Shutdown command

[Sagar Sirdesai]

Hi
Does shutdown -h command power-off the server completely.
I mean afte I run shutdown -h Is there a need to power off the server manually or from GSP.
I've N class server.

sagar

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

This varies from one hardware to another, but IIRC the N4000 (aka rp7400) will stay powered on, unless you power it off using the GSP command or the chassis switch.

[Sagar Sirdesai]

Thanks

how about rp3440 and rp4440 Servers.

Sagar

[Torsten.]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think both will power off.

[Ismail Azad]

Hi,

shutdown -h normally takes the system to a "halt state" in the sense O.S is shutdown. And the servers I have worked on, requires the server to be powered off using pc after the O.S is halted. Typically in the CLASSIC sense of the word, there is a difference between "halt state" and "power off" and executing a shutdown -h typically "halts" the operating system and not the server power.

That's why there is a difference while booting the system from MP when your system is halted and when it is powered off.

An rp3410 works on this principle.

> Torsten

"Hardware dependent".. that I was not aware of!.. As there is a difference between "halt state" and "power off state" in the technical sense of the word.

Regards
Ismail Azad

[Torsten.]

From the rx3600 user guide:


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 iLO 2
MP Command menu

[Sagar Sirdesai]

Thanks a lot for the help