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Chapter 3: Basic System Operations
Shutting Down a Single MDC Node of the StorNext M330
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StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide
1
Open an SSH connection to the MDC node you wish to access using
either IP address
10.17.21.1
or
10.17.21.2
on the MDC/Metadata
network.
Note:
Use the IP addresses assigned within the network if
different from the defaults used here.)
2
Enter
stornext
for the username at the prompt.
3
Enter the
stornext
password. The default password is “password”,
but may have been changed after initial configuration.
4
At the command prompt enter the following to gain root user
access:
5
Enter the password for the
stornext
user account again when
prompted.
6
Press Enter.
7
Enter the following:
8
Wait until the
secondary
MDC node becomes the
primary
, and
leave your SSH connection to this node open. (Time may vary.)
9
Open an SSH connection to the MDC node now operating as the
primary
.
10
Confirm that the MDC node is operating as the
primary
by entering
the following at the command line:
11
Verify the output is (bold used for clarification):
sudo rootsh
service cvfs fullstop
snhamgr -m status
:default:
primary
:default:stopped: