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Chapter 4
Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX
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Log in to the management processor for the server and use the Console menu to access the system
console. Accessing the console through the MP enables you to maintain console access to the system
after HP-UX has shut down.
Step 2. Issue the shutdown command with the appropriate command-line options.
The command-line options you specify dictate the way in which HP-UX is shut down, whether the
nPartition is rebooted, and whether any nPartition configuration changes take place (for example,
adding or removing cells).
Use the following list to choose an HP-UX shutdown option for your nPartition:
• Shut down HP-UX and halt the nPartition.
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, the shutdown -h command puts an nPartition into the
shutdown for reconfiguration state; for details, refer to the discussion of shutdown -R -H in
this list.
• Shut down HP-UX and reboot the nPartition.
Issue the shutdown -r command to shut down and reboot the nPartition.
On cell-based HP Integrity servers, the shutdown -r command is equivalent to the shutdown
-R command.
• Perform a reboot for reconfiguration of the nPartition.
Issue the HP-UX shutdown -R command to perform a reboot for reconfiguration.
This shuts down HP-UX, reconfigures the nPartition if needed, and reboots the nPartition.
• Reboot the nPartition and put it into the shutdown for reconfiguration state.
Use the HP-UX shutdown -R -H command to hold the nPartition in the shutdown for
reconfiguration state.
This leaves the nPartition and all its cells in an inactive state (the nPartition can be
reconfigured remotely).
To reboot the nPartition, you must do so manually by using the BO command at the
management processor Command Menu.
If HP-UX is halted on the nPartition, thus not allowing you to use the shutdown command, you can
reboot or reset the nPartition by issuing commands from the management processor Command
Menu.