Network Management

Whtas the difference between

shutdown -h now

and

shutdown -p now

i think both just shutdown the airwave but whtas the diference?

Cheers

Carlos

Hey, I believe they should be the same as the Linux/Unix commands:

-h will halt after shutdown and terminates all processes and shuts down the cpu.

-p is poweroff and is exactly like halt, but it also turns off the unit itself (lights and everything on a PC). It sends an ACPI command to the board, then to the PSU, to cut the power.

Is the AirWave running on CentOS?

Yes, airwave runs on cent os

My question would be if i wanted to shutdown the airwave which of the two i shoudl use?

I think i have tried both and both seems to do the same but well which one would be recommended?

Cheers

Carlos

Hi,

As mentioned both works same only differnece is -p poweroff the lights aswell.

If you want to complete remove the server from network and want to ship to different place then use poweroff, else halt is fine.

Okay

Well i got a virtual server of airwave, and we are doing a maintenience to the physical server so we need to turn it off.

In thi case halt(shutdown -h now) is fine? or do i need to poweroff(shudown -p now)?

Cheers

Carlos

ACPI in the BIOS should already be enabled.  So halt and poweroff should be doing the same thing.  You could also call the shutdown from the AMPCLI: Advanced (8) -> Shutdown (6)

AirWave Management Platform 8.2.6 on airwave.lab.com
1 Upload File
2 Download File
3 Delete File
4 Backup
5 Restore
6 Support
7 Upgrade
8 Advanced
9 Security
10 Custom Commands
11 Enter Commands
q >> Quit
Your choice: 8
Advanced
1 Restart Application
2 Reboot System
3 Configure Network Settings
4 Set Hostname
5 Set Timezone
***6 Shutdown System (halt)***
7 Add the File Transfer User
b >> Back

This uses /sbin/halt which results in complete power off.

its the same on airwave pre 8.2.4? 

Cheers

Carlos

The AMPCLI cmd is introduced in 8.2.4.  If you're on an earlier version, both shutdown -h and shutdown -p should do the same thing.  ACPI has been around for a while, so the server should be performing the full shutdown at this point unless the hardware is 10yrs or older.