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Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu
1. Number of reboot attempts:
Currently 3
2. Use OS-Defined restart policy?
Currently Yes
3. Enable supplemental restart policy?
Currently No
4. Call-Out before restart:
Currently Disabled
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v Number of reboot attempts If the server fails to successfully complete the boot
process, it attempts to reboot the number of times specified. Entry values equal to or
greater than 0 are valid. Only successive failed reboot attempts count, not reboots
that occur after a restart attempt. At restart, the counter is set to 0.
v Use OS-Defined restart policy lets the service processor react or not react the
same as the operating system to major system faults, by reading the setting of the
operating system parameter Automatically Restart/Reboot After a System Crash.
This parameter may or may not be defined, depending on the operating system or its
version and level. If the operating system automatic restart setting is defined, then it
can be set to respond to a major fault by restarting or by not restarting. See your
operating system documentation for details on setting up operating system automatic
restarts. The default value is Yes.
v Enable supplemental restart policy - The default setting is No. If set to Yes, the
service processor restarts the system when the system loses control as detected by
the service processor surveillance, and either:
v The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to No.
OR
v 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 63.
v Call-Out before restart If a restart is necessary due to a system fault, you can
enable the service processor to call out and report the event. This option can be
valuable if the number of these events becomes excessive, signalling a bigger
problem.
The following table describes the relationship among the operating system and service
processor restart controls:
OS Automatic Service processor to
reboot/restart after use OS-Defined
crash setting restart policy?
None No
None No
Service Processor System response
Enable supplemental
restart policy?
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No
Yes Restarts
Chapter 3. Using the Service Processor
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