User Service Guide, Third Edition - HP Integrity cx2620 Server

3. Enter ELILO at the EFI Shell prompt to launch the ELILO.EFI loader.
If needed, you can specify the loader’s full path by entering \EFI\redhat\elilo at the
EFI Shell prompt.
4. Allow the ELILO.EFI loader to proceed with booting the Linux kernel.
By default, the ELILO.EFI loader boots the kernel image and options specified by the
default item in the elilo.conf file.
To interact with the ELILO.EFI loader, interrupt the boot process (press any key) at the
ELILO boot prompt. To exit the loader, use the exit command.
Shutting Down Linux
Use the shutdown command to shut down Linux.
The Linux shutdown command has the following options:
-h
Halts (power off) after shutdown.
To manually power on or power off server hardware, as needed, use the PC command
at the iLO MP Command menu.
-r
Reboots after shutdown.
-c
Cancels an already running shutdown.
time (Required) When to shut down. You can specify time in any of the following ways:
• Absolute time in the format hh:mm, in which hh is the hour (one or two digits) and
mm is the minute of the hour (two digits).
• Number of minutes to wait in the format +m, in which m is the number of minutes.
• now to immediately shut down; this is equivalent to using +0 to wait zero minutes.
For information, see the shutdown (8) Linux manpage. Also see the Linux poweroff manpage.
Procedure 4-9 Shutting Down Linux
To shut down the Linux operating system, follow these steps:
1. Log in to Linux running on the server you want to shut down.
2. Issue the shutdown command with the desired command-line options, and include the
required time argument to specify when the operating system shutdown is to occur.
For example, shutdown -r +20 shuts down and reboots the system in twenty minutes.
118 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System