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Restart describes activating the operating system after the system hardware reinitialized. Restart must
follow a successful reboot.
Reboot/Restart Policy SetupMenu
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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Number 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 reboots attempts count, not reboots that occur after a restart attempt. At restart, the counter is set
to 0.
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Use OS-Defined restart policy lets the SP 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/level. If the operating system automatic restart setting is defined, then it
may 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 systems automatic restarts. The default value is YES.
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Enable supplemental restart policy - The default setting is NO. If set to YES, the SP restarts the
system when the system loses control as detected by the SP surveillance, and either:
1. The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to NO OR
2. The Use OS-Defined restart policy is set to YES and the operating system has NO automatic
restart policy.
Refer to “SP Reboot/Restart Recovery” on page 227.
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Call-Out before restart (Enabled/Disabled) If a restart is necessary due to a system fault, you can
enable the SP to call out and report the event. This item is valuable if the number of these events
becomes excessive, signalling a bigger problem.
SP Functions and Features
The following section discusses some of the SP functions and features more fully.
The IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series supports the following functions:
Built-in Functions Initialization and Test SP Basic Instructions Test (BIST)
JTAG System Chip Initialization
Error Data Collection BIST/POST errors and status
Checkstop FIR data logout
Machine check logout
Configuration
CPU Complex validation VPD Collection
System Management Reset and Reboot on System
Firmware fail
Reboot on system failure
Service Processor Connection
Appendix A. Service Processor Connection
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