if the operating system has no automatic restart policy, or if it is disabled, then the service processor-restart policy can be controlled from the service processor menus. use the enable supplemental restart policy selection.
use os-defined restart policy - the default setting is no. in a full-system partition, this causes the service processor to refer to the os automatic restart policy setting and take action (the same action the operating system would take if it could have responded to the problem causing the restart).
when this setting is no, or if the operating system did not set a policy, the service processor refers to enable supplemental restart policy for its action.
enable supplemental restart policy - the default setting is yes. when set to yes in a full system partition, the service processor restarts the server when the operating system loses control 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.
if set to yes on a full-system partition, the service processor restarts the system when the system loses control and it is detected by service processor surveillance. refer to “service processor reboot/restart recovery” on page 53.
the following table describes the relationship among the operating system and service processor restart controls in a full system partition:
1 service processor default
2 aix default
in a partitioned system, the service processor’s supplemental restart policy is the only setting that is used.