HP StorageWorks 1606 Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-100133 - Page 59

Switch and enterprise-class platform shutdown 1 Enabling a switch 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. Enter the switchEnable command. All Fibre Channel ports that passed the POST test are enabled. If the switch has interswitch links (ISLs) to a fabric, it joins the fabric. Switch and enterprise-class platform shutdown To avoid corrupting your file system, Brocade recommends that you perform graceful shutdowns of Brocade switches and enterprise-class platforms. The following procedure describes how to gracefully shut down a switch. Warm reboot refers to shutting down the appliance per the instructions below, also known as a graceful shutdown. Cold boot refers to shutting down the appliance by suddenly shutting down power and then turning it back on, also known as a hard boot. Powering off a Brocade switch 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. Enter the sysShutdown command. 3. At the prompt, enter y. switch:admin> sysshutdown This command will shutdown the operating systems on your switch. You are required to power-cycle the switch in order to restore operation. Are you sure you want to shutdown the switch [y/n]?y 4. Wait until the following message displays: Broadcast message from root (ttyS0) Wed Jan 25 16:12:09 2006... The system is going down for system halt NOW !! INIT: Switching to runlevel: 0 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal Unmounting all filesystems. The system is halted flushing ide devices: hda Power down. 5. Power off the switch. Powering off a Brocade enterprise-class platform 1. From the active CP in a dual CP platform, enter the sysShutdown command. NOTE When the sysShutdown command is issued on the active CP, the active CP, the standby CP, and any AP blades are all shut down. 2. At the prompt, enter y. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 17 53-1001336-01