The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
Although you can use telinit to halt and reboot a system, the shutdown command is preferred as it notifies all logged-in users of the impending action.
For example, to shutdown a system in 5 minutes time and then reboot it:
# shutdown -r 5
The system is going down for reboot in 5 minutes!To shutdown a system immediately:
# shutdown -h now
For more information, see the shutdown(8)
manual page.