Cisco Cisco C880 M4 Server
CHAPTER 5 Chapter System Startup/Shutdown and Power Control
5.3 Automatic System Restart Conditions
5.3 Automatic System Restart Conditions
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Menu Item
Scheduled
operations
operations
Description
Power Cycle
Not supported
Powers off and then powers on the system. The
system is forcibly powered off without an operating
system shutdown.
system is forcibly powered off without an operating
system shutdown.
Reset
Not supported
Resets the system. This reset is not followed by a
reboot of the operating system.
reboot of the operating system.
NMI
Not supported
Issues an NMI interrupt for the system.
5.3
Automatic System Restart Conditions
This section describes the setting of conditions to execute automatic system restart.
5.3.1 Setting automatic system restart conditions
Users with Administrators/Operator privilege can set system.
Note
Note
-
If you perform following operations, disable
‘Boot Watchdog’..
- Installation of operating system
- Starting in the single user mode
When the above mentioned operations are executed with the Boot Watchdog in the [Enable] status, the
specified action (Stop rebooting and Power Off or Stop rebooting or Diagnostic Interrupt assert) will be
executed after repeating the operating system restart for specified number of times. The number of retries to
restart the operating System and the actions to be executed depend on the settings in the [ASR (Automatic
Server Restart) Control] window of the MMB.
At that time, Boot Watchdog can be forcibly set to [Disable] by checking the check box of [Cancel Boot
Watchdog] and clicking the Apply button in the [ASR (Automatic Server Restart) Control] window.
The procedure of automatic restart condition setting of the system is as follows.
specified action (Stop rebooting and Power Off or Stop rebooting or Diagnostic Interrupt assert) will be
executed after repeating the operating system restart for specified number of times. The number of retries to
restart the operating System and the actions to be executed depend on the settings in the [ASR (Automatic
Server Restart) Control] window of the MMB.
At that time, Boot Watchdog can be forcibly set to [Disable] by checking the check box of [Cancel Boot
Watchdog] and clicking the Apply button in the [ASR (Automatic Server Restart) Control] window.
The procedure of automatic restart condition setting of the system is as follows.
1. Click [System]
– [ASR Control].
-> The [ASR Control] window appears.
2. Set the automatic restart conditions.
The setting items of the [ASR Control] window are listed in the table below.
TABLE 5.4
[ASR Control] window display / setting items
Items
Description
ASR
Number of Restart Tries
Number of Restart Tries
Set the number of retries for restarting the operating system when the hardware
error occurs and OS shuts down.
The number of times can be set up to 0-10 times. When 0 is specified, it does not
retry.
Default is five times.
error occurs and OS shuts down.
The number of times can be set up to 0-10 times. When 0 is specified, it does not
retry.
Default is five times.
Action after exceeding
Restart tries
Restart tries
Repeat the restart by Watchdog Timeout and sets the action when the above-
mentioned retry number is exceeded. The actions are as below.
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mentioned retry number is exceeded. The actions are as below.
-
Stop rebooting and Power Off: Reboot process is stopped, power supply of
system is cut off.
system is cut off.
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Stop rebooting: Reboot process is stopped, and the system is stopped.
-
Diagnostic Interrupt assert: Reboot process is stopped, instructs the NMI
interruption for system. Tries to collect the data for investigation (damp) for the
investigating the cause of stoppage, of the system which has stopped.
interruption for system. Tries to collect the data for investigation (damp) for the
investigating the cause of stoppage, of the system which has stopped.
Default setting is ‘Stop rebooting and Power Off’
Retry Counter
Displays the number of actual possible retries.
Note
Must not set
Must not set
‘Boot Watchdog’ and ‘Software Watchdog’ to “Enable”.
5.4
Power Restoration
In the Cisco C880 server, the system operations for power restoration can be set in the chassis unit.