Windows nPartition Guide v5.5

4. Exit the console and MP interfaces when you are finished using them:
a. To exit the EFI environment press ^B (Control-B). This exits the nPartition console and
returns you to the MP Main Menu.
b. To exit the management processor, enter X at the Main Menu.
Procedure 4-26 Shutting down to shutdown for reconfig [Windows]
To shut an nPartition down to a shutdown for reconfig (inactive) state or power off the nPartition
hardware using the Windows command line, do the following:
CAUTION: Do not shut down Windows using Special Administration Console (SAC) restart
or shutdown commands under normal circumstances.
Issuing restart or shutdown at the SAC> prompt causes the system to restart or shut down
immediately and can result in the loss of data.
Instead, use the Windows Start menu or the shutdown command to shut down gracefully.
NOTE: On HP Integrity mid-range servers, performing a shutdown using shutdown /s (or
the equivalent Start > Shut Down > Shut down) powers off the server cabinet or powers off
the cells and I/O chassis assigned to the nPartition. On these servers, you can customize the
behavior. For more information, see “ACPI “softpowerdown” configuration—mid-range server
operating system shutdown behavior” (page 46).
On HP Integrity Superdome servers, the Windows shutdown /s command shuts down the
system and keeps all cells at BIB (the boot is blocked, inactive state).
1. Log in to Windows running on the nPartition that you want to shut down.
For example, access the nPartition console, and use the Windows SAC interface to start a
command prompt, from which you can issue Windows commands to shut down the
nPartition.
2. Issue the shutdown /s command to shut down the Windows Server 2003 operating system
on the nPartition and reset the nPartition to the shutdown for reconfig state. You also can
perform this task by selecting Start > Shut Down and choosing Shut down from the
pull-down menu.
For example:
shutdown /s /c "Shut down for reconfig (inactive)."
This command initiates a Windows system shutdown-and-stop after a timeout period of 60
seconds. The /c option specifies a message that is broadcast to any other users of the system.
The shutdown /s command shuts down Windows, resets all cells in the nPartition, performs
any nPartition reconfigurations, and halts all cells at a boot-is-blocked state, thus making
the nPartition and all its cells inactive.
For more information, use the help shutdown command.
Boot an inactive nPartition
When all cells in an nPartition are at boot-is-blocked, the nPartition is inactive. This is the case,
for example, when an nPartition is held at the shutdown for reconfig state.
You can boot an nPartition past the shutdown for reconfig state to make it active by using the
BO (boot) command at the MP Command menu.
To determine whether an nPartition is in a boot-is-blocked (shutdown for reconfig) state, use the
Virtual Front Panel for the nPartition to check the nPartition boot status. If all cells assigned to
the nPartition are at boot-is-blocked, the nPartition is halted at the shutdown for reconfig state.
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