The Guardian Service Processor (also referred as GSP) is a

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within several models of server computers made by HP. It is a separate computer system within the server that allows some service tasks. It is available as long as the system is supplied with power, even when the main

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(usually HP-UX) is shut down, defective or not installed at all. Common tasks of the GSP are: * Alert display configuration * Automatic System Restart configuration * Remote Power Control (if the system is managed from remote) * Configure asynchronous/serial ports * Display of several status values * Reset system ("reboot") * Show logs (chassis code buffer) * System status of proc. modules * LAN configuration for console port * Firmware upgrades

External links

* {{cite book, last=Poniatowski, first=Marty, title=HP-UX Virtual Partitions, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6u3k1u0hEnoC&pg=PA161, year=2002, publisher=Prentice Hall Professional, isbn=9780130352125, pages=161–170 Hewlett-Packard products