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Shutting Down Microsoft Windows
CAUTION:
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.
Use the Windows Start menu or the shutdown command to shut down gracefully.
To shut down Windows Server 2003 use one of the following methods.
"Shutting Down Windows from the Start Menu" (page 129)
"Shutting Down Windows from the Command Line" (page 129)
Shutting Down Windows from the Start Menu
Select Shut Down from the Start menu and select either Restart or Shut down from the pull-down
menu.
The Restart menu item shuts down and restarts the system. The Shut down menu item shuts
down the system.
You can use this method when using a graphical interface to the system.
Shutting Down Windows from the Command Line
You can issue the shutdown command from a command prompt through the Special
Administration Console (SAC) or from any other command line.
The Windows shutdown command includes the following options:
Shuts down and powers off the system. This is the equivalent of Start—>Shut Down,
/s
Shut down. To power on the system, use the iLO 2 MP PC command.
Shuts down and restarts the system. This is the equivalent of Start—>Shut Down,
/r
Restart.
Aborts a system shutdown.
/a
Sets the timeout period before shutdown to xxx seconds. The timeout period ranges
/t xxx
from 0–600, with a default of 30.
See the help shutdown Windows command.
To shutdown Windows from the command line, follow these steps:
1.
Log in to Windows running on the system that you want to shut down.
For example, access the system console and use the SAC interface to start a command
prompt, from which you can issue Windows commands to shut down the system.
2.
Check to see whether any users are logged in. Use the query user or query session
command.
Do not shut down Windows Server 2003 SAC restart or shutdown commands
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