Powering Off the Managed System

To power off a managed system from the HMC, make sure that all partitions have been shut down and that all partition states have changed from Running to Ready.

To shut down a partition, do the following:

  1. Open a virtual terminal window on the partition.
  2. Log into the operating system that is installed on that partition.
  3. Run the shutdown command.

To power off a managed system, you must be a member of one of the following roles:

To power off the managed system, do the following:

  1. In the Contents area, select the managed system.
  2. From the menu, click Selected.
  3. Select Power Off.

When you power off a managed system, each partition associated with that managed system powers off as well.