SoftReboot White Paper (766152-001, March 2014)

Contents
HP secure development lifecycle......................................................................4
About this document......................................................................................5
Intended audience....................................................................................................................5
Typographic conventions...........................................................................................................5
Executive summary........................................................................................6
1 Technologies/features.................................................................................7
SoftReboot integrated with DRD..................................................................................................7
Product contents.......................................................................................................................7
2 Installation and uninstallation.......................................................................8
Installation...............................................................................................................................8
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Uninstallation...........................................................................................................................9
3 Configuration and usage...........................................................................10
4 Behavior and use case examples................................................................11
5 Constraints..............................................................................................12
Hardware configuration changes..............................................................................................12
Primary boot path changes.................................................................................................12
HyperThreading settings......................................................................................................12
nPar hardware setting changes............................................................................................12
Cell OLAD........................................................................................................................12
Interface card OL* (PCI OL*)..............................................................................................12
Dynamic processor resiliency...............................................................................................12
Known issues with SoftReboot...................................................................................................12
6 Troubleshooting........................................................................................13
7 Documentation feedback...........................................................................14
A SoftReboot Software Depot List...................................................................15
B Messages during SoftReboot......................................................................16
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