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Dell EMC Metro node 7.1 CLI Guide

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director shutdown

Starts the orderly shutdown of a director’s firmware

Contexts

All contexts.

In /clusters/cluster/directors context, command is shutdown.

Syntax

director shutdown

[-f|--force]

[-n|--director] context-path

Arguments

Required arguments

[-f|--force]

Forces this operation.

Optional arguments

[-n|--director] context-path

* Director to shut down.

* - argument is positional.

Description

Shuts down the director firmware.

NOTE Does not shut down the operating system on the director.

After shutdown, state of the director is as follows:

  • Power is on.
  • Director OS running.
  • Director firmware (GeoSynchrony) is stopped.

Examples

In the following example:

  • The director shutdown command shuts down DirA.
  • The ll command displays the shutdown director.
    VPlexcli:/clusters/cluster-1/directors/director-1-1-A> director shutdown --force
    Please check the status of the director: director-1-1-A for its shutdown status.
    Status    Description
    --------  -----------------
    Started.  Shutdown started.
    VPlexcli:/clusters/cluster-1/directors/director-1-1-A> ll
    Attributes:
    Name                            Value
    ------------------------------  ------------------
    auto-boot                       true
    auto-restart                    true
    .
    .
    .
    marker-led                      off
    operational-status              stopped
    .
    .
    .

See also

  • cluster shutdown
  • director commission

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