03-23-2013 09:34 PM
Hi,
Can some tell me how to shutdown the cisco router/switches by itself ( i mean to say by giving some commands ). Our cisco equipment is running on UPS. But after sometime thet get shutdown due to ups batteries problem.
Thanks
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03-24-2013 11:19 AM
Cisco routers and switches do not include a "shutdown" command - only "reload". Most routers have a physical power switch that one can toggle off. The switches don't - as long as there is adequate power via the mains, they will power up and run.
If you want to remotely power off a router or switch, you need to use an external solution such as a managed PDU or UPS that allows you to set the power outlets used by the Cisco equipment to "off".
03-24-2013 11:19 AM
Cisco routers and switches do not include a "shutdown" command - only "reload". Most routers have a physical power switch that one can toggle off. The switches don't - as long as there is adequate power via the mains, they will power up and run.
If you want to remotely power off a router or switch, you need to use an external solution such as a managed PDU or UPS that allows you to set the power outlets used by the Cisco equipment to "off".
03-24-2013 09:11 PM
Thanks Mr. Marvin
10-24-2017 11:10 PM
Hi,
But the problem if suddenly the power switched off, this may cause a damage in the router or switch, so, is there away to make the switch or router switched off by a software command?
Regards,
Abdullah
10-25-2017 02:38 AM
- As in the end the purpose of the software command would be to turn the router off the same argumenting still applies. Just as it would be for a windows-10 PC, when windows powers the PC down after a shutdown (this could , then, cause harm too). The only thing you need to do is to save the configuration. Besides default argumenting (reasoning), such as , possibly failing parts, there will be no harm on 'physical power off'.
M.
10-25-2017 04:55 AM
I agree with Marcel. Routers do not suffer from being "suddenly" powered off. as long as the running-configuration has been saved to startup-configuration they should work perfectly fine.
Some branch routers with built-in UCS blades running services might be an exception as the services running on them MIGHT recover less gracefully. In a case like that, having a good UPS and operational procedure to gracefully shutdown the services is the best you can do.
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