IBM 6.00E+04, 6C4 manual Configure Ring Indicate Power-On Policy, Configure Surveillance Policy

Configure Ring Indicate Power-On Policy

This service aid allows the user to power-on a system by telephone from a remote location. If the system is powered off, and Ring Indicate Power On is enabled, the system powers on at a predetermined number of rings. If the system is already on, no action is taken. In either case, the telephone call is not answered, and the caller receives no feedback that the system has powered on.

Use this service aid to display and change the following settings for the Ring Indicate Power-On Policy:

Note: Because of system capability, some of the following settings might not be displayed by this service aid.

vPower On Via Ring Indicate (on/off)

vNumber of Rings Before Power On

You can access this service aid directly from the AIX command line, by typing: /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/uspchrp -r

Configure Surveillance Policy

Note: This service aid is supported only for systems running in full machine partition.

This service aid monitors the system for hang conditions; that is, hardware or software failures that cause operating system inactivity. When enabled, and surveillance detects operating system inactivity, a call is placed to report the failure.

Use this service aid to display and change the following settings for the Surveillance Policy:

Note: Because of system capability, some of the following settings might not be displayed by this service aid:

vSurveillance (on/off)

vSurveillance Time Interval

This is the maximum time between heartbeats from the operating system.

vSurveillance Time Delay

This is the time to delay between when the operating system is in control and when to begin operating system surveillance.

vChanges are to Take Effect Immediately

Set this to Yes if the changes made to the settings in this menu are to take place immediately. Otherwise, the changes take effect beginning with the next system boot.

You can access this service aid directly from the AIX command line, by typing: /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/uspchrp -s

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