Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-01, November 2006)

2-692 Fabric OS Command Reference Manual
Publication Number: 53-1000240-01
sysShutdown
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Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability.
sysShutdown
Provides a graceful shutdown to protect the switch file systems.
Synopsis sysshutdown
Description For SilkWorm (nonbladed) switches, use this command to shutdown the switch operating system.
For SilkWorm directors, when sysShutdown is called in the active control processor (CP), the command
shuts down the active CP, standby CP, and any AP blades.
After doing this, you need to manually power off the system. If you want to reboot the system, manually
turn the power switch on.
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This command is not supported on the standby CP.
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The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.
Operands none
Examples To perform a system shutdown in a SilkWorm switch:
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
Broadcast message from root (ttyS0) Mon Sep 12 17:52:12 2005...
The system is going down for system halt NOW !!
INIT: Switching to runlevel:
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
ess095:root> Unmounting all filesystems.
The system is halted
flushing ide devices: hda
Power down.