Juniper MX204 Hardware Manual page 97

Ensure that you have the following parts and tools available to power off the MX204:
An ESD grounding strap
An external management device such as a PC
An RJ-45 to DB-9 rollover cable to connect the external management device to the console port
NOTE: After powering off a power supply, wait at least 60 seconds before turning it back on.
To power off the router:
1. Connect a management device to the console (see
and Cables" on page
2. On the external management device connected to the Routing Engine, issue the request system halt
command.
user@host> request vmhost halt
Halt the system ? [yes,no] (no) yes
You see the following output (or something similar) after entering the command:
Initiating vmhost halt... ok
Initiating Junos shutdown...
Shutdown NOW!
ok
Junos shutdown is in progress...
*** FINAL System shutdown message
System going down IMMEDIATELY
...
...
Operating system
Please press any key to reboot.
3. Wait until a message appears on the console confirming that the operating system has halted. For more
information about the command, see the
102).
shutdown: [pid 14318]
halted.
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