halt

To shut down and power off the system, use the halt command in EXEC mode.

halt

Syntax Description

No arguments or keywords.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

Before you issue the halt command, ensure that the Cisco CDA is not performing any backup, restore, installation, upgrade, or remove operation. If you issue the halt command while the Cisco CDA is performing any of these operations, you will get one of the following warning messages:

WARNING: A backup or restore is currently in progress! Continue with halt?

 

WARNING: An install/upgrade/remove is currently in progress! Continue with halt?

 

If you get any of these warnings, enter Yes to halt the operation, or enter No to cancel the halt.

If no processes are running when you use the halt command or if you enter Yes in response to the warning message displayed, the Cisco CDA asks you to respond to the following option:

Do you want to save the current configuration?

 

Enter Yes to save the existing Cisco CDA configuration. The Cisco CDA displays the following message:

Saved the running configuration to startup successfully

Examples

/admin# halt

/admin#

 

Related Commands

Command

Description

reload

Reboots the system.