initiate a reboot/restart process based on the settings in the service processor
Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu and the operating system automatic restart settings
(see operating system documentation).
If the operating system is AIX, the menu item under SMIT for setting the restart policy is
Automatically Reboot After Crash (True/False), and the default is False. When the
setting is True, and if the service processor option ″Use OS-Defined Restart Policy″ is
Yes (the default), service processor takes over for AIX to reboot/restart after a hardware
or surveillance failure.
Service Processor Reboot/Restart Policy Controls
The operating system’s automatic restart policy (see operating system documentation)
indicates the operating system response to a system crash. The service processor can
be instructed to refer to that policy, or not, by the Use OS-Defined Restart Policy
menu option.
If the operating system has no automatic restart policy, or if it is disabled, then the
service processor-restart policy can be controlled from the service processor menus by
using the Enable Supplemental Restart Policy option.
v Use OS-Defined restart policy - The default setting is YES. This causes the service
processor to refer to the operating system Automatic Restart Policy setting and
take action. This is the same action that the operating system would take if it could
have responded to the problem causing the restart.
When this setting is NO, or if the operating system did not set a policy, the service
processor refers to theEnable Supplemental Restart Policy optionfor its action.
v Enable supplemental restart policy - The default setting is NO. If set to YES, the
service processor restarts the server when the operating system loses control and
either:
– The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to NO
OR
– The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to YES and the operating system has
NO automatic restart policy.
Refer to “Service Processor Reboot/Restart Recovery” on page 471.
The following table lists the relationships among the operating system and service
processor restart controls:
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