Guard: When Manual guard can be performed
- Added the information about when the manual guard can be
performed i.e in few platforms, manual guard action maybe
restricted in a certain system state.
- Added the new line between each glossary.
Signed-off-by: Ramesh Iyyar <rameshi1@in.ibm.com>
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## Glossary
**Guard**: Guarding the system against failures by permanently isolating faulty
units.
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**Guard Records**: A file in the persistent storage with the list of
permanently isolated components.
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**Manual guard**: An operation to manually add a unit to the list of isolated
units. This operation is helpful in isolating a suspected component without
physically removing it from the server.
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- List Guard: List all the guarded components.
+**Note:** In few platforms may be the system or hardware is not in a state where
+guard operation can be performed either "permanently" or "temporarily".
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#### Guard Entry
The properties of each guard entry will be part of this object
Properties: