100
•
Power off and then power on the firewall. This method is also called “hard reboot” or “cold start”.
It will cause data loss and hardware damage. HP does not recommend this method.
•
Reboot the firewall at the CLI immediately.
•
Reboot the firewall at a specified time at the CLI. You can set a time at which the firewall will
automatically reboot, or set a delay so that the firewall will automatically reboot after the delay.
The last two methods are also called hot start, which is mainly used to reboot a device remotely.
Follow the step to immediately reboot the device at the CLI:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Reboot a subcard or the device
immediately
reboot
Required
Available in user view
Follow these steps to reboot the device at a time at the CLI:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Reboot the device at a specified
time
schedule reboot at
hh:mm
[
date
]
Reboot the device after a delay
schedule reboot delay
{
hh:mm
|
mm
}
Required
Use either approach.
Not configured by default.
Available in user view.
CAUTION:
•
A device reboot interrupts ongoing services. Use these commands with caution.
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Before rebooting a device, use the
save
command to save the current configurations.
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Before rebooting a device, use the
display startup
and
display boot-loader
commands to check
whether the configuration file and boot file to be used at the next boot are configured.
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The precision of the reboot timer is 1 minute. One minute before the specified reboot time, the device
prompts “REBOOT IN ONE MINUTE” and reboots after one minute.
•
If you are performing file operations when the reboot time is reached, the system does not execute the
reboot operation for security.
Configuring a scheduled task
What is a scheduled task
A scheduled task executes specified commands at a specified time. This feature enables automated
operations and improves usability.
With a scheduled task configured, the device checks the configured task list every minute. If the device
finds that the time to execute a command is reached, it automatically executes the command.
Configuration approaches
The following approaches are available to configure a scheduled task. The following table compares the
approaches.