9.6 Shutting Down or Rebooting a Node

You can shut down or reboot a node in the cluster if necessary.

NOTE:If you shut down the node in a single node cluster, the administration console becomes inaccessible. You must then use vSphere to power on the node. Similarly, if you reboot the node in a single node cluster, the administration console is inaccessible until the reboot is complete.

To shut down or reboot a node:

  1. Log in with an appliance administrator account to the Admin page at https://appliance_dns_name/appliance/index.html.

  2. Click the node that you want to shut down or reboot, then click Shutdown/Reboot on the menu.

  3. In the confirmation window, click Shutdown or Reboot.

  4. (Conditional) Wait for the node to reboot, or use vSphere to power the node back on.