Clustering : Starting and stopping a node : About stopping a cluster or a node
 
About stopping a cluster or a node
Shutting down a cluster differs from stopping a node in a cluster. To shut down a a node, from the node’s Configuration Console, on System—Status, choose Stop. When you stop a node, the following events occur:
*The node leaves the cluster.
*The services and resource groups on the node are no longer available to the cluster.
*The status of the node changes to offline.
To shut down a cluster, you shut down all the nodes forming the cluster.