IBM 6C1 Service Manual page 211

v Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu
Reboot describes bringing the system hardware back up from scratch, for example,
from a system reset or power-on. The reboot process ends when control passes to
the operating system loading (or initialization) process.
Restart describes activating the operating system after the system hardware
reinitialized. Restart must follow a successful reboot.
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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– Number of reboot attempts If the system fails to successfully complete the boot
process, it attempts to reboot the number of times specified. 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.
– Use OS-Defined restart policy lets the service processor react in the same way
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.
– 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:
- 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 207.
– 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.
Chapter 7. Using the Service Processor
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