Thursday, August 04, 2011

Introduction to service processor

on P -series servers , there is an extra processor known as the service processor.
                             In reality ,service processor is a firmware that is not a part of AIX OS.

The purpose of service processor is to continuously monitor the system from failure and allow for system re-configuration.

funtions of service processors

1.  access the local or remote ASCII terminals.
2.  console mirroring for dual support.
3.remote power on
4.unattended start after power failure

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