What the Reset Command Does on Different Servers

The effects of the “Reset” command differ from one vendor’s service processor to another, and sometimes the types of resets available on service processors of the same type from the same vendor differ from one firmware version to another. In addition, sometimes service processors have more than one type of reset, as described in the following list:

•	Warm reset (or warm boot): only the server’s operating system is restarted

•	Cold boot: the server is fully restarted (the same effect as issuing a “Power cycle” command)

If n service processor has more than one type of reset option, the OnBoard “Reset” command performs the highest level of reset: the cold boot option if available.

If the OnBoard administrator is configuring a service processor that provides multiple reset options, the administrator can customize an associated service processor management script to cause the “Reset” command to perform one of the lower levels of reset that are available on the service processor. Customizing service processor management scripts in described in the AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide.