Shutting down or restarting the appliance from the user interface

The WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance can be restarted or shut down from the user interface.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the Appliance administration permissions to perform these steps. When you shut down or restart the appliance, you must first verify that any running processes have completed. You can check the progress of the running processes by clicking Tasks.

About this task

You can shut down or restart the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance from the user interface.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Settings panel. To manage the power to your appliance, navigate to the Settings panel using one of the following methods:
    • From the menu bar at the top of the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface, navigate to Appliance > Settings.
    • From the menu bar at the top of the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface, navigate to Appliance > Troubleshooting.
    • From the Home panel, click the Customize settings link in the Step 1: Set up the appliance section.
  2. Expand Power.
  3. Click Restart the appliance to recycle the appliance. During a restart, all the software on the appliance is stopped then the appliance is restarted. You can choose to restart the appliance immediately or you can choose to wait until all the active tasks have completed before restarting the appliance.
  4. Click Shut down the appliance to turn off your appliance. During shutdown, all the software on the appliance is stopped and the appliance is halted. You can choose to shut down the appliance immediately or you can choose to wait until all the active tasks have completed before shutting down the appliance. To suspend the power to the appliance, you must use the physical power switch on the back of the appliance to turn off the appliance.

Results

[Version 2.5 and later] You can track the startup status of the appliance in the user interface. For more information, see Monitoring the startup status of the appliance.

After successfully completing the steps, the appliance has either shut down or has restarted based on your selection.