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14 Chapter 2 Starting Up the Xserve
Shutting Down the Xserve
There are several ways you can shut down an Xserve.
Before You Shut Down the Xserve
If the Xserve is hosting services provided by Mac OS X Server, open Server Admin or
Server Preferences and stop the services. You can open these applications on the local
Xserve, or use them remotely from another computer.
Shutting Down the Xserve with a Keyboard and Display
m In the Finder, choose Apple () > Shut Down.
Shutting Down the Xserve Remotely
To shut down an Xserve with no connected keyboard and display, or an Xserve in
a remote location, you can use either the Server Monitor application or the
command line.
To shut down the Xserve using Server Monitor:
m Open the Server Monitor application, select the Xserve in the list, and click Shut Down.
To shut down the Xserve from the command line:
m Open Terminal, log in to the Xserve using SSH, and enter a shutdown command:
$ ssh -l user server
$ sudo shutdown -h now
where user is the name of an administrator account on the Xserve and server is the DNS
name or IP address of the Xserve.
For information about the shutdown command and other command-line shutdown
options, enter man shutdown in Terminal or see Mac OS X Server: Command-Line
Administration at www.apple.com/server/documentation.
Forcing Shutdown from the Front Panel
If you can’t shut down the Xserve using the standard methods, you can force it to shut
down by pressing the on/standby button on the front panel until the power light turns
off (approximately 5 seconds).