[j-nsp] Power ON?

Aaron Gould aaron1 at gvtc.com
Fri Apr 6 16:52:58 EDT 2018


Funny, the day after I learned about this way of powering down a next gen
RE, I had to do it for a technician that was pulling an RE for RMA return to
jtac because of a bad ssd.

I forgot at first that this was how to do it, so I couldn't find how to
power down RE...


root at 960-lab> request system ?
Possible completions:
  certificate          Manage X509 certificates
  commit               Perform commit related operations
  configuration        Request operation on system configuration
  license              Manage feature licenses
  logout               Forcibly end user's CLI login session
  process              Request operation on system process
  reboot               Reboot the system
  recover              Recover a specified volume
  scripts              Manage scripts (commit, op, event)
  snapshot             Create a normal Junos or a recovery snapshot
  software             Perform system software extension or upgrade
  storage              Request operation on system storage
  zeroize              Erase all data, including configuration and log files

...then I remember this email thread from you all...

root at 960-lab> request vmhost ?
Possible completions:
  cleanup              RE vmhost cleanup /var/tmp, /var/crash and /var/log
  file-copy            Copy file from vmhost to vjunos
  halt                 Halt the software on RE
  hard-disk-test       Run smartd self tests on hard disks
  power-off            Power off the software on RE
  power-on             Power on the system
  reboot               Reboot RE vmhost
  snapshot             Create a vmhost recovery snapshot
  software             Perform vmhost software extension or upgrade
  zeroize              Erase all data, including configuration and log files

--- on master re...

root at 960-lab> request vmhost power-off other-routing-engine
re1:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Initiating vmhost shutdown...  Cmos Write successfull
Cmos Write successfull for Boot_retry
Cmos Write successfull for Boot_retry
ok
Initiating Junos shutdown...  shutdown: [pid 7199]
Shutdown NOW!
ok
Junos shutdown is in progress...
Shutdown NOW!

System shutdown time has arrived\x07\x07

--- At this point the technician in the CO told me all lights were out on BU
RE in slot 1....

--- during that power-off, this was seen on BU RE console...

root at sv-b-960-lab>
*** FINAL System shutdown message from root at sv-b-960-lab ***

System going down IMMEDIATELY


Stopping cron.
Waiting for PIDS: 3996.
.....many more msgs seen on console...
ACPI: Preparing to enter system sleep state S5
Power down.



- Aaron



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