Dell PowerVault DX6112 Dell DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide - Page 71

system --reboot, system --shutdown, system --upgrade

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system --reboot Description Reboots a DR Series system when you provide the required "administrator" password for the system. Syntax system --reboot Result Please enter administrator password: Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Jun 20 11:00:58 2012): The system is going down for reboot NOW! system --shutdown Description Shuts down a DR Series system when you use this command and provide the required password. CAUTION: The system --shutdown command powers off the appliance on which the DR Series system software is installed. Once the appliance is in a powered off state, you may only be able to power on the appliance in two ways: at its physical location, or by using an iDRAC connection on the network. Syntax system --shutdown Result Please enter administrator password: Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Oct 20 11:00:58 2012): The system is being shutdown NOW! system --upgrade Description Upgrades the version of the DR Series system software installed on a supported DR Series hardware appliance. Syntax system --upgrade NOTE: To obtain the latest DR Series system upgrade image, navigate to the Dell Support website (dell.com/ support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/dell-DRSeries), and download the latest DR Series system software upgrade image file to the local system using WinSCP. NOTE: Prior to performing a DR Series system CLI-based upgrade, make sure to download the DR Series system upgrade image. To initiate a DR Series system software upgrade for Windows users using the DR Series system CLI, the system software upgrade image file (in tar.gz format) is validated by the DR Series system, renamed to DRSeries_payload.tar.gz, and transferred to a directory/store location known to the DR Series system. When you use the DR Series system CLI system --upgrade command, the DR Series system looks in this known directory/store location for the DRSeries_payload.tar.gz file, and starts the system software upgrade process. 71

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system --reboot
Description
Reboots a DR Series system when you provide the required “administrator” password for the system.
Syntax
system --reboot
Result
Please enter administrator password:
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Jun 20 11:00:58 2012):
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
system --shutdown
Description
Shuts down a DR Series system when you use this command and provide the required password.
CAUTION: The system --shutdown command powers off the appliance on which the DR Series system software is
installed. Once the appliance is in a powered off state, you may only be able to power on the appliance in two
ways: at its physical location, or by using an iDRAC connection on the network.
Syntax
system --shutdown
Result
Please enter administrator password:
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Oct 20 11:00:58 2012):
The system is being shutdown NOW!
system --upgrade
Description
Upgrades the version of the DR Series system software installed on a supported DR Series hardware appliance.
Syntax
system --upgrade
NOTE:
To obtain the latest DR Series system upgrade image, navigate to the Dell Support website (
dell.com/
support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/dell-DRSeries
), and download the latest DR Series system software upgrade
image file to the local system using WinSCP.
NOTE:
Prior to performing a DR Series system CLI-based upgrade, make sure to download the DR Series system
upgrade image. To initiate a DR Series system software upgrade for Windows users using the DR Series system
CLI, the system software upgrade image file (in tar.gz format) is validated by the DR Series system, renamed to
DRSeries_payload.tar.gz, and transferred to a directory/store location known to the DR Series system.
When you use the DR Series system CLI
system --upgrade
command, the DR Series system looks in this known
directory/store location for the DRSeries_payload.tar.gz file, and starts the system software upgrade process.
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