Procedure 24: Software Powerdown - Meridian Link/Customer Controlled Routing Installation And Upgrade Manual

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Procedure 24: Software powerdown

553-3202-210 Standard October 1998
1 Log in as maint. The default password is maint.
2 At the Òmaint>Ó prompt, type powerdown and press [Return].
The following messages appear:
Figure 292
Powerdown messages 1
Would you like to power down or reboot?
Powering down allows you to turn the system off.
Rebooting will automatically restart the system.
Enter p to power down, r to reboot, or q to quit:
3 Type p and press [Return] to confirm that you wish to power down.
The following messages appear:
Figure 293
Powerdown messages 2
Running subcommand 'powerdown' from menu 'machinemgmt',
MACHINE MANAGEMENT
Note: If more than one user is logged in to the system, a list of the
logged-in users will appear on the screen.
Users currently logged in:
disttech console
root tty01
Once started, a powerdown CANNOT BE STOPPED.
Do you want to start an express powerdown? [y, n, ?, q]
4 A list of logged-in users appears. You are prompted to start an
express powerdown. Type y and press [Return].
If you wish to alert all users currently logged in to the system of the
powerdown, type n and press [Return]. If you do, you are prompted
to enter the number of seconds the system should wait after the
warning message. Type the number of seconds that will allow the
users to save their work and log off. Then press [Return].
The messages shown in Figure 294 appear on the screen.
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