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Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) > Chapter 5 Monitor and Shell Commands

Shutting Down or Rebooting the Hard Partition (rebooting the vPars monitor)

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To halt or reboot the hard partition gracefully, you need to do the following:

  1. Log into every virtual partition that is running and gracefully shutdown the partition via the HP-UX command shutdown.

    There is no command that shuts down all the virtual partitions at the same time. You need to shutdown every virtual partition one at a time.

    For our example, if all our partitions were up, we would need to shut them down:

    winona1# vparstatus
    winona1# shutdown -h

    winona2# vparstatus
    winona2# shutdown -h

    winona3# vparstatus
    winona3# shutdown -h

  2. After the last virtual partition is shutdown, you will be at the monitor prompt (MON>) on the console.

    1. To reboot the hard partition, use the monitor command reboot:

      MON> reboot

    2. To shutdown the rp5470/L3000 or rp7400/N4000 servers, access the GSP using Ctrl-B. You can then use the GSP command PC to power off the server. For example:

      MON> ^B
      GSP> PC

      Alternatively, you can power off the rp5470/L3000 or rp7400/N4000 servers via the physical power switch.

      Because no partitions are running and monitor is running only in memory, shutting down the monitor this way does not corrupt the server's memory.

    3. To power off the cells assigned to the nPartition, access the GSP using Ctrl-B. You can then go to the Command Menu and use the command PE to power off the cells. For example:

      MON> ^B 
      GSP MAIN MENU:
      CO: Consoles
      VFP: Virtual Front Panel
      CM: Command Menu
      CL: Console Logs
      SL: Show chassis Logs
      HE: Help
      X: Exit Connection

      GSP> cm
      Enter HE to get a list of available commands

      GSP:CM> PE

      This command controls power enable to a hardware device.

      B - Cabinet
      C - Cell
      I - IO Chassis
      Select Device: c

      Enter cabinet number: 0
      Enter slot number: 6

      The power state is ON for the Cell in Cabinet 0, Slot 6.
      In what state do you want the power? (ON/OFF) OFF

      GSP:CM>
      WARNING!

      Before modifying power settings and for detailed warnings and information on power for nPartition-able servers, please read the section "Powering Cells and I/O Chassis On and Off" in the manual HP System Partitions Guide available at http://docs.hp.com.

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