Stopping the JUNOS Software

To avoid damage to the file system, you must gracefully shut down the JUNOS software before powering off the router.

To stop the JUNOS software:

1. Make sure you are in operational mode.
2. Type the following command:

   user@host> request system halt

This command stops all system processes and halts the operating system. For example:

Halt the system? [yes,no] (no)  yes  
shutdown: [pid 3110]
Shutdown NOW!
*** FINAL System shutdown message from root@host *** 
System going down IMMEDIATELY 
user@host> Dec 17 17:28:40 init: syslogd (PID 2514) exited with status=0 Normal Exit
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...stopped
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...stopped 
syncing disks... 4 
done
Uptime: 3h31m41s
ata0: resetting devices.. done 
The operating system has halted.
Please press any key to reboot.