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 by the Use OS-Defined
Restart Policy setup menu.
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.
Use the Enable Supplemental Restart Policy selection.
Use OS-Defined restart policy - The default setting is Yes. This causes the service
processor to refer to the OS Automatic Restart Policy setting and take action (the
same action 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 Enable supplemental restart policy for its action.
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 64.
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