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Shutting Down an Appliance

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This article explains how to power off an appliance safely.

Procedure Requirements

A. This procedure must be executed from the Skylight orchestrator console.

B. This procedure must be executed as the visionems user. To execute this procedure, you must know the account’s credentials.

Procedure Steps

  1. Log in on the console of the Skylight orchestrator appliance as the visionems user.

  2. Enter: shutdown

The appliance powers down gracefully. You must use the power switch to power it back up.

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