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Chapter 3. HMC overview and planning 87
Shut Down Partition
This option is equivalent to a power failure (or pulling the power plug) on the server, or as if
the partition were a separate server, experiencing a power failure.
When you select this option, you are presented with a selection panel as shown in
Figure 3-55, and this offers similar options to those available with the Power Down System
command — Delayed and Immediate power down:
򐂰 Delayed shut down — Shuts the system down in a predetermined time. If the partition
has not shut down during the time period, the shut down will occur anyway and cause the
next IPL to be classified as abnormal.
򐂰 Immediate shut down — Shuts the system down but does not allow any time for safe
shut down of tasks and services, and is equivalent to a power failure. This option will result
in an abnormal IPL.
Again, these options are only to be used in emergency. They do not replace the i5/OS
commands.
Figure 3-55 Shutting down a partition