Novell Doc: OES 1 - Shutting Down and Restarting the Host

8.4 Shutting Down and Restarting the Host

Clicking the Down/Restart link in the navigation frame displays the Down/Reset Options page. You can use these options to shut down or reset the host.

The following table describes the specific actions of each option.

Table 8-3 Down/Reset Options Page Options and Actions

Option	Action
Down	Forces the host to shut down immediately.
Reset	Forces the host to shut down immediately, then warm boots the computer.

Using either of the options additionally forces the host to perform the following actions:

Update the cache buffers to disks
Close all open files

WARNING:If files are open and changes have not been saved to the host, some data loss might occur. Users might need to save changes locally until the host is started again.
Update the appropriate file system tables
Exit the host from the network
Unmount all file systems