Powering a Services Router On and Off

To power on a Services Router, press the power button. The Routing Engine boots as the power supply completes its startup sequence. The POWER LED lights during startup and remains on steadily when the router is operating normally.

To power off a Services Router, you can shut it down in one of the following ways:

• Graceful shutdown—Press and release the power button. The router begins gracefully shutting down the operating system and then powers itself off.
• Immediate shutdown—Press the power button and hold it for more than 5 seconds. The router immediately powers itself off without shutting down the operating system.

To remove power completely from the router, unplug the AC power cord or switch off the DC power source. The power button on the Services Router is a standby power switch. If the router is connected to a power source when you press the power button to power the router off, the router remains in standby mode and a small amount (5 V and 3.3 V) of standby voltage is still available in the chassis.