System information

VNX™ System Operations48 of 114 Release 7.0
Restart the Control Station
This section explains how to perform an orderly restart of Control Station(s) in a
VNX unified and VNX for file systems. Control Stations restart either locally or
remotely.
Perform these tasks to restart Control Stations either locally or remotely:
◆ "Locally restart one Control Station" on page 48
◆ "Locally restart two Control Stations" on page 48
◆ "Remotely restart one Control Station" on page 49
◆ "Remotely restart two Control Stations" on page 49
Locally restart one Control Station
This restart procedure applies to all VNX unified and VNX for file systems with a
single Control Station.
Locally restart two Control Stations
This restart procedure applies to all VNX unified and VNX for file systems with two
Control Stations.
Step Action
1. Use a secure, encrypted, remote login application to log in to the server as root.
2. Restart the Control Station by typing:
# reboot
The Control Station restarts.
Step Action
1. Use a secure, encrypted, remote login application to 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 primary Control Station.
4. Change to root and type the root password.