Displaying Process Information; Stopping A Process; Starting A Process - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Guide Manual

Managing the ExtremeWare XOS Software

Displaying Process Information

To display information about the processes in the system, use the following command:
show process {<name>} {detail} {slot <slotid>}
Where the following is true:
—Specifies the name of the process.
●
name
—Specifies more detailed process information, including memory usage statistics, process ID
●
detail
information, and process statistics.
—Specifies the slot number of the MSM. A specifies the MSM installed in slot A. B specifies
●
slotid
the MSM installed in slot B.

Stopping a Process

To stop a running process, use the following command:
terminate process <name> [forceful | graceful] {msm <slot>}
Where the following is true:
—Specifies the name of the process.
●
name
—Specifies that the software quickly terminate a process. Unlike the
●
forceful
process is immediately shutdown without any of the normal process cleanup.
—Specifies that the process shutdown gracefully by closing all opened connections,
●
graceful
notifying peers on the network, and other types of process cleanup.
—Specifies the slot number of the MSM. A specifies the MSM installed in slot A. B specifies the
●
slot
MSM installed in slot B.
NOTE
Do not terminate a process that was installed since the last reboot unless you have saved your configuration. If you
have installed a software module and you terminate the newly installed process without saving your configuration,
your module may not be loaded when you attempt to restart the process with the

Starting a Process

To start a process, use the following command:
start process <name> {msm <slot>}
Where the following is true:
—Specifies the name of the process.
●
name
—Specifies the slot number of the MSM. A specifies the MSM installed in slot A. B specifies the
●
slot
MSM installed in slot B.
You are unable to start a process that is already running. If you try to start a currently running process,
for example telnetd, an error message similar to the following appears:
Error: Process telnetd already exists!
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option, the
graceful
command.
start process
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