HP A9834-9001B - Manual (Page 161)

Chapter 4
Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows
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Step 3. Press Enter to initiate booting using the chosen boot option.
Step 4. When Windows begins loading, wait for the Special Administration Console (SAC) to become
available.
The SAC interface provides a text-based administration tool that is available from the nPartition
console. For details, refer to the SAC online help (type ? at the SAC> prompt).
Loading.: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Starting: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Starting Windows...
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Computer is booting, SAC started and initialized.
Use the "ch -?" command for information about using channels.
Use the "?" command for general help.
SAC>
Step 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, enter 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 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 shut down
immediately and can result in the loss of data.
Instead, use the Windows Start menu or the shutdown command to shut down without loss of
data.
To shut down Windows use either of the following methods.
• Select Shut Down from the Start menu, and select either Restart or Shut down from the drop-down menu.
Selecting the Restart menu item shuts down and restarts the system. Selecting the Shut down menu item
shuts down the system.
You can use this method when using the Windows graphical interface.
• Issue the shutdown command from the Windows command line.
Refer to the procedure “Windows Shutdown from the Command Line” on page 162 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 .