Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

Basic Commandsshutdownsp (AX4-5 series and CX4 series only)Shuts down and powers off the current SPDescriptionSyntaxPrerequisitesThe naviseccli shutdownsp command shuts down the currentstorage processor (SP) of the storage system.shutdownsp is used with naviseccli (described on page 37) asfollows:shutdownsp [-o]For naviseccli, you must have a user account on the storage systemon which you want to execute the command.Options -oExecutes the command without prompting for confirmation. Theconfirmation message varies depending on the storage system.OutputExampleNone if the command succeeds; error information if used with anyother storage system.naviseccli -h ss1_spa shutdownspThis command shuts down and powers off the current storageprocessor (SP).The confirmation message for AX4-5 series storage system is asfollows:This operation will shutdown and power off the SP.To reconnect please reboot the SP or manually power up bypushing the power button on the system. Before you shutdown the SP, first verify that each server has failoversoftware and has a working path to a port on both SPA andSPB. If you do not, stop I/O from the server(s) withouta path to each SP, to prevent losing access to your data.Do you want to shutdown and power off the SP now? (y/n)?The confirmation message for CX4 series storage system is as follows:This operation will power off the SP.To reconnect please reboot the SP - this can beaccomplished by using the rebootpeerSP command.Do you want to shutdown and power off the SP now? (y/n)?273