AIX - How to shutdown or reboot

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AIX - How to shutdown or reboot

To shutdown.

shutdown             #shutdown after 60s
shutdown now     #shutdown now
shutdown -F        #shutdown forcefully

To reboot.

shutdown -r #reboot - flush cache to disk
shutdown -Fr #reboot forcefully
reboot #Do not flush cache to disk

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