• Connect a management device to the console (CON) port on a QFX5200. For instrucons about
connecng a management device to the console (CON) port, see "Connect a Device to a
Management Console Using an RJ-45 Connector" on page 107.
• You can shut down the QFX5200 from a management device on your out-of-band management
network. For instrucons about connecng a management device to the management (CO) port,
see "Connect a Device to a Network for Out-of-Band Management" on page 106.
2. Shut down Junos OS from the external management device.
For Junos OS Evolved systems:
a. Issue the request system shutdown power-off operaonal mode CLI command. This command shuts
down the switch gracefully and preserves system state informaon. A message appears on the
console, conrming that the operang system has halted.
On Junos OS Evolved systems, you see the following output:
user@host>request system shutdown power-off
Power off the system ? [yes,no] (n) yes
poweroff the system at Tue Sep 18 11:15:27 2018
For standard Junos OS systems:
a. Issue the request system halt operaonal mode CLI command. This command shuts down the
switch gracefully and preserves system state informaon. A message appears on the console,
conrming that the operang system has halted.
You see the following output (or something similar, depending on the hardware being shut down)
aer entering the command:
Shutdown NOW!
System going down IMMEDIATELY
Terminated
Poweroff for hypervisor to respawn
Oct 25 10:35:05 init: event-processing (PID 1114) exited with status=1
Oct 25 10:35:05 init: packet-forwarding-engine (PID 1424) exited with status=8
.
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru_mem' to stop...done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
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