Shutting Down Microsoft Windows

You can shut down the Windows operating system on HP Integrity servers using the Start menu or the shutdown command.




	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 shutdown 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.

Select 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 restart 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.
See the procedure “Windows Shutdown from the Command Line” for details.
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
Shut down the system. This is the equivalent of Start—>Shut Down, Shut down.
/r
Shut down and restart the system. This is the equivalent of Start—>Shut Down, Restart.
/a
Abort a system shutdown.
/t xxx
Set the timeout period before shutdown to xxx seconds. The timeout period can be 0-600, with a default of 30.
Refer to the help shutdown Windows command for details.




	NOTE: On HP rx8620 servers and HP rx7620 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 HP rx8620 servers and HP rx7620 servers this behavior can be customized. For details see “ACPI “Softpowerdown” Configuration—rx7620 and rx8620 OS Shutdown Behavior”. 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 A-12 Windows Shutdown from the Command Line

From the Windows command line, issue the shutdown command to shut down the operating system.

Login to Windows running on the system that you want to shut down.
For example, access the system console and use the Windows SAC interface to start a command prompt, from which you can issue Windows commands to shut down the the system.
Check to see whether any users are logged in.
Use the query user or query session command.
Issue the shutdown command and the appropriate options to shut down the Windows Server 2003 on the system.
You have the following options when shutting down Windows:
- To shut down Windows and reboot:
  shutdown /r
  or select the Start —> Shut Down action and choose Restart from the pull-down menu.
- To shut down Windows and not reboot (either power down server hardware or put an nPartition into a shutdown for reconfig state):
  shutdown /s
  or select the Start —> Shut Down action and choose Shut down from the pull-down menu.
- To abort a shutdown (stop a shutdown that has been initiated): shutdown /a
For example:
shutdown /r /t 60 /c "Shut down in one minute."
This command initiates a Windows system shutdown-and-reboot after a timeout period of 60 seconds. The /c option specifies a message that is broadcast to any other users of the system.

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