<p><strong>Service - initial state<br> </strong></p>
<p>By default Nagios will assume that all services are in OK states when in starts. You can override the initial state for a service by using this directive. Valid options are: <strong><br>o</strong> = OK,<br> <strong>w</strong> = WARNING, <strong><br>u</strong> = UNKNOWN, and <strong><br>c</strong> = CRITICAL.</p>
<p><em>Parameter name:</em> initial_state<br> <em>Required:</em> no</p>