To shutdown a HP, IBM, Sun, or Dell server system running Linux, you can use the shutdown
command. The shutdown
command is a standard Linux command that allows you to shut down or reboot a system.
Here’s an example of how to use the shutdown
command to shut down the system:
sudo shutdown -h now
In this example, the -h
option is used to specify that the system should be shut down (halt), and the now
option is used to specify that the shutdown should occur immediately.
You may also use the -r
option instead of -h
to reboot the system:
sudo shutdown -r now
Note that you need to run the shutdown
command as the root
user or with sudo
in order to have the necessary privileges to shut down the system.
Also, it’s important to ensure that all the data has been saved and any running processes have been closed before shutting down the system. If you have multiple users on the system, you may also want to inform them before shutting down the system.