<cmdsynopsis>
<command>shutdown</command>
<sbr>
+ <arg>--timeout=<replaceable>N</replaceable></arg>
+ <sbr>
<arg>--force-multiple</arg>
<sbr>
<group choice="opt">
</para>
<para>
+ The <option>--timeout</option> is used to specify how much time to
+ wait before forcing the shutdown (xm destroy in xen, killing the kvm
+ process, for kvm). By default two minutes are given to each instance
+ to stop.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
The <option>--instance</option>, <option>--node</option>,
<option>--primary</option>, <option>--secondary</option> and
<option>--all</option> options are similar as for the