Shutting Down Microsoft Windows - HP Rp7410 - Server - 0 MB RAM Administrator's Manual

5. Exit the console and management processor interfaces if you are finished using them.
To exit the console environment, press ^B (Control-B); this exits the console and returns to
the management processor Main menu. To exit the management processor, type X at the
Main menu.

Shutting Down Microsoft Windows

You can shut down the Windows OS on HP Integrity servers using the Start menu or the
shutdown command.
CAUTION:
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.
To shut down Windows use either of the following methods.
• Choose Shut Down from the Start menu and choose 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.
• Issue the shutdown command from the Windows command line.
Refer to the procedure
You can issue this 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:
/s
/r
/a
/t xxx
Refer to the help shutdown Windows command for details.
NOTE: On HP rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, and rx8640 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 this behavior. For details refer to
Behavior" (page
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).
Procedure 5-21 Windows Shutdown from the Command Line
From the Windows command line, issue the shutdown command to shut down the OS.
128 Booting and Resetting nPartitions
Do not shut down Windows using Special Administration Console (SAC) restart
"Windows Shutdown from the Command Line" (page 128)
Shut down the system. This is the equivalent of Start Shut Down Shut down.
Shut down and restart the system. This is the equivalent of Start Shut
Down Restart.
Abort a system shutdown.
Set the timeout period before shutdown to xxx seconds. The timeout period can
range from 0-600, with a default of 30.
93).
"ACPI Softpowerdown Configuration—OS Shutdown
for details.