Powering Off The Controller Safely - Cisco Catalyst 9800-L Series Hardware Installation Manual

Power Up and Initial Configuration
• show interfaces— Shows if interfaces are operating correctly and if interfaces and line protocols are in
• show ip interface brief—Displays a summary of the interfaces configured for IP protocol.
• show configuration—Helps verify if you have configured the correct hostname and password.
After you have completed and verified the initial configuration, the specific features and functions are ready
to be configured. See the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide.

Powering Off the Controller Safely

Before you begin
We recommend that before turning off all power to the chassis, you issue the reload command. This ensures
that the operating system cleans up all the file systems.
Procedure
Step 1
Slip on the ESD-preventive wrist strap included in the accessory kit.
Step 2 Change the controller config-register by issuing the following commands:
wlc#
wlc# conf t
wlc(config)# config-register <config-register-number>
Note
Step 3
Save the controller configuration using the following command:
wlc# write memory
Step 4 Enter the reload command.
Step 5
Confirm the reload command:
wlc# reload
Reload command is being issued on Active unit, this will reload the whole stack
Proceed with reload? [confirm]
Chassis 1 reloading, reason - Reload command
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Initializing Hardware ...
System integrity status: 90170200 21030107
Step 6 After confirming the reload command, wait until the system bootstrap message is displayed before powering
off the system:
System Bootstrap, Version 12.2($v)
[$copy_name 101], DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1994-2019
Compiled Mon 04/15/2019
Current image running: Boot ROM0
the correct state, either up or down.
config-register-number refers to the config register number. The valid range is from 0x0 to 0xFFFF.
You can use config register number 0x2102 as the best case for initial deployment.
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