IBM RS/6000 44P Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu, Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to No. or

Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu

Reboot describes bringing the system hardware back up from scratch, for example, from a system reset or power-on. The boot process ends when control passes to the operating system process.

Restart describes activating the operating system after the system hardware reinitialized. Restart must follow a successful reboot.

Reboot/Restart Policy Setup Menu

1.Number of reboot attempts: Currently 3

2.Use OS-Defined restart policy? Currently Yes

3.Enable supplemental restart policy? Currently No

4.Call-Out before restart:

Currently Disabled

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vNumber of reboot attempts If the server fails to successfully complete the boot process, it attempts to reboot the number of times specified. Entry values equal to or greater than 0 are valid. Only successive failed reboot attempts count, not reboots that occur after a restart attempt. At restart, the counter is set to 0.

vUse OS-Defined restart policy lets the service processor react or not react the same as the operating system to major system faults, by reading the setting of the operating system parameter Automatically Restart/Reboot After a System Crash. This parameter may or may not be defined, depending on the operating system or its version and level. If the operating system automatic restart setting is defined, then it can be set to respond to a major fault by restarting or by not restarting. See your operating system documentation for details on setting up operating system automatic restarts. The default value is Yes.

vEnable supplemental restart policy - The default setting is No. If set to Yes, the service processor restarts the system when the system loses control as detected by the service processor surveillance, and either:

vThe Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to No. OR

vThe Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to Yes, and the operating system has NO automatic restart policy.

Refer to ªService Processor Reboot/Restart Recoveryº on page 63.

vCall-Out before restart If a restart is necessary due to a system fault, you can enable the service processor to call out and report the event. This option can be valuable if the number of these events becomes excessive, signalling a bigger problem.

The following table describes the relationship among the operating system and service processor restart controls:

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