IBM RS/6000 manual Use, Restart Policy

Use

OS-Defined

restart

policy::

The Use OS-Defined restart policy

default

setting

is

YES. This

causes

the SP to refer to

the

OS

Automatic

Re

setting

and

take

action,

the

same action the OS

would

take if

it

responded

to the problem causing the restart.

When

this

setting

is NO,

or

if the OS did not

set

a

policy,

the

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 system when the system lose

detected

by

the Service Processor surveillance, and either:

1. TheUse

OS-Defined

restart

policy

is

set

to

NO

OR

2. TheUse

OS-Defined

restart

policy

is

set

to

YES

and the operating syst

NO

automatic

restart

policy.

Refer

to

“Service

Processor

Reboot/Restart

Recovery” on page 3-

The

following

provides

a more thorough understanding of the relations

OS

and

Service

Processor

restart

controls:

OS

Automatic

SP

to

use

SP

Enable

supple-

System response

reboot/restart

OS-Defined

mental

after

crash setting

restart

policy

restart policy

None

No

No

±

None

No

Yes

Restarts

None

Yes ±

No ±

None

Yes ±

Yes

Restarts

False²

No

No

±

False²

No

Yes

Restarts

False²

Yes±

No ±

False²

Yes±

Yes

True

No

No

±

True

No

Yes

Restarts

True

Yes±

No ±

Restarts

True

Yes±

Yes

Restarts

1

Service

Processor

default

2

AIX

default

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