Stopping Processes

If recommended by Extreme Networks Technical Support personnel, you can stop a running process. You can also use a single command to stop and restart a running process during a software upgrade on the switch.

By using the single command, there is less process disruption and it takes less time to stop and restart the process.

To stop a running process, use the following command:

terminate process name [forceful | graceful]

In a SummitStack:

terminate process name [forceful | graceful] {slot slot}

Where the following is true:

name	Specifies the name of the process to terminate. You can terminate the following processes: bgp, eaps, exsshd (available only when you have installed the SSH module), isis, lldp, netLogin, netTools, ntp, ospf, ospfv3, snmpMaster,snmpSubagent, telnetd, thttpd, tftpd, vrrp, and xmld.
forceful	Specifies a forceful termination.
graceful	Specifies a graceful termination.

Note

Do not terminate a process that was installed since the last reboot unless you have saved your configuration. If you have installed a software module and you terminate the newly installed process without saving your configuration, your module may not be loaded when you attempt to restart the process with the start process command.

To preserve a process's configuration during a terminate and (re)start cycle, save your switch configuration before terminating the process. Do not save the configuration or change the configuration during the process terminate and re(start) cycle. If you save the configuration after terminating a process, and before the process (re)starts, the configuration for that process is lost.

To stop and restart a process during a software upgrade, use the following command:

restart process [class cname | name {msm slot}]

Where the following is true:

cname	Specifies the name of the process to restart. With this parameter, you can terminate and restart all instances of the process associated with a specific routing protocol on all VRs.You can restart the OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) routing protocol and associated processes.
name	Specifies the name of the process to terminate and restart. You can use this command with the following processes: bgp, eaps, exsshd (available only when you have installed the SSH module), isis, lldp, netLogin, netTools, ntp, ospf, ospfv3, snmp Subagent, snmpMaster, telnetd, thttpd, tftpd, vrrp, and xmld.
slot	On a SummitStack, specifies the node‘s slot number. The number is a value from 1 to 8.

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