SERV_CONFIG(8) Linux on Power Service Tools SERV_CONFIG(8)NAMEserv_config - view and configure system service policies and settings
on IBM ppc64 platforms
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/serv_config [-b] [-s] [-r] [-m]
/usr/sbin/serv_config -a filename
/usr/sbin/serv_config -z filename
/usr/sbin/serv_config -e var[=value]
/usr/sbin/serv_config [--surveillance[=settings]]
[--reboot-policy[=settings]]
[--ring-indicate[=settings]]
[--remote-maint[=settings]]
[--force]
DESCRIPTION
The serv_config utility is used to view and manipulate various system
service policies and settings on PowerPC-64 machines.
Serv_config can be run in one of two modes; interactive mode, in which
the user will be prompted for the value of each variable in the speci‐
fied category, or macro mode, in which the string provided on the com‐
mand line will be parsed for the values of the variables in the cate‐
gory. Macro mode is for expert use only; most users should be utiliz‐
ing the interactive options (-s, -b, -r, and -m).
NOTE: It is recommended that the current service settings are backed up
with the -a option before the settings are manipulated with this util‐
ity. Should a value be mistakenly updated to an incorrect value, all
the settings can be restored to the backed up values with the -z
option.
OPTIONS-s Interactively update the Surveillance settings.
-b Interactively update the Reboot policies.
-r Interactively update the Remote Power-On settings (either Ring
Indicate Power-On or Wake On LAN).
-m Interactively update the Remote Maintenance settings.
-a filename
Back up the current service settings to the file specified by
filename; these settings can be later restored with the -z
option.
-z filename
Restore the service settings that were previously stored to
filename (using the -a option).
ADVANCED OPTIONS
The following options are for expert users only. They are intended to
be used by scripts and utilities which have been designed to automate
the retrieval/manipulation of service settings.
-e var[=value]
If only var is specified, the value of the specified service
setting is displayed; if a value is also specified, the value of
the specified service setting is updated to the specified value.
--surveillance[=settings]
View or update the Surveillance settings in macro mode. If the
settings argument is not specified, all of the Surveillance
variables are printed along with their corresponding values. If
the settings argument is specified, the Surveillance settings
are updated to the specified values. The settings argument
should be in the following format:
sp-sen,sp-sti,sp-del,immediate
--reboot-policy[=settings]
View or update the Reboot policies in macro mode. If the set‐
tings argument is not specified, all of the Reboot policy vari‐
ables are printed along with their corresponding values. If the
settings argument is specified, the Reboot policies are updated
to the specified values. The settings argument should be in the
following format on legacy systems:
sp-bootrt-limit,sp-os-plt-reboot,sp-plt-reboot,
sp-dookc,sp-ac-reboot
On recent systems, the following format is used:
partition_auto_restart,platform_auto_power_restart
--remote-pon[=settings]
View or update the Remote Power-On settings in macro mode. If
the settings argument is not specified, all of the Remote Power-
On variables are printed along with their corresponding values.
If the settings argument is specified, the Remote Power-On set‐
tings are updated to the specified values. The settings argu‐
ment should be in the following format for systems with support
for Ring Indicate Power-On:
sp-ri-pon,sp-rb4-pon
On systems with support for Wake On LAN, the format
is as follows:
sp-remote-pon
--remote-maint[=settings]
View or update the Remote Maintenance settings in macro mode.
If the settings argument is not specified, all of the Remote
Maintenance variables are printed along with their corresponding
values. If the settings argument is specified, the Remote Main‐
tenance settings are updated to the specified values.
--force
Do not prompt for confirmation before modifying system settings;
only valid in macro mode (ignored in interactive mode).
SEE ALSObootlist(8), lscfg(8), nvram(8)Linux May 2004 SERV_CONFIG(8)
