shutdown airwave

[cdelarosa]

Whtas the difference between

shutdown -h now

and

shutdown -p now

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

Cheers

Carlos

[zalion0]

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?

[cdelarosa]

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

[Pavan Arshewar]

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.

[cdelarosa]

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

[rgin]

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.

[cdelarosa]

its the same on airwave pre 8.2.4? 

Cheers

Carlos

[rgin]

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.