Shutting Down The Storage System - Intel D39172-003 User Manual

Shutting Down the Storage System

Caution: If you shut down the storage system, users will no longer be able to access the shared
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To shut down the storage system, you can press the power button on the unit itself, or you
can shut the system down remotely using the Manager. To ensure that you don't shut
down the system accidentally, you must enter your administrator password to do this.
folders on the storage system. If users have shared files open, data might be lost. Be sure
to have all users save their changes and close any open files before you shut down the
storage system.
Shutting down the storage system when a backup is occurring will not have any adverse
effect; the backup will resume automatically when the storage server is powered on again.
However, shutting down the storage system when a disk is being recovered can potentially
corrupt the user's operating system, and the user will have to recover the system disk
using the recovery CD (or, if the system disk was not protected, re-install the operating
system).
To shut down the storage system using the Manager:
1. In the navigation bar, click Advanced.
2. In the left pane, click Shut Down.
3. In the Administrator password text box, enter the password for logging in to the
Manager.
4. Click Shut Down.
A message appears, indicating that the system is shutting down.
Once the storage system shuts down, if you refresh the browser window, it will be
blank. If you subsequently try to access the Manager, an error message will appear,
since the storage system will no longer be running.
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