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Power Off

Shut down the managed system. Powering off the managed system will make all partitions unavailable until the system is again powered on.

Before you power off the managed system, ensure that all logical partitions have been shut down and that their states have changed from Running to Not Activated. For more information on shutting down a logical partition, see Shut Down

If you do not shut down all logical partitions on the managed system before you power off the managed system, the managed system shuts down each logical partition before the managed system itself powers off. This can cause a substantial delay in powering off the managed system, particularly if the logical partitions are not responsive. Further, the logical partitions might shut down abnormally, which could result in data loss and further delays when you activate the logical partitions once more.

Choose from the following options:

Normal power off: The Normal power off mode shuts down the system's operations in a controlled manner. During the shutdown, programs running active jobs are allowed to perform cleanup (end-of-job processing).
Fast power off: The Fast power off mode shuts down the system by stopping all active jobs immediately. The programs running those jobs are not allowed to perform any cleanup. Use this option when you need to shut down the system because of an urgent or critical situation.

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Last updated: Tue, June 17, 2014