Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Figure 16: System
Shutdown window
Entering information
on the System
Shutdown window
.
Chapter 3: General System Tasks
Restarting or shutting down the system
Rebooting or shutting down using the Admin Console
The following procedure allows you to reboot or shut down the system using
the Admin Console.
In the Admin Console, select Firewall Administration > System Shutdown.
The following window appears.
This window is used to either reboot the Sidewinder G2 or to shut down the
system completely. Follow the steps below.
1 In the Shutdown Options area, select the action you want to perform:
• Reboot to Operational Kernel—Restarts the system in the Operational
kernel.
• Reboot to Administrative Kernel—Restarts the system in the
Administrative kernel and displays the # prompt at the Sidewinder G2,
indicating that you are in a login shell and can start issuing Sidewinder
G2 or UNIX commands. (You will be prompted to mount the file
systems.)
Important: Remember that while Sidewinder G2 is in the Administrative
kernel, it is offline and does not pass traffic. You must connect a keyboard and
monitor to the Sidewinder G2 before you can administer the system in the
Administrative kernel. See “Powering up the system to the Administrative
kernel” on page 636 for details.
• Halt System—Shuts down the Sidewinder G2 software without
restarting. Run this command before you move your Sidewinder G2 to a
new location or make hardware changes.
2 [Optional] If you want a shutdown message to appear informing users of a
pending shutdown, type the message text in the Shutdown Message field.
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