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RDX 8000 User Guide
4.5 Powering up and Powering down the unit
The RDX 8000 power button indicator will be solid amber when AC power is present at the unit indicating the unit is in
Standby mode.
Press and release the power button on the front panel to power up the RDX 8000. During the power up process the
power button indicator will change from solid amber to flashing green indicating the unit is in the process of becoming
ready. The RDX 8000 unit will take approximately 3.5 minutes to complete the power up boot sequence. During power
up a progress bar will be displayed in the OCP after approximately 90 seconds providing boot progress indication for
the remaining start up sequence operations.
NOTICE
The RDX 8000 will always start from standby mode if the last power shutdown of the
unit was performed via a normal shutdown to standby mode (shutdown initiated by the
pressing the power button).
If the unit was stopped or rebooted because of an AC power interruption the unit will
automatically boot backup to operation mode without the necessity of a power button
push. This allows the RDX 8000 to recover from power errors without additional
operator intervention.
After successful completion of the power up sequence, the network interface will be available if an active network
connection was detected. The RDX 8000 OCP (Operator Control Panel) will also become active and will display the RDX
8000 unit’s IP address for port 1. Please take note of this IP address which will be used to access the RDX 8000 and for
the iSCSI communication.
To power down the unit press and hold the power button for 4 seconds and release. The power indicator will flash
amber indicating the unit is in the process of powering down. Once the unit has completed the power shutdown
sequence the power indicator will be solid amber indicating the unit is in Standby Mode.
NOTICE
Do not insert RDX cartridges until the preliminary RDX 8000 configuration process is
completed!
Figure 6 — Power up/down the unit
