If you need to shut down or restart an appliance, you should do it properly to protect the data in memory and ensure that it is written to disk. There are several ways to properly shut down or restart the appliance.
Start the browser-based management tool.
Click System > Actions.
Shut down iChain Proxy Services by clicking Shut Down or shut it down and restart it by clicking Restart.
You are given a chance to verify your selection.
If you choose to shut down iChain Proxy Services, you hear a three-beep sequence that repeats until the appliance is turned off or restarted.
If you choose to restart iChain Proxy Services, you hear a two-beep, four-beep sequence that repeats for a short period and then stops, signifying that your appliance has restarted.
If you do not have access to the physical location of the appliance, you can test to see if the appliance has restarted by pinging its address on port 1959. If the ping succeeds, the appliance has restarted.
You can shut down or restart and appliance from the command line.
NOTE:Both actions break the connection. If you restart the appliance from a remote connection, you can reconnect after the appliance restarts. However, If you shut down the appliance, someone needs physical access to the appliance to restart it.
To restart the appliance from the command line, enter
Restart
If you are near the appliance, you will hear a two-beep, four-beep sequence that repeats for a short period and then stops, signifying that your appliance has restarted.
To shut down the appliance from the command line, enter
Shutdown
If you are near the appliance, you will hear a continuous three-beep sequence after the system is down. You can restart the system from an attached keyboard by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete, or you can shut off the power after you hear the three-beep sequence.