Shutting down a node using the CLI

You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to shut down a node.

Ensure that you stop all FlashCopy®, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, or data migration operations before you attempt to shut down a node. You must also ensure that all asynchronous deletion operations have completed. Also quiesce all I/O operations that are destined for this node. Failure to do so can result in failed I/O operations being reported to your host operating systems.
To shut down a node, follow these steps:
  1. To shut down a single node, issue the following command:
    svctask stopcluster -node node_name or node_ID
    Where node_name or node_ID specifies the node name or the node ID that is assigned to the node.
  2. To shut down the last node in an I/O group, issue the following command.
    Attention: You will lose all access to the virtual disks (VDisks) in the I/O group. Before you enter this command, ensure that this is what you want to do.
    svctask stopcluster -force -node node_name or node_ID
When you enter the svctask stopcluster command with no parameters, the entire cluster is shut down. All data is flushed to disk before the power is removed.
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