H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches - Manual (Page 173)

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z Power on the device after powering it off, which is also called hard reboot or cold start. This
method impacts the device a lot. Powering off a running device will cause data loss and hardware
damages. It is not recommended.
z Trigger the immediate reboot through command lines.
z Enable the scheduled reboot function through command lines. You can set a time at which the
device can automatically reboot, or set a delay so that the device can automatically reboot within
the delay.
The last two methods are command line operations. Reboot through command lines is also called hot
start, which is mainly used to reboot a device in remote maintenance without performing hardware
reboot of the device.
z Distributed device
Follow the step below to reboot a device immediately:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Reboot a card or the whole system
immediately
reboot [ slot slot-number ]
Required
Available in user view.
Follow these steps to enable the scheduled reboot function:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enable the scheduled reboot
function of the whole system and
specify a specific reboot time and
date
schedule reboot at hh:mm [ date ]
Enable the scheduled reboot
function of the whole system and
specify a reboot waiting time
schedule reboot delay { hh:mm |
mm }
Required
Use either approach.
The scheduled reboot function is
disabled by default.
Available in user view.
z Distributed IRF device
Follow the step below to reboot a device through command lines immediately:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Reboot a member device or
all IRF member devices
reboot [ chassis chassis-number
[ slot slot-number ] ]
Required
The chassis keyword specifies a IRF
member device. If it is not provided, the
whole IRF is specified.
The slot keyword specifies a card on a
member device.
Available in user view.