IBM H80 Series manual Service Processor Reboot/Restart Policy Controls

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-De Restart Policy setup menu.

If the operating system has no automatic restart policy, or if it is disabled, service processor-restart policy can be controlled from the service processor menu 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 ( 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

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.

Chapter 3. Using the Service 65 Processor