Configure reboot Policy (CHRP) on POWER5 systems or later

This Service Aid controls how the system tries to recover when power is restored after a power outage.

Use this Service Aid to display and change the following setting for the Reboot Policy.

Note:
  1. This Service Aid runs only on POWER5 systems or later.
  • Enable Platform Automatic Power restart
    When enabled, Enable Platform Auto Power Restart allows the platform firmware to restart a system after power is restored following a power outage. If the system is partitioned, each partition that was running when the power outage occurred is restarted as indicated by that partition's setting of the SMIT option:
    
    Automatically REBOOT operating system after a crash
    

This Service Aid can be accessed directly from the command line by typing:


/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/uspchrp -b

The parameter setting can be read and set directly from the command line. To read the parameter, run the following command:


/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/uspchrp -q platform-auto-power-restart

To set the parameter, run the following command:


/usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/uspchrp -e platform-auto-power-restart=[0|1]
where
  • 1 = Enable Platform Automatic Power Restart
  • 0 = Disable Platform Automatic Power Restart