[pkremens@dhcp-10-40-5-17 client] $ java -jar jboss-cli-client.jar 
WARN: can't find jboss-cli.xml. Using default configuration values.
You are disconnected at the moment. Type 'connect' to connect to the server or 'help' for the list of supported commands.

[disconnected /] embed-host-controller --jboss-home=~/workspace/jboss-eap-7.0/           
Warning! The CLI is running in a non-modular environment and cannot load commands from management extensions.

[domain@embedded /] stop-embedded-host-controller
The command is not available in the current context (e.g. required subsystems or connection to the controller might be unavailable).

# only stop-embedded-server is available
[domain@embedded /] s
set  stop-embedded-server  

# stop-embedded-host-controller command should be used for this
[domain@embedded /] stop-embedded-server 
[disconnected /]