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Chapter 3: Basic System Operations
Shutting Down All StorNext M660 System Components
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Shutting Down All StorNext M660 System
Components
To cleanly shut down the StorNext M660 Operating System and
software and power off the hardware:
1
Halt all I/O access to SAN and/or LAN clients.
2
For each SAN and/or LAN client, unmount and/or unshare the file
systems. Refer to that client’s operating system administrator’s
guide for instructions.
3
Open an
ssh
connection to the MDC node currently acting as the
secondary node, and log in as the
stornext
user.
4
To log in to the MDC node currently acting as the secondary node
enter:
• User:
stornext
• Password: enter the customer-supplied password (the default
password is
password
)
5
Enter
sudo rootsh
.
6
Enter the password for the
stornext
user account a second time.
7
Enter
/sbin/poweroff
. Both the operating system and the StorNext
software are gracefully shut down, and then the system powers off.
8
Open an
ssh
connection to the MDC node currently acting as the
primary node.
9
To login to the MDC node currently acting as the primary node
enter:
• User:
stornext
• Password: enter the customer-supplied password (the default
password is
password
)
10
Enter
sudo rootsh
.
11
Enter the password for the
stornext
user account a second time.
12
Enter
/sbin/poweroff
. Both the operating system and the StorNext
software are gracefully shut down, and then the system will powers
off.