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Chapter 3 – Software
Administration > System Tools
Administration
> System Tools
System tool includes Restart, and Shutdown. Restart allows the MultiAccess to be shut down and restarted.
Shut down ensures that all services are shut down correctly.
Restart
By clicking the Restart button, the MultiAccess is shut down and rebooted. The message Are you sure you
want to restart the system? is displayed. By clicking the OK button you confirm that you want to restart the
MultiAccess. The login screen displays while the restart process takes place. The unit is first brought to run
level 0, which takes approximately 30 seconds to reach. At this point the system BIOS is restarted and the unit
begins to boot up. You will be able to log back in when run level 3 has been reach, which usually takes about 2
minutes. However the boot up process is subject to a number of variables that could dramtically increase the
time needed to reach run level 3.
Shutdown
This tool should be used when AC power is to be removed from the unit (moving the unit or adding MA30EXP
expansion modules). Clicking the Shutdown button starts the shutdown process. The message Are you sure
you want to shut down the system? is displayed. By clicking the OK button you confirm that you want to
shutdown the MultiAccess. The login screen displays while the shutdown process takes place. When a proper
shutdown is initiated, immediately 1 beep is heard and then the unit starts to shutdown (killing services,
unloading driver, etc) and then approximately 30 seconds later "run level zero" is reached and two consecutive
beeps are heard, after which it is now safe to power off the unit.
Avoid improper shutdowns. You should switch off the MultiAccess's power only after you have
Caution:
completed the shut down process. Improper shutdowns will increase the start up time on the subsequent boot
up. They can in some cases cause or lead to hard drive failures.
Upon initial power up, within 5 seconds one beep is heard at a successful POST of the BIOS,
Note:
approximately 90 to 120 seconds later five consecutive beeps will be heard when the system has reached run
level 3. During the boot up time all 12 line interface LEDs will simultaneously flash on/off (repeatedly), until run
level 3 is reached. Line interface and modem drivers take up to an additional 60 seconds to load after run level
3 has been reached. When the line interface and modem drivers finish loading, only the activated line
interfaces will have appropriate LEDs illuminated.
The time needed to fully boot up is a variable depending on the number of modem modules installed, hard drive
variables (journal events and file system checks) and other Linux system variables.
In some rare occasions, timing variables to the shutdown process may result in not all PIDs being removed.
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