Installation Guide, Third Edition - HP Integrity rx2620 (August 2006)

Booting the Operating System
Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX
Chapter 9
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Shutting Down HP-UX
To shut down HP-UX running on a system, use the shutdown command. You have the following options when
shutting down HP-UX:
• To shut down and reboot an HP-UX system, use the shutdown -r command.
• To shut down and halt (power off) an HP-UX system, use the shutdown -h command.
For details refer to the shutdown (1M) manpage and the following procedure:
Shutting Down HP-UX (/sbin/shutdown Command)
From the HP-UX command line, issue the shutdown command to shut down the HP-UX operating system.
Step 1. Log in to HP-UX running on the system that you want to shut down.
You should log in to the MP for the server and use the Console menu to access the system console.
Accessing the console through the MP enables you to maintain console access to the system after
HP-UX has shut down.
Step 2. Issue the shutdown command with the appropriate command-line options.
The command-line options you specify dictate the way in which HP-UX shuts down, and whether
the system is rebooted.
Use the following list to choose an HP-UX shutdown option for your system:
• To shut down HP-UX and halt (power off) the system, issue the shutdown -h command.
To reboot a halted system you must power on the system using the PC command at the MP
Command menu.
• To shut down HP-UX and reboot the system, issue the shutdown -r command.