Windows Integrity nPartition Guide

Using Other Tools for Managing nPartitions

nPartition-level tasks

Chapter 4

For example, access the system console and use the Windows SAC interface to start a

command prompt, from which you can issue Windows commands to shut down the

system.

Step 2. Check to see whether any users are logged in.

Use the query user or query session command.

Step 3. Issue the shutdown command and the appropriate options to shut down the Windows

Server 2003 on the system.

You have the following options when shutting down Windows:

• To shut down Windows and reboot:

shutdown /r

or select the

Start > Shut Down action and choose Restart from the pull-down menu.

• To shut down Windows and not reboot (either power down server hardware or put an

nPartition into a shutdown for reconfig state):

shutdown /s

or select the

Start > Shut Down action and choose Shut down from the pull-down menu.

• To abort a shutdown (stop a shutdown that has been initiated): shutdown /a

For example:

shutdown /r /t 60 /c "Shut down in one minute."

This command initiates a Windows system shutdown-and-reboot after a timeout period

of 60 seconds. The /c option specifies a message that is broadcast to any other users of

the system.

Reboot and reset

When you perform a reboot or reset of an nPartition, all active cells in the nPartition

reboot and the nPartition returns to the system boot environment (EFI).

NOTE If possible shut down the operating system before resetting an nPartition.

Reboot and reset nPartitions by using any one of the following procedures:

Rebooting and resetting nPartitions [management processor]

From the management processor issue the RS command to reset an nPartition. Under

normal operation you first shut down the operating system.

Step 1. Login to the management processor and enter CM to access the Command Menu.

Step 2. At the Command menu, enter the RS command, specify which nPartition is to be reset,

and confirm whether to reset it.

The RS command resets all active cells in the nPartition and reboots them past partition

rendezvous to the system boot environment (EFI) or an operating system.