Reference Guide

Considerations
Appliance state Personality Notes
Configured or
unconfigured
SAN or HCI If the node is not in service mode, you see a warning that the node is running
workloads. You can use the --force option to override the warning and start a reboot.
Shut down a node (svc_node shutdown)
This service script cleanly shuts down a node running in SAN mode. All services are stopped in the appropriate order.
Format
svc_node shutdown [-h] [-f] [-d] [-a] {local,peer}
Optional arguments
Qualifier Description
-h, --help Show the help message and exit.
-d, --debug Initiate verbose logging for debug.
-f, --force Ignore warnings; force shutdown which may result in data becoming unavailable.
-a, --async Run in asynchronous mode.
Positional arguments
Qualifier
Description
local
Specify this argument to indicate that you want to turn off the local, or primary, node of an appliance.
peer
Specify this argument to indicate that you want to turn off the peer, or secondary, node of an appliance.
Considerations
Appliance state
Personality Notes
Configured SAN If the node is not in service mode, you see a warning that the node is running workloads. You can
use the --force option to override the warning and power off the node.
Unconfigured HCI This operation is only supported when the script is run from the control path maintenance mode
service. The script stops the PowerStore VM to allow the node to enter VMware maintenance
mode.
Peer node status (svc_node status)
This service script displays the network connectivity status and power status of the peer node.
Format
svc_node status [-h] [-d] [-o]
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