Service processor functions and features – IBM F50 RS/6000 7025 User Manual

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2. 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 4-27.

Call-Out before restart (Enabled/Disabled) If a restart is necessary due to a
system fault, you can enable the Service Processor to call out and report the
event. This item is valuable if the number of these events becomes excessive,
signalling a bigger problem.

Service Processor Functions and Features

The following section discusses some of the Service Processor functions and
features more fully.

The IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series supports the following functions:

Built-in Functions

Initialization and Test

Service Processor 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

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IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 Series User's Guide

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