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You can shut down the appliance to relocate it, or if planned power or facility
work will affect the appliance. To ensure that your data is safe, we provide
multiple options for shutting down the appliance:
Power down: The appliance powers off. To start the
appliance after power is restored, you must press the power button on the
appliance.
Halt: The appliance unmounts the drives, stops the
operating system, and idles the CPU. The appliance stays powered on. The
appliance can be safely powered off when halted, and it automatically boots
when power is restored.
Power down
To power down the appliance, run the shutdown command from the appliance
command line:
sudo shutdown now
To restart the appliance after powering down, press the power button.
Halt
To halt the appliance, use the -H flag with the shutdown command from the
appliance command line:
sudo shutdown -H now
The appliance does not power off. It can be manually powered off using the
power button, or by disconnecting power from the appliance.
Once power is restored, the appliance will automatically reboot.
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