of-band Function
M3291 uses one of motherboard onboard NIC for IPMI out-of-band.
Before using, please make sure which port M3291 used.
You can refer to http://www.tyan.com/support/html/faq_tso.html motherboard Illustration
Picture.
1. BIOS Update
M3291 need BIOS support. So before using M3291, please make sure BIOS you used is IPMI
enabled. If not, please update BIOS first.
Users can refer to http://www.tyan.com/support/html/faq_tso.html M3291 Support List
If you wan to know the detail about BIOS for IPMI, please refer the M3291 FAQ.
2. Broadcom NIC Firmware Update
Some motherboards use Broadcom NIC as IPMI NIC. User must load Broadcom NIC ASF
firmware to enable the IPMI function. Users can get them from M3291 Driver CD or Tyan
website.
1) copy all file to floppy
2) boot to DOS
3) run “asf5704.bat” or “asf5721.bat” to flash the Broadcom NIC firmware
4) After flashing finish, choo
