Powering off a Brocade switch

Use the following procedure to gracefully shut down a Brocade switch.

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the sysShutdown command.
3. Enter y at the prompt.

   switch:admin> sysshutdown
    
   This command will shutdown the operating systems on your switch.
   You are required to power-cycle the switch in order to restore operation.
   Are you sure you want to shutdown the switch [y/n]?y
   

4. Wait until the following message displays:

   Broadcast message from root (ttyS0) Wed Jan 25 16:12:09 2006...
   The system is going down for system halt NOW !!
   INIT: Switching to runlevel: 0
   INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
   Unmounting all filesystems.
   The system is halted
   flushing ide devices: hda
   Power down.

5. Power off the switch.

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