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fhosein_133661
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Sep 16, 2013

What is the proper way to shutdown BIG-IP F5?

I need to power down my both BIG-IP LTM load balancer, what is the most proper way to do thid?

 

3 Replies

  • StephanManthey's avatar
    StephanManthey
    Icon for Nacreous rankNacreous
    Sep 16, 2013

    It would be i.e. 

    shutdown -h now

    or simply 

    halt

    Make sure to have AOM / SCCP attached (ideally with a serial console) for remote power on/off your hardware.

  • Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
    Kevin_Davies_40
    Icon for Nacreous rankNacreous
    Sep 16, 2013

    Actually if you want them to shutdown then power off use the following.

    shutdown -hP now

    h means halt.

    P means power off.

    If it is a physical device it should power off. If it's a virtual the guest operating system will power down.

  • Nathan_Bultman_'s avatar
    Nathan_Bultman_
    Historic F5 Account
    Oct 03, 2013

    Check out Sol7369 for a detailed description of the best way to do this:

     

    http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/7000/300/sol7369.html