DEC 3000 800, Owner'S Manual

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Before You Begin
Before You Begin
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What You
Should Do First Before turning off your system, determine the current status of
your workstation or server system, as Table 7–1 describes.
Table 7–1 Current System Status
If your system is... Then you should...
Networked, or part of a
cluster See your system manager before
shutting down your system.
Not networked, but running
the operating system See Step 1: Shut Down
Operating System.
At the console prompt (>>>) See Step 2: Turn Off the
Hardware.
What You
Should Know
Beforehand Shutting down your system may require knowledge of file backup
and operating system shutdown procedures.
The following privileges may also be required:
• For the OpenVMS AXP operating system, the shutdown
procedure usually requires certain software privileges
• For the DEC OSF/1 AXP operating system, you may require
superuser privileges to shutdown the system
If you do not have the required system privileges, ask your
system manager for assistance in this task.
7–2 Turning Off the System