When surveillance detects operating system inactivity during restart, an enabled 'Supplemental Restart Policy' causes a system reset and the reboot process begins.

vCall-Out Before Restart (on/off)

When enabled, Call-Out Before Restart allows the system to call out (on a serial port that is enabled for call-out) when an operating system restart is initiated. Such calls can be valuable if the number of these events becomes excessive, thus signalling bigger problems.

vEnable Unattended Start Mode (1=Yes, 0=No)

When enabled, 'Unattended Start Mode' allows the system to recover from the loss of ac power.

If the system was powered-on when the ac loss occurred, the system reboots when power is restored. If the system was powered-off when the ac loss occurred, the system remains off when power is restored.

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

Configure Remote Maintenance Policy

Note: This service aid runs on CHRP system units only.

The Remote Maintenance Policy includes modem configurations and phone numbers to use for remote maintenance support.

Use this service aid to display and change the following settings for the Remote Maintenance Policy.

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

vConfiguration File for Modem on serial port 1 (S1) Configuration File for Modem on serial port 2 (S2).

Enter the name of a modem configuration file to load on either S1 or S2. The modem

configuration files are located in the directory /usr/share/modems. If a modem file is already loaded, it is indicated by Modem file currently loaded.

vModem file currently loaded on S1 Modem file currently loaded on S2

This is the name of the file that is currently loaded on serial port 1 or serial port 2.

Note: These settings are only shown when a modem file is loaded for a serial port.

vCall In Authorized on S1 (on/off) Call In Authorized on S2 (on/off)

Call In allows the Service Processor to receive a call from a remote terminal.

vCall Out Authorized on S1 (on/off) Call Out Authorized on S2 (on/off) Call Out allows the Service Processor to place calls for maintenance.

vS1 Line Speed S2 Line Speed

A list of line speeds is available by using List on the screen.

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pSeries690 specifications

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