Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

This chapter describes the procedures for shutting down systems. This is a list of the step-by-step instructions in this chapter.

This is a list of the overview information in this chapter.

• System Shutdown Commands

• User Notification of System Down Time

• Turning Off Power to All Devices

For overview information about system run levels, see Chapter 16, Managing Services (Overview).

For information on the procedures associated with run levels and boot files, see Shutting Down the System (Task Map).