Does shutting down OpenEdge Management affect running databases?

Does shutting down OpenEdge Management affect running databases? 

Shutting down OpenEdge Management can here be understood as either shutting OpenEdge Management down with a 'fathom -stop' or by shutting the remote machine on which OpenEdge Management is running.

Shutting down the Adminserver that manages and starts the databases does not affect the running databases either.  
 

Shutting down OpenEdge Management does not affect running databases. When the AdminServer is restarted, before starting databases that are configured to autostart, managed databases that are currently running are first re-connected:
Since OpenEdge 11, ubrokers will remain running and reconnect like managed databases with the -keepservers switch. For further information refer to Article:

•  How to restart the AdminServer without stopping ubrokers?   

References to Other Documentation:
Progress Article(s):
 Considerations when upgrading from OpenEdge 11 to a later OpenEdge 11 version.