system firmware surveillance is automatically enabled during system power-on. it cannot be disabled by the user, and the surveillance interval and surveillance delay cannot be changed by the user.

    if the service processor detects no heartbeats during system ipl (for a set period of time), it cycles the system power to attempt a reboot. the maximum number of retries is set from the service processor menus. if the fail condition persists, the service processor leaves the machine powered on, logs an error, and displays menus to the user. if call-out is enabled, the service processor calls to report the failure and displays the operating-system surveillance failure code on the operator panel.