Reboot - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Command Reference Manual

reboot

Reboots the control processor (CP) in a switch or a director.
Synopsis reboot [-f]
Description When this command is issued on a switch connected to a fabric, all traffic to and from that switch
stops. All Fibre Channel ports on that switch including E_Ports become inactive until the switch
comes online.
This command prompts for confirmation with the following message:
Consider the following before issuing a reboot:
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Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.
Operands This command has the following operand:
-f
Examples To reboot a Control Processor:
To reboot the CP to fail over to the Standby CP:
See Also fastboot, hafailover
Fabric OS Command Reference
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Are you sure you want to reboot the active CP [y/n]?
When the Standby CP reboots, it goes down and there is no failover because there is no traffic
on that switch. When the Standby CP comes up again, it is no longer in sync with the Active CP.
When the Active CP reboots, it fails over to the Standby CP. The Standby CP becomes the new
Active CP and traffic is disrupted.
When HA is in sync, and reboot -f is issued on the Active CP of a director, the Standby CP takes
over as the active CP without traffic disruption. If HA is not in sync, and reboot -f is issued on
the Active CP, the Standby CP takes over as the Active CP and traffic is disrupted.
Specify this operand when you want to fail over to the Standby CP and not
affect any of the Fibre Channel ports. Note that the recommended way to
force a failover without affecting any Fibre Channel ports is to issue the
hafailover command. This operand is optional.
switch:admin> reboot
Warning: This command is being run on a control processor (CP) based system
and will cause the active CP to reboot.
Are you sure you want to reboot the active CP [y/n]?y
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) Thu Jul 26 11:20:23 2007...
The system is going down for reboot NOW !!
switch:admin> reboot -f
Warning: This command is being run on a control processor (CP)
based system and will cause the active CP to reboot.
Are you sure you want to reboot the active CP [y/n]?
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