Stopping A Process - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Guide Manual

Managing the ExtremeWare XOS Software
Start Time—The current start time of the process. Options are:
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Day/Month/Date/Time/Year—The date and time the process began. If a process terminates and
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restarts, the start time is also updated.
Not Started—The process has not been started. This can be caused by not having the appropriate
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license or for not starting the process.
If you specify the
show process detail
information in a multi-tabular format:
Detailed process information
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Memory usage configurations
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Recovery policies
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Process statistics
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Resource usage
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Stopping a Process

If recommended by Extreme Networks Technical Support personnel, you can stop a running 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.
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name
—Specifies that the software quickly terminate a process. Unlike the
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forceful
process is immediately shutdown without any of the normal process cleanup.
—Specifies that the process shutdown gracefully by closing all opened connections,
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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
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slot
MSM installed in slot B. (This parameter is available only on modular switches.)
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
You can also use a single command to stop and restart a running process during a software upgrade on
the switch. By using the single command, there is less process disruption and it takes less time to stop
and restart the process. To stop and restart a process during a software upgrade, use the following
command:
restart process [class <cname> | <name> {msm <slot>}]
Where the following is true:
—Specifies that the software terminates and restarts all instances of the process associated with
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cname
a specific routing protocol on all VRs.
—Specifies the name of the process.
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name
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keyword, more specific and detailed process information is displayed. The
detail
and
show process slot <slotid> detail
commands display the following
option, the
graceful
command.
start process
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