System information

VNX™ System Operations46 of 114 Release 7.0
Halt the Control Station
This section explains how to perform an orderly halt of Control Stations in Unified,
Integrated, and Gateway servers. You can halt a Control Station either locally or
remotely.
Perform these tasks to halt Control Stations either locally or remotely:
◆ "Locally halt one Control Station" on page 46
◆ "Locally halt two Control Stations" on page 46
◆ "Remotely halt one Control Station" on page 47
◆ "Remotely halt two Control Stations" on page 47
Locally halt one Control Station
This procedure applies to all VNX unified and VNX for file systems with a single
Control Station.
Locally halt two Control Stations
This procedure applies to all VNX unified and VNX for file systems with two Control
Stations. Always halt the secondary Control Station before the primary.
Step Action
1. Log in to the server as root.
2. Halt the Control Station by typing:
# /sbin/halt
The Control Station halts.
Step Action
1. Log in to the server as root.
2. Determine which Control Station (CS_0 or CS_1) is primary and which is secondary by
typing:
# /nasmcd/getreason
The primary Control Station returns a reason code of 10; the secondary Control Station
returns a reason code of 11.
3. Log in to the secondary Control Station as root.
4. Halt the secondary Control Station by typing:
# /sbin/halt
The secondary Control Station halts.
5. Log in to the primary Control Station as root.