all the settings that you make (except language) from the service processor menus can be backed up either for recovering from a fault that may corrupt these settings, or for replicating these settings to other servers that include a service processor.

    the service aid, save or restore hardware management policies, can be used to save your settings after initial setup or whenever the settings must be changed for system operation purposes.

    it is strongly recommended that you use this service aid for backing up service processor settings to protect the usefulness of the service processor and the availability of the server. refer to “save or restore hardware management policies,” in “introduction to tasks and service aids” for information about this service aid.